Re: [PATCH 11/13] mm/mlock: convert mlock code to use vma_flags_t

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 08:25:34PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
>Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values
>throughout the mlock logic.
>
>Additionally update comments to reflect the changes to be consistent.
>
>No functional change intended.
>
>Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
>---

Nothing scary jumped out at me. Just one tiny nit below ;)

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>@@ -466,24 +466,23 @@ static void mlock_vma_pages_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  */
> static int mlock_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> 	       struct vm_area_struct **prev, unsigned long start,
>-	       unsigned long end, vm_flags_t newflags)
>+	       unsigned long end, vma_flags_t *new_vma_flags)
> {
>-	vma_flags_t new_vma_flags = legacy_to_vma_flags(newflags);
> 	const vma_flags_t old_vma_flags = vma->flags;
> 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
> 	int nr_pages;
> 	int ret = 0;
> 
>-	if (vma_flags_same_pair(&old_vma_flags, &new_vma_flags) ||
>+	if (vma_flags_same_pair(&old_vma_flags, new_vma_flags) ||
> 	    vma_is_secretmem(vma) || !vma_supports_mlock(vma)) {
> 		/*
>-		 * Don't set VM_LOCKED or VM_LOCKONFAULT and don't count.
>+		 * Don't set VMA_LOCKED_BIT or VM_LOCKONFAULT and don't count.

s/VM_LOCKONFAULT/VMA_LOCKONFAULT_BIT/

Otherwise LGTM. Feel free to add:

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

> 		 * For secretmem, don't allow the memory to be unlocked.
> 		 */
> 		goto out;
> 	}
> 
>-	vma = vma_modify_flags(vmi, *prev, vma, start, end, &new_vma_flags);
>+	vma = vma_modify_flags(vmi, *prev, vma, start, end, new_vma_flags);
> 	if (IS_ERR(vma)) {
> 		ret = PTR_ERR(vma);
> 		goto out;
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