Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] mm: update shmem_[kernel]_file_*() functions to use vma_flags_t

"Darrick J. Wong" <[email protected]>
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Message-ID <20260123074652.GW5945@frogsfrogsfrogs>
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 04:06:17PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> In order to be able to use only vma_flags_t in vm_area_desc we must adjust
> shmem file setup functions to operate in terms of vma_flags_t rather than
> vm_flags_t.
> 
> This patch makes this change and updates all callers to use the new
> functions.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c           |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c                 |  5 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c   |  3 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/shmem_utils.c     |  3 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/tests/ttm_tt_test.c   |  2 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c          |  3 +-
>  drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c              |  2 +-
>  fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c                      |  3 +-
>  fs/xfs/xfs_buf_mem.c                      |  2 +-
>  include/linux/shmem_fs.h                  |  8 ++-
>  ipc/shm.c                                 |  6 +--
>  mm/memfd.c                                |  2 +-
>  mm/memfd_luo.c                            |  2 +-
>  mm/shmem.c                                | 59 +++++++++++++----------
>  security/keys/big_key.c                   |  2 +-
>  16 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> 

<snip to xfs>

> diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c
> index c753c79df203..fe0584a39f16 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ xfile_create(
>  	if (!xf)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	xf->file = shmem_kernel_file_setup(description, isize, VM_NORESERVE);
> +	xf->file = shmem_kernel_file_setup(description, isize,
> +					   mk_vma_flags(VMA_NORESERVE_BIT));

Seems fine, macro sorcery aside...

>  	if (IS_ERR(xf->file)) {
>  		error = PTR_ERR(xf->file);
>  		goto out_xfile;
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_mem.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_mem.c
> index dcbfa274e06d..fd6f0a5bc0ea 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_mem.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf_mem.c
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ xmbuf_alloc(
>  	if (!btp)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	file = shmem_kernel_file_setup(descr, 0, 0);
> +	file = shmem_kernel_file_setup(descr, 0, EMPTY_VMA_FLAGS);

...but does mk_vma_flags() produce the same result?

--D

>  	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
>  		error = PTR_ERR(file);
>  		goto out_free_btp;
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