Re: [PATCH v2 02/33] mm: add kdoc comments for vma_start/last_pgoff()

"Zi Yan" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:32:04 -0400

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On Fri Jul 10, 2026 at 4:16 PM EDT, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Describe what vma_start_pgoff() and vma_last_pgoff() actually provide in
> detail.
>
> This is in order that we can differentiate this between functions that wi=
ll
> be added in a subsequent patch which provide a different page offset.
>
> We go to lengths to describe the edge cases that can be run into here.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
>
Thanks for the explanation.

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]>

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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi