+ /*
+ * Skip regions before the range to be deleted. file_region
+ * ranges are normally of the form [from, to). However, there
+ * may be a "placeholder" entry in the map which is of the form
+ * (from, to) with from == to. Check for placeholder entries
+ * at the beginning of the range to be deleted.
+ */
+ if (rg->to <= f && (rg->to != rg->from || rg->to != f))