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

"Zi Yan" <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:31:20 -0400
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Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Mon Jun 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM EDT, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Having vma_get_page_prot() refer to VMA flags and vma_set_page_prot() ref=
er
> 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]>
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h              | 4 ++--
>  mm/vma.c                        | 2 +-
>  mm/vma.h                        | 2 +-
>  tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h | 2 +-
>  4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
Makes sense.

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]>


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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi