mm/mmap.c: make vma_merge() comment more easy to understand
authorWei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com>
Sun, 1 Dec 2019 01:57:39 +0000 (17:57 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sun, 1 Dec 2019 20:59:09 +0000 (12:59 -0800)
Case 1/6, 2/7 and 3/8 have the same pattern and we handle them in the
same logic.

Rearrange the comment to make it a little easy for audience to
understand.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191030012445.16944-1-richardw.yang@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Cc: Steve Capper <steve.capper@arm.com>
Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Yangtao Li <tiny.windzz@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/mmap.c

index b9d0c2f3f6bf6386e1b12e362b945986ba47a09c..9c648524e4dc7eda8fadb087566da216fc61417c 100644 (file)
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1091,15 +1091,18 @@ can_vma_merge_after(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
  * the area passed down from mprotect_fixup, never extending beyond one
  * vma, PPPPPP is the prev vma specified, and NNNNNN the next vma after:
  *
- *     AAAA             AAAA                AAAA          AAAA
- *    PPPPPPNNNNNN    PPPPPPNNNNNN    PPPPPPNNNNNN    PPPPNNNNXXXX
- *    cannot merge    might become    might become    might become
- *                    PPNNNNNNNNNN    PPPPPPPPPPNN    PPPPPPPPPPPP 6 or
- *    mmap, brk or    case 4 below    case 5 below    PPPPPPPPXXXX 7 or
- *    mremap move:                                    PPPPXXXXXXXX 8
- *        AAAA
- *    PPPP    NNNN    PPPPPPPPPPPP    PPPPPPPPNNNN    PPPPNNNNNNNN
- *    might become    case 1 below    case 2 below    case 3 below
+ *     AAAA             AAAA                   AAAA
+ *    PPPPPPNNNNNN    PPPPPPNNNNNN       PPPPPPNNNNNN
+ *    cannot merge    might become       might become
+ *                    PPNNNNNNNNNN       PPPPPPPPPPNN
+ *    mmap, brk or    case 4 below       case 5 below
+ *    mremap move:
+ *                        AAAA               AAAA
+ *                    PPPP    NNNN       PPPPNNNNXXXX
+ *                    might become       might become
+ *                    PPPPPPPPPPPP 1 or  PPPPPPPPPPPP 6 or
+ *                    PPPPPPPPNNNN 2 or  PPPPPPPPXXXX 7 or
+ *                    PPPPNNNNNNNN 3     PPPPXXXXXXXX 8
  *
  * It is important for case 8 that the vma NNNN overlapping the
  * region AAAA is never going to extended over XXXX. Instead XXXX must