Hi!
Here's do-while loop from generic arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown() from mm/mmap.c:
do {
/*
* Lookup failure means no vma is above this address,
* else if new region fits below vma->vm_start,
* return with success:
*/
vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
if (!vma || addr+len <= vma->vm_start)
/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
/* remember the largest hole we saw so far */
if (addr + mm->cached_hole_size < vma->vm_start)
mm->cached_hole_size = vma->vm_start - addr;
/* try just below the current vma->vm_start */
addr = vma->vm_start-len;
} while (len < vma->vm_start);
And here's from arch/x86/mm/hugetlbpage.c:
do {
/*
* Lookup failure means no vma is above this address,
* i.e. return with success:
*/
if (!(vma = find_vma_prev(mm, addr, &prev_vma)))
return addr;
/*
* new region fits between prev_vma->vm_end and
* vma->vm_start, use it:
*/
if (addr + len <= vma->vm_start &&
(!prev_vma || (addr >= prev_vma->vm_end))) {
/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
return (mm->free_area_cache = addr);
} else {
/* pull free_area_cache down to the first hole */
if (mm->free_area_cache == vma->vm_end) {
mm->free_area_cache = vma->vm_start;
mm->cached_hole_size = largest_hole;
}
}
/* remember the largest hole we saw so far */
if (addr + largest_hole < vma->vm_start)
largest_hole = vma->vm_start - addr;
/* try just below the current vma->vm_start */
addr = (vma->vm_start - len) & HPAGE_MASK;
} while (len <= vma->vm_start);
Why conditions in "while" differ from each other? Can the second case lead to infinite loop?
Thanks!
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wbr, Vitaly