[PATCH RESEND 09/12] mm: make vm_area_desc utilise vma_flags_t only

Lorenzo Stoakes lorenzo.stoakes at oracle.com
Mon Jan 19 21:19:11 UTC 2026


Now we have eliminated all uses of vm_area_desc->vm_flags, eliminate this
field, and have mmap_prepare users utilise the vma_flags_t
vm_area_desc->vma_flags field only.

As part of this change we alter is_shared_maywrite() to accept a
vma_flags_t parameter, and introduce is_shared_maywrite_vm_flags() for use
with legacy vm_flags_t flags.

We also update struct mmap_state to add a union between vma_flags and
vm_flags temporarily until the mmap logic is also converted to using
vma_flags_t.

Also update the VMA userland tests to reflect this change.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes at oracle.com>
---
 include/linux/mm.h               |  9 +++++++--
 include/linux/mm_types.h         |  5 +----
 mm/filemap.c                     |  2 +-
 mm/util.c                        |  2 +-
 mm/vma.c                         | 11 +++++++----
 mm/vma.h                         |  3 +--
 tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h |  9 +++++++--
 7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 32f48d5a28ce..407fcdc4831d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1293,15 +1293,20 @@ static inline bool vma_is_accessible(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return vma->vm_flags & VM_ACCESS_FLAGS;
 }

-static inline bool is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags_t vm_flags)
+static inline bool is_shared_maywrite_vm_flags(vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 {
 	return (vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYWRITE)) ==
 		(VM_SHARED | VM_MAYWRITE);
 }

+static inline bool is_shared_maywrite(vma_flags_t flags)
+{
+	return vma_flags_test_all(flags, VMA_SHARED_BIT, VMA_MAYWRITE_BIT);
+}
+
 static inline bool vma_is_shared_maywrite(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	return is_shared_maywrite(vma->vm_flags);
+	return is_shared_maywrite(vma->flags);
 }

 static inline
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index c3589bc3780e..5042374d854b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -877,10 +877,7 @@ struct vm_area_desc {
 	/* Mutable fields. Populated with initial state. */
 	pgoff_t pgoff;
 	struct file *vm_file;
-	union {
-		vm_flags_t vm_flags;
-		vma_flags_t vma_flags;
-	};
+	vma_flags_t vma_flags;
 	pgprot_t page_prot;

 	/* Write-only fields. */
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index ebd75684cb0a..109a4bf07366 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -4012,7 +4012,7 @@ int generic_file_readonly_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)

 int generic_file_readonly_mmap_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
 {
-	if (is_shared_maywrite(desc->vm_flags))
+	if (is_shared_maywrite(desc->vma_flags))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	return generic_file_mmap_prepare(desc);
 }
diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 97cae40c0209..b05ab6f97e11 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ int __compat_vma_mmap(const struct file_operations *f_op,

 		.pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff,
 		.vm_file = vma->vm_file,
-		.vm_flags = vma->vm_flags,
+		.vma_flags = vma->flags,
 		.page_prot = vma->vm_page_prot,

 		.action.type = MMAP_NOTHING, /* Default */
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index 39dcd9ddd4ba..be64f781a3aa 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ struct mmap_state {
 	unsigned long end;
 	pgoff_t pgoff;
 	unsigned long pglen;
-	vm_flags_t vm_flags;
+	union {
+		vm_flags_t vm_flags;
+		vma_flags_t vma_flags;
+	};
 	struct file *file;
 	pgprot_t page_prot;

@@ -2369,7 +2372,7 @@ static void set_desc_from_map(struct vm_area_desc *desc,

 	desc->pgoff = map->pgoff;
 	desc->vm_file = map->file;
-	desc->vm_flags = map->vm_flags;
+	desc->vma_flags = map->vma_flags;
 	desc->page_prot = map->page_prot;
 }

@@ -2650,7 +2653,7 @@ static int call_mmap_prepare(struct mmap_state *map,
 		map->file_doesnt_need_get = true;
 		map->file = desc->vm_file;
 	}
-	map->vm_flags = desc->vm_flags;
+	map->vma_flags = desc->vma_flags;
 	map->page_prot = desc->page_prot;
 	/* User-defined fields. */
 	map->vm_ops = desc->vm_ops;
@@ -2823,7 +2826,7 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
 		return -EINVAL;

 	/* Map writable and ensure this isn't a sealed memfd. */
-	if (file && is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags)) {
+	if (file && is_shared_maywrite_vm_flags(vm_flags)) {
 		int error = mapping_map_writable(file->f_mapping);

 		if (error)
diff --git a/mm/vma.h b/mm/vma.h
index bb7fa5d2bde2..062672df8a65 100644
--- a/mm/vma.h
+++ b/mm/vma.h
@@ -286,8 +286,7 @@ static inline void set_vma_from_desc(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	vma->vm_pgoff = desc->pgoff;
 	if (desc->vm_file != vma->vm_file)
 		vma_set_file(vma, desc->vm_file);
-	if (desc->vm_flags != vma->vm_flags)
-		vm_flags_set(vma, desc->vm_flags);
+	vma->flags = desc->vma_flags;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = desc->page_prot;

 	/* User-defined fields. */
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
index 1ac81a09feb8..8143b95dc50e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
@@ -1009,15 +1009,20 @@ static inline void vma_desc_clear_flags_mask(struct vm_area_desc *desc,
 #define vma_desc_clear_flags(desc, ...) \
 	vma_desc_clear_flags_mask(desc, mk_vma_flags(__VA_ARGS__))

-static inline bool is_shared_maywrite(vm_flags_t vm_flags)
+static inline bool is_shared_maywrite_vm_flags(vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 {
 	return (vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYWRITE)) ==
 		(VM_SHARED | VM_MAYWRITE);
 }

+static inline bool is_shared_maywrite(vma_flags_t flags)
+{
+	return vma_flags_test_all(flags, VMA_SHARED_BIT, VMA_MAYWRITE_BIT);
+}
+
 static inline bool vma_is_shared_maywrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	return is_shared_maywrite(vma->vm_flags);
+	return is_shared_maywrite(vma->flags);
 }

 static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma_next(struct vma_iterator *vmi)
--
2.52.0



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