On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 12:09:17AM +0800, Lance Yang wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 08:25:35PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> >Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values
> >throughout the mprotect logic.
> >
> >Note that we retain the legacy vm_flags_t bit shifting code in
> >do_mprotect_key(), deferring a vma_flags_t approach to this for the time
> >being.
> >
> >Additionally update comments to reflect the changes to be consistent.
> >
> >No functional change intended.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
> >---
> > mm/mprotect.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
> >index 9cbf932b028c..c9504b2a2525 100644
> >--- a/mm/mprotect.c
> >+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
> >@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
> >
> > static bool maybe_change_pte_writable(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t pte)
> > {
> >-    if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)))
> >+    if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!vma_test(vma, VMA_WRITE_BIT)))
> >             return false;
> >
> >     /* Don't touch entries that are not even readable. */
> >@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static bool can_change_shared_pte_writable(struct 
> >vm_area_struct *vma,
> > bool can_change_pte_writable(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> >                          pte_t pte)
> > {
> >-    if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
> >+    if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_SHARED_BIT))
> >             return can_change_private_pte_writable(vma, addr, pte);
> >
> >     return can_change_shared_pte_writable(vma, pte);
> >@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static __always_inline void 
> >set_write_prot_commit_flush_ptes(struct vm_area_stru
> > {
> >     bool set_write;
> >
> >-    if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
> >+    if (vma_test(vma, VMA_SHARED_BIT)) {
> >             set_write = can_change_shared_pte_writable(vma, ptent);
> >             prot_commit_flush_ptes(vma, addr, ptep, oldpte, ptent, nr_ptes,
> >                                    /* idx = */ 0, set_write, tlb);
> >@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct 
> >mmu_gather *tlb,
> >             vm_unacct_memory(nrpages);
> >
> >     /*
> >-     * Private VM_LOCKED VMA becoming writable: trigger COW to avoid major
> >-     * fault on access.
> >+     * Private VMA_LOCKED_BIT VMA becoming writable: trigger COW to avoid
> >+     * major fault on access.
> >      */
> >     if (vma_flags_test(&new_vma_flags, VMA_WRITE_BIT) &&
> >         vma_flags_test(&old_vma_flags, VMA_LOCKED_BIT) &&
> >@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned long start, size_t 
> >len,
> >                     goto out;
> >             start = vma->vm_start;
> >             error = -EINVAL;
> >-            if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
> >+            if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_GROWSDOWN_BIT))
> >                     goto out;
> >     } else {
> >             if (vma->vm_start > start)
> >@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned long start, size_t 
> >len,
> >             if (unlikely(grows & PROT_GROWSUP)) {
> >                     end = vma->vm_end;
> >                     error = -EINVAL;
> >-                    if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP))
> >+                    if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_GROWSUP_BIT))
>
> IIUC, should this be
>
> if (!vma_test_single_mask(vma, VMA_GROWSUP))
>
> instead?
>
> #elif defined(CONFIG_PARISC)
> #define VM_GROWSUP    INIT_VM_FLAG(GROWSUP)
> ...
> #ifndef VM_GROWSUP
> #define VM_GROWSUP    VM_NONE
> ...
>
> VM_GROWSUP is only defined as GROWSUP on parisc and becomes VM_NONE
> elsewhere. But VMA_GROWSUP_BIT is the raw ARCH_1 bit, which is also used
> for other arch-specific VMA flags:
>
>       DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(SAO, ARCH_1),             /* Strong Access 
> Ordering (powerpc) */
>       DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(GROWSUP, ARCH_1),         /* parisc */
>       DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(SPARC_ADI, ARCH_1),       /* sparc64 */
>       DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(ARM64_BTI, ARCH_1),       /* arm64 */
>       DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(ARCH_CLEAR, ARCH_1),      /* sparc64, arm64 */
>       DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(MAPPED_COPY, ARCH_1),     /* !CONFIG_MMU */
>
> Other vma_test() changes look fine to me: just fixed INIT_VM_FLAG()
> masks matching their VMA_*_BIT :)

Thanks you're right, will fix!

Again I swear I ran claude on all of this so it's failing me here :)

>
> Cheers, Lance
>
> >                             goto out;
> >             }
> >     }
> >@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned long start, size_t 
> >len,
> >             }
> >
> >             /* Does the application expect PROT_READ to imply PROT_EXEC */
> >-            if (rier && (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYEXEC))
> >+            if (rier && vma_test(vma, VMA_MAYEXEC_BIT))
> >                     prot |= PROT_EXEC;
> >
> >             /*
> >--
> >2.54.0
> >
> >

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