[PATCH 0/2] Documentation: maple_tree: Improve statements on reserved values
Wei-Lin Chang
weilin.chang at arm.com
Mon May 4 09:57:44 PDT 2026
Hi,
This is another version of [1], where I improved wording.
While using the maple tree and reading its documentation, I found a few
bits confusing, mainly about the reserved values. So here are some
changes hoping to make things clearer.
I am not familiar with the implementation, so if I got something wrong
please let me know.
While looking at the code I also found that although the doc claims the
normal API blocks reserved value stores, the code checks this using
xa_is_advanced(), which only blocks values up to 1026, not up to the max
maple tree reserved value 4094. For this part I am not sure whether the
code needs to be changed or we can also improve the doc.
Any feedback is appreciated, thanks!
[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260418204754.120405-1-weilin.chang@arm.com/
Wei-Lin Chang (2):
Documentation: maple_tree: Point out constraint when using xa_{mk,
to}_value
Documentation: maple_tree: Clarify behavior when using reserved values
Documentation/core-api/maple_tree.rst | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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