On 10/13/26 17:04, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> Replace the open-coded VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS check in the VMA merge logic with
> two new functions vma_flags_can_merge() and vma_can_merge() and update the
> merge logic to use the former.
> 
> This abstracts the check and expresses it in terms of the desired behaviour
> rather than an arbitrary and confusing VMA flag.
> 
> This also lays the groundwork for making further improvements in VMA flag
> usage.
> 
> Also update the userland VMA tests to reflect the change.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <[email protected]>
> ---

I'd have called it "vma_mergable" etc, because "can_merge" makes me imply a
"with what".

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

-- 
Cheers,

David

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