Re: [PATCH 05/13] mm: prefer mm->def_vma_flags in mm logic

"Zi Yan" <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:06:37 -0400
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On Mon Jun 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM EDT, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Currently mm->def_flags (of type vm_flags_t) is union'd with
> mm->def_vma_flags (of type vma_flags_t).
>
> As part of the effort to convert vm_flags_t usage to vma_flags_t (in order
> to no longer be arbitrarily limited to a system word size for VMA flags),
> prefer mm->def_vma_flags to mm->def_flags throughout the mm logic.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
> ---
>  mm/debug.c |  2 +-
>  mm/mlock.c | 13 +++++++------
>  mm/mmap.c  | 11 ++++++-----
>  mm/vma.c   |  4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>

LGTM.

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


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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi