maple_tree: simplify split calculation

Patch series "simplify split calculation", v3.


This patch (of 3):

The current calculation for splitting nodes tries to enforce a minimum
span on the leaf nodes.  This code is complex and never worked correctly
to begin with, due to the min value being passed as 0 for all leaves.

The calculation should just split the data as equally as possible
between the new nodes.  Note that b_end will be one more than the data,
so the left side is still favoured in the calculation.

The current code may also lead to a deficient node by not leaving enough
data for the right side of the split. This issue is also addressed with
the split calculation change.

[Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com: rephrase the change log]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241113031616.10530-1-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241113031616.10530-2-richard.weiyang@gmail.com
Fixes: 54a611b60590 ("Maple Tree: add new data structure")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@Oracle.com>
Cc: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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