+ ksm-stop-iterating-vmas-when-ksm_test_exit-returns-true.patch added to mm-new branch

Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:42:07 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.mm-commits
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The patch titled
     Subject: ksm: stop iterating VMAs when ksm_test_exit returns true
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     ksm-stop-iterating-vmas-when-ksm_test_exit-returns-true.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/ksm-stop-iterating-vmas-when-ksm_test_exit-returns-true.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-new branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Wang Wensheng <[email protected]>
Subject: ksm: stop iterating VMAs when ksm_test_exit returns true
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 21:35:01 +0800

In scan_get_next_rmap_item() the break statement only exits the inner
while loop, leaving remaining VMAs to be iterated even if ksm_test_exit()
returns true.  Replace it with a goto statement to avoid the unnecessary
work.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Wang Wensheng <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Xu Xin <[email protected]>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>
Cc: Chengming Zhou <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---

 mm/ksm.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/mm/ksm.c~ksm-stop-iterating-vmas-when-ksm_test_exit-returns-true
+++ a/mm/ksm.c
@@ -2701,7 +2701,7 @@ next_mm:
 			struct folio *folio;
 
 			if (ksm_test_exit(mm))
-				break;
+				goto no_vmas;
 
 			int found;
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

ksm-stop-iterating-vmas-when-ksm_test_exit-returns-true.patch