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
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-fbdev,dev.linux.lists.virtualization,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.freedesktop.lists.intel-gfx,org.freedesktop.lists.intel-xe,org.freedesktop.lists.nouveau,org.infradead.lists.linux-rockchip,org.kernel.vger.linux-arm-msm,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-mips,org.kernel.vger.linux-samsung-soc,org.kernel.vger.linux-sound,org.kernel.vger.linux-tegra,org.ozlabs.lists.linuxppc-dev,org.xenproject.lists.xen-devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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]>