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Introduce internal vmg->__adjust_middle_start and vmg->__adjust_next_start merge flags, enabling us to indicate to commit_merge() that we are performing a merge which either spans only part of vmg->middle, or part of vmg->next respectively. In the former instance, we change the start of vmg->middle to match the attributes of vmg->prev, without spanning all of vmg->middle. This implies that vmg->prev->vm_end and vmg->middle->vm_start are both increased to form the new merged VMA (vmg->prev) and the new subsequent VMA (vmg->middle). In the latter case, we change the end of vmg->middle to match the attributes of vmg->next, without spanning all of vmg->next. This implies that vmg->middle->vm_end and vmg->next->vm_start are both decreased to form the new merged VMA (vmg->next) and the new prior VMA (vmg->middle). Since we now have a stable set of prev, middle, next VMAs threaded through vmg and with these flags set know what is happening, we can perform the calculation in commit_merge() instead. This allows us to drop the confusing adj_start parameter and instead pass semantic information to commit_merge(). In the latter case the -(middle->vm_end - start) calculation becomes -(middle->vm-end - vmg->end), however this is correct as vmg->end is set to the start parameter. This is because in this case (rather confusingly), we manipulate vmg->middle, but ultimately return vmg->next, whose range will be correctly specified. At this point vmg->start, end is the new range for the prior VMA rather than the merged one. This patch has no change in functional behaviour. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/bcec0cd980b373a5eb02236cb033034ce1effe42.1738326519.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.