On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 08:33:20PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > The call_mmap() function violates the existing convention in > include/linux/fs.h whereby invocations of virtual file system hooks is > performed by functions prefixed with vfs_xxx(). > > Correct this by renaming call_mmap() to vfs_mmap(). This also avoids > confusion as to the fact that f_op->mmap_prepare may be invoked here. > > Also rename __call_mmap_prepare() function to vfs_mmap_prepare() and adjust > to accept a file parameter, this is useful later for nested file systems. > > Finally, fix up the VMA userland tests and ensure the mmap_prepare -> mmap > shim is implemented there.
Can we please just kill these silly call_* helpers instead?