Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 May 2019 11:19:11 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm/vmap: get rid of one single unlink_va() when merge |
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On Wed, 22 May 2019 17:09:38 +0200 "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com> wrote:
> It does not make sense to try to "unlink" the node that is > definitely not linked with a list nor tree. On the first > merge step VA just points to the previously disconnected > busy area. > > On the second step, check if the node has been merged and do > "unlink" if so, because now it points to an object that must > be linked.
Again, what is the motivation for this change? Seems to be a bit of a code/logic cleanup, no significant runtime effect?
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