On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 11:17:09AM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 12:38:46AM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > > vm_flags are among VMA attributes which affect decisions like VMA merging > > and splitting. Therefore all vm_flags modifications are performed after > > taking exclusive mmap_lock to prevent vm_flags updates racing with such > > operations. Introduce modifier functions for vm_flags to be used whenever > > flags are updated. This way we can better check and control correct > > locking behavior during these updates. > > > > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <sur...@google.com> > > --- > > include/linux/mm.h | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > include/linux/mm_types.h | 8 +++++++- > > 2 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h > > index c2f62bdce134..b71f2809caac 100644 > > --- a/include/linux/mm.h > > +++ b/include/linux/mm.h > > @@ -627,6 +627,43 @@ static inline void vma_init(struct vm_area_struct > > *vma, struct mm_struct *mm) > > INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vma->anon_vma_chain); > > } > > > > +/* Use when VMA is not part of the VMA tree and needs no locking */ > > +static inline void init_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > > + unsigned long flags) > > I'd suggest to make it vm_flags_init() etc.
Thinking more about it, it will be even clearer to name these vma_flags_xyz() > Except that > > Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <r...@kernel.org> > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.
