On Mon, Oct 12, 2026 at 08:49:11PM +0200, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
> On 10/9/26 20:04, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:

> > diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> > index 624f37975e12..ed66a90e0031 100644
> > --- a/mm/ksm.c
> > +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> > @@ -747,9 +747,7 @@ static bool ksm_compatible(const struct file *file, 
> > vma_flags_t vma_flags)
> >     if (vma_flags_test_any(&vma_flags, VMA_SHARED_BIT, VMA_MAYSHARE_BIT,
> >                            VMA_HUGETLB_BIT))
> >             return false;
> > -   if (vma_flags_test_single_mask(&vma_flags, VMA_DROPPABLE))
> > -           return false;
> > -   if (vma_flags_test_any_mask(&vma_flags, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS))
> > +   if (!vma_flags_is_mm_backed(&vma_flags))
> >             return false;
>
> Same here, it's hard for me to tell my brain that "permanently lazyfree pages
> are not backed by core-mm".

Yeah :) 'mm backed' is definitely too broad for this.

Will reinstate the explicit droppable check in v6.

>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>

Thanks!

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Cheers, Lorenzo

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