On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:01:04AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 09:59:51PM -0500, Zi Yan wrote: > > On 19 Jan 2026, at 16:19, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > > > > > We will be shortly removing the vm_flags_t field from vm_area_desc so we > > > need to update all mmap_prepare users to only use the dessc->vma_flags > > > field. > > > > > > This patch achieves that and makes all ancillary changes required to make > > > this possible. > > > > > > This lays the groundwork for future work to eliminate the use of > > > vm_flags_t > > > in vm_area_desc altogether and more broadly throughout the kernel. > > > > > > While we're here, we take the opportunity to replace VM_REMAP_FLAGS with > > > VMA_REMAP_FLAGS, the vma_flags_t equivalent. > > > > > > No functional changes intended. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]> > > > --- > > > drivers/char/mem.c | 6 +++--- > > > drivers/dax/device.c | 10 +++++----- > > > fs/aio.c | 2 +- > > > fs/erofs/data.c | 5 +++-- > > > fs/ext4/file.c | 4 ++-- > > > fs/ntfs3/file.c | 2 +- > > > fs/orangefs/file.c | 4 ++-- > > > fs/ramfs/file-nommu.c | 2 +- > > > fs/resctrl/pseudo_lock.c | 2 +- > > > fs/romfs/mmap-nommu.c | 2 +- > > > fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 4 ++-- > > > fs/zonefs/file.c | 3 ++- > > > include/linux/dax.h | 4 ++-- > > > include/linux/mm.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++----- > > > kernel/relay.c | 2 +- > > > mm/memory.c | 17 ++++++++--------- > > > 16 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-) > > > > > > > You missed one instance in !CONFIG_DAX: > > Yup of course I did... :/ the amount of testing I did here and yet there's > always some straggler that even allmodconfig somehow doesn't expose. > > Let me gather up the cases first and I'll fix-patch.
BTW this is turning into a respin I'll send shortly :) as addressing other feeedback and removing sparse makes fix-patches not viable unfortunately! Cheers, Lorenzo
