From: "Liam R. Howlett" Subject: mm/gup: use maple tree navigation instead of linked list Use find_vma_intersection() to locate the VMAs in __mm_populate() instead of using find_vma() and the linked list. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220426150616.3937571-53-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett Cc: Catalin Marinas Cc: David Howells Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" Cc: Vlastimil Babka Cc: Will Deacon Cc: Yu Zhao Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- mm/gup.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/mm/gup.c~mm-gup-use-maple-tree-navigation-instead-of-linked-list +++ a/mm/gup.c @@ -1609,10 +1609,11 @@ int __mm_populate(unsigned long start, u if (!locked) { locked = 1; mmap_read_lock(mm); - vma = find_vma(mm, nstart); + vma = find_vma_intersection(mm, nstart, end); } else if (nstart >= vma->vm_end) - vma = vma->vm_next; - if (!vma || vma->vm_start >= end) + vma = find_vma_intersection(mm, vma->vm_end, end); + + if (!vma) break; /* * Set [nstart; nend) to intersection of desired address _