Re: [PATCH v2] maple_tree: Make maple state reusable after mas_empty_area()

From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Fri May 05 2023 - 13:37:03 EST


On Fri, 2023-05-05 at 22:58 +0800, Peng Zhang wrote:
> Make mas->min and mas->max point to a node range instead of a leaf
> entry
> range. This allows mas to still be usable after mas_empty_area()
> returns.
> Users would get unexpected results from other operations on the maple
> state after calling the affected function.
>
> Reported-by: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Tad <support@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Michael Keyes <mgkeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/32f156ba80010fd97dbaf0a0cdfc84366608624d.camel@xxxxxxxxx/
> Link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/e6108286ac025c268964a7ead3aab9899f9bc6e9.camel@xxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: 54a611b60590 ("Maple Tree: add new data structure")
> Cc: <Stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Yep, this also works for me. Thanks.