[PATCH v2 00/13] mm: convert more vm_flags_t users to vma_flags_t

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:46:00 -0700 

This series makes further progress in converting usage of the deprecated
vm_flags_t type to its replacement, vma_flags_t.

It focuses on mm, though updates some users of mm APIs also.

It updates:

* The core do_mmap() code path for VMA mapping.
* Unmapped area logic.
* The usage of mm->def_vma_flags.
* VMA page protection bit logic.
* General usage of VMA flags in core mm code, mlock, mprotect, mremap.

REVIEWER/MERGER NOTE: This is dependent on [0], which must be merged before
this.

[0]:https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
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Changes in v2:
* Rebased on to mm-new that has the 33 patch rework dependency in it.
* Distributed tags, thanks everybody!
* Moved VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP and VMA_STACK_EARLY VMA userland test defines
  from 1/13 to 9/13 as per Zi.
* Fixed whitespace in 3/13 as per Zi.
* Updated 5/13 to use %*pb formatter for VMA flags (to match mm flags formatter)
  in dump_mm(), as per Lance.
* Updated 8/13 to update panthor_gem.c to vma_get_page_prot() as per Lance.
* Fixed up comment type in 11/13 as per Lance.
* Fixed bug of using VMA_GROWSUP_BIT rather than VMA_GROWSUP as per Lance
  in 12/13.
* Added detail about when we are and are not required to open code
  vma_write_lock() for VMA flag mutators in the commit message for 13/13 as
  per Lance and Zi.

v1:
https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected]

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---
Lorenzo Stoakes (13):
      mm: introduce vma_flags_can_grow() and vma_can_grow()
      mm/vma: update do_mmap() to use vma_flags_t
      mm: convert __get_unmapped_area() to use vma_flags_t
      mm: update generic_get_unmapped_area[_topdown]() to use vma_flags_t
      mm: prefer mm->def_vma_flags in mm logic
      mm/vma: convert vm_pgprot_modify() to use vma_flags_t and rename
      mm/vma: rename vma_get_page_prot to vma_flags_to_page_prot
      mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it
      mm/vma: update create_init_stack_vma() to use vma_flags_t
      mm/vma: convert miscellaneous uses of VMA flags in core mm
      mm/mlock: convert mlock code to use vma_flags_t
      mm/mprotect: convert mprotect code to use vma_flags_t
      mm/mremap: convert mremap code to use vma_flags_t

 arch/mips/kernel/vdso.c                     |   4 +-
 arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/slice.c            |   6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c                   |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c        |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c      |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c       |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_gem.c     |   6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c    |  12 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c               |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c       |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c        |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c          |   6 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/panthor/panthor_gem.c       |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_gem.c |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/gem.c                 |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vram.c       |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c  |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c              |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_mmio_gem.c            |   2 +-
 drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front_gem.c     |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_io_fops.c       |   2 +-
 fs/aio.c                                    |   2 +-
 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c                        |   3 +-
 include/linux/huge_mm.h                     |  10 +-
 include/linux/memfd.h                       |   6 +-
 include/linux/mm.h                          |  52 +++++++--
 include/linux/sched/mm.h                    |  13 +--
 ipc/shm.c                                   |   3 +-
 mm/debug.c                                  |   5 +-
 mm/huge_memory.c                            |  21 ++--
 mm/memfd.c                                  |  15 +--
 mm/mlock.c                                  |  99 +++++++++--------
 mm/mmap.c                                   | 164 +++++++++++++++-------------
 mm/mprotect.c                               |  16 +--
 mm/mremap.c                                 |  38 ++++---
 mm/nommu.c                                  |   3 +-
 mm/util.c                                   |  10 +-
 mm/vma.c                                    |  26 +++--
 mm/vma.h                                    |   8 +-
 mm/vma_exec.c                               |  20 ++--
 sound/core/memalloc.c                       |   2 +-
 tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h             |  23 ++--
 42 files changed, 341 insertions(+), 264 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 61cccb8363fcc282d4ae0555b8739dd227f5ad0b
change-id: 20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-bd05385df9fc

Cheers,
-- 
Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>

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