Re: [PATCH 08/13] mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it

"Zi Yan" <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:36:51 -0400
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On Mon Jun 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM EDT, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> There's a large number of vm_get_page_prot(vma->vm_flags) invocations. Make
> life easier by introducing vma_get_page_prot() parameterised by the VMA.
>
> This also makes converting vm_get_page_prot() to vma_flags_t easier.
>
> Also update the userland VMA tests to reflect the change.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c                   |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_dma_helper.c        |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c      |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/etnaviv/etnaviv_gem.c       |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_gem.c     |  6 +++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_mman.c    | 12 ++++++------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_gem.c               |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nouveau_gem.c       |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c        |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_gem.c          |  6 +++---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_gem.c |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/gem.c                 |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_vram.c       |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_page_dirty.c  |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_device.c              |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_mmio_gem.c            |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/xen/xen_drm_front_gem.c     |  2 +-
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fb_io_fops.c       |  2 +-
>  include/linux/mm.h                          | 10 +++++++++-
>  mm/vma.c                                    |  2 +-
>  mm/vma_exec.c                               |  2 +-
>  sound/core/memalloc.c                       |  2 +-
>  tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h             |  4 ++++
>  23 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>

Acked-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]>

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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi