Re: [PATCH 06/30] mm/rmap: parameterise vma_interval_tree_*() by address_space

Gregory Price <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:55:45 -0400
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 01:23:17PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> The file-backed mapping interval tree functions vma_interval_tree_*()
> accept a raw rb_root_cached pointer to determine the tree in which they are
> operating.
> 
> However, in each case, this is always associated with an address_space data
> type.
> 
> So simply pass a pointer to that instead to simplify the code, and more
> clearly differentiate between these operations and those concerning
> anonymous mappings.
> 
> While we're here, make the generated interval tree functions static as they
> do not need to be used externally (any previously existing external users
> have now been removed).
> 
> We also rename VMA parameters from 'node' to 'vma' as calling this a node
> is simply confusing, update the input index types to pgoff_t since they
> reference page offsets and rename the parameters to pgoff_start and
> pgoff_last.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>

nice

Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <[email protected]>