From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65B50606A31A for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:14:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=bombadil.20210309 header.b=NIZVwQla; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=MhUkoy7C DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:Reply-To:List-Subscribe: List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Date: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:References:In-Reply-To:Cc:To:Subject: From:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID: List-Unsubscribe-Post:List-Owner; bh=8ufwMc1LOu0NsDl3uCV5aR+huyjgjHnELJ5CXPaVCc8=; b=NIZVwQlavG27Aebvjg1jVrc8Lv znl9DFs6yhML/eSDAnyfGOfhqavXM5pJ9szIJe+KeKsi3nJk1tX0/n9w22HDkrMC4975sMVenAvOE b0bqmohHBDt69FcPBvEebwlgEYqtJ08HjF2rPMUmX9J5oIO5F4qbiRjm8dqb1REBlYvjGGzsJ6oRX mrYsRucOznVOkFp+v0YlOo8eud1t6MRSsQcSzkLfybm9X6Q/eEgRRFj5b7sKF7EtGzccAo/h15zBl QBYglXlS89cFwkrHr2TVKAmlxYwa1rA2rsWj/hMhuxQp2eEAzLe1erGEQ1UYVll/uCf7zaqPkypJB arXXYorA==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.100.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1xLUpW-00000003WCE-0RE7; Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:14:18 +0000 Received: from tor.source.kernel.org ([2600:3c04:e001:324:0:1991:8:25]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.100.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1xLUpU-00000003WBQ-3VRf for kexec@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:14:16 +0000 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) by tor.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45E95601F9; Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:14:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 491431F01825; Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:14:13 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1793060056; bh=8ufwMc1LOu0NsDl3uCV5aR+huyjgjHnELJ5CXPaVCc8=; h=From:Subject:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=MhUkoy7CwwgTJUnS6aUNsoYySQYXTA7dwTZHM4ACnoWVtMtZvSFU7L2jmM0iJTyZT WFYaniVWs7Rds0CLxGqAKSZ3VRr3dEjXcT4YrQAAzlu6N//BBg1wnDTQ6FnWNT+qW7 Oce0iJXzgTolf/ZGJawJV5RtAM7QJurXQK9lreaAeOyYbmaP64omijxZUCQBXxxHAN fonBVpvQU5VlYbZWVjHCOS3onIzoQGL7jx3LGgpXegBQX8ybh2bq3/gbL12f1MUxIZ cy3adAFpFi5+61BuWtYQduzmy4l4wGZFpEkYfPMrcIX9nvOfOmSD/MwM1tS1bTVrtS qKXvPKx/NEDWA== Message-ID: From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 41/46] mm/vma: call ->may_split() before a partial merge To: =?utf-8?b?RGF2aWQgSGlsZGVuYnJhbmQgKEFybSk=?= , "Andrew Morton" , "Johannes Weiner" , "Michal Hocko" , "Qi Zheng" , "Shakeel Butt" , "Lorenzo Stoakes" , "Kairui Song" , "Barry Song" , "Axel Rasmussen" , "Yuanchu Xie" , "Wei Xu" , "Baoquan He" , "Baolin Wang" , "Liam R. Howlett" , "Vlastimil Babka" , "Mike Rapoport" , "Suren Baghdasaryan" , "Michal Hocko" , "Kees Cook" , "Peter Zijlstra" , "Jann Horn" , "Pedro Falcato" , "Hugh Dickins" , "Pasha Tatashin" , "Pratyush Yadav" , =?utf-8?b?TWF0dGhldyBXaWxjb3ggKE9yYWNsZSk=?= , "Jan Kara" , "Zi Yan" , "Lance Yang" , "Rik van Riel" , "Harry Yoo" , "Alistair Popple" , "Nico Pache" , "Ryan Roberts" , "Dev Jain" , "Usama Arif" , "Kiryl Shutsemau" , "Matthew Brost" , "John Hubbard" , "Peter Xu" , "Will Deacon" , "Aneesh Kumar K.V" , "Nick Piggin" , "Oscar Salvador" , "Minchan Kim" , "Muchun Song" , "Xu Xin" , "Chengming Zhou" , "Chris Li" , "Kemeng Shi" , "Nhat Pham" , "Youngjun Park" , "Gregory Price" , "Joshua Hahn" , "Rakie Kim" , "Ying Huang" , "Jason Gunthorpe" Cc: kexec@lists.infradead.org, "Chris Mason" In-Reply-To: <20261027-fixes_core-v1-41-6f74bec9a5bb@kernel.org> References: <20261027-fixes_core-v1-0-6f74bec9a5bb@kernel.org> <20261027-fixes_core-v1-41-6f74bec9a5bb@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:14:12 +0000 X-BeenThere: kexec@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev Sender: "kexec" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=4.0.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.1 (2024-03-26) on aws-us-west-2-korg-listserv-alma10-1 X-Archived-By: > From: Chris Mason >=20 > A driver can use the ->may_split() hook to forbid a VMA boundary at > certain addresses. >=20 > A device-dax device is a character device that gives raw access to a > range of memory through mmap(). device-dax refuses any address that is not > a multiple of the device's alignment through vm_ops->may_split. >=20 > vma_merge_existing_range() can move boundaries, but does not call > vm_ops->may_split. >=20 > If a range at the edge of a VMA gets the attributes of the adjacent VMA, > the function moves only that range over to the neighbour: one VMA shrinks > and the other grows. This is a partial merge, and vma_modify() tries it > [ ... ] > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Chris Mason > Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) > [ david: improve description; cleanup the code ] > Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. --=20 Sashiko AI review =C2=B7 https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261027-fixes_core= -v1-0-6f74bec9a5bb@kernel.org?part=3D41