mm/mmap: start distinguishing if vma can be removed in mergeability test
Since pre-git times, is_mergeable_vma() returns false for a vma with vm_ops->close, so that no owner assumptions are violated in case the vma is removed as part of the merge. This check is currently very conservative and can prevent merging even situations where vma can't be removed, such as simple expansion of previous vma, as evidenced by commit d014cd7c ("mm, mremap: fix mremap() expanding for vma's with vm_ops->close()") In order to allow more merging when appropriate and simplify the code that was made more complex by commit d014cd7c, start distinguishing cases where the vma can be really removed, and allow merging with vm_ops->close otherwise. As a first step, add a may_remove_vma parameter to is_mergeable_vma(). can_vma_merge_before() sets it to true, because when called from vma_merge(), a removal of the vma is possible. In can_vma_merge_after(), pass the parameter as false, because no removal can occur in each of its callers: - vma_merge() calls it on the 'prev' vma, which is never removed - mmap_region() and do_brk_flags() call it to determine if it can expand a vma, which is not removed As a result, vma's with vm_ops->close may now merge with compatible ranges in more situations than previously. We can also revert commit d014cd7c as the next step to simplify mremap code again. [vbabka@suse.cz: adjust comment as suggested by Lorenzo] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/74f2ea6c-f1a9-6dd7-260c-25e660f42379@suse.cz Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-10-vbabka@suse.czSigned-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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