From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>, akpm@linux-foundation.org
Cc: liam@infradead.org, ljs@kernel.org, vbabka@kernel.org,
willy@infradead.org, jannh@google.com, paulmck@kernel.org,
pfalcato@suse.de, xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] proc/task_mmu: change proc_get_vma() to stop returning gate VMA at the end
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 17:35:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20de0829-1d74-44d4-a7cd-9c3e99d3caba@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260910234737.1340642-6-surenb@google.com>
On 9/11/26 01:47, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> proc_get_vma() returning gate VMA at the end is desirable for the its
> current m_start/m_next callers, as they need to report a gate VMA at the
> end of the address space. This behavior is very specific to these callers
> and makes proc_get_vma() hard to use for other purposes.
>
> Move this usage-specific behavior into the callers themselves so that
> proc_get_vma() returns either a valid VMA, an error or a NULL when no
> more VMAs are available. This makes it more generic, simpler and usable
> in the later patches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
> ---
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
--
Cheers,
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-11 15:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-10 23:47 [PATCH v3 0/7] read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary helpers Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 10:52 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-11 14:28 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 14:57 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-11 15:20 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] proc/task_mmu: remove unnecessary inlines in function definitions Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 15:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] proc/task_mmu: clarify shmem mapping walk conditions in smap_gather_stats() Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 15:33 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-11 16:28 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 16:58 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 17:10 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 17:39 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 17:52 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-11 17:56 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 18:08 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] proc/task_mmu: remove special-casing of smap_gather_stats() start parameter Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 15:34 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-11 16:39 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 17:07 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 17:49 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 18:06 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 18:11 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 18:15 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] proc/task_mmu: change proc_get_vma() to stop returning gate VMA at the end Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 15:35 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm) [this message]
2026-09-11 18:26 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 18:39 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 19:03 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 19:11 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 19:13 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 19:18 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 19:26 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-11 19:44 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 19:45 ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] proc/task_mmu: read proc/pid/smaps_rollup under per-vma lock Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 19:07 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] selftests/proc: add /proc/pid/smaps_rollup tearing tests Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-11 19:12 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
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