Re: [PATCH 07/13] mm/vma: rename vma_get_page_prot to vma_flags_to_page_prot

Lance Yang <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Jul 2026 20:25:15 +0800

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On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 08:25:30PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
>Having vma_get_page_prot() refer to VMA flags and vma_set_page_prot() refer
>to a VMA is confusing.
>
>Rename vma_get_page_prot() to vma_flags_to_page_prot() to resolve this
>confusion.
>
>No functional change intended.
>
>Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
>---

straight rename, no stale callers that I can spot ;) Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <[email protected]>