Re: [PATCH v2 23/33] mm/vma: add and use vma_[add/sub]_pgoff()

Gregory Price <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 09:17:04PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Add helpers for adding or subtracting to a VMA's page offset, exposed
> internally for VMA users within mm in mm/vma.h.
> 
> This is to lay the foundations for tracking anonymous page offset for
> MAP_PRIVATE file-backed mappings, where adding and subtracting from this
> value must be reflected in both the file and anonymous offsets.
> 
> These are used on VMA split and downward stack expansion.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>

Carrying over from v1

Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <[email protected]>
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