On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 01:23:19PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> The family of vma_interval_tree_() functions manipulate the
> address_space (which, of course, is generally referred to as 'mapping')
> reverse mapping, but are named the 'VMA' interval tree.
> 
> VMAs may be mapped by an anon_vma, an address_space, or both. Therefore
> calling the mapping interval tree a 'VMA' interval tree is rather
> confusing.
> 
> This is also inconsistent with the anon_vma_interval_tree_*() functions
> which explicitly reference the rmap object to which they pertain.
> 
> Rename the vma_interval_tree_*() functions to mapping_interval_tree_*() to
> correct this.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>

obligatory "naming is hard", this patch helps, thank you.

Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <[email protected]>

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