Re: [PATCH] mm: use mem_map_offset instead of mem_map_next

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Sun Sep 04 2022 - 17:15:42 EST


On Sun, Sep 04, 2022 at 02:02:41PM +0000, Cheng Li wrote:
> To handle discontiguity case, mem_map_next() has a parameter named
> `offset`. As a function caller, one would be confused why "get
> next entry" needs a parameter named "offset". The other drawback of
> mem_map_next() is that the callers must take care of the map between
> parameter "iter" and "offset", otherwise we may get an hole or
> duplication during iteration. So we use mem_map_offset instead of
> mem_map_next.

I think we should go further and get rid of mem_map_offset().
nth_page() is now more efficient than mem_map_offset().