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:
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 162c19fe478c..48d20b790a7d 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ static inline void set_dax_nomc(struct dax_device
*dax_dev)
static inline void set_dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
{
}
-static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(vm_flags_t vm_flags,
+static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(vma_flags_t flags,
const struct inode *inode,
struct dax_device *dax_dev)
{
- return !(vm_flags & VM_SYNC);
+ return !vma_flags_test(flags, VMA_SYNC_BIT);
}
static inline size_t dax_recovery_write(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
Best Regards,
Yan, Zi
