+ tools-testing-vma-eliminate-dependency-on-vma-__vm_flags.patch added to mm-new branch

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The patch titled
     Subject: tools/testing/vma: eliminate dependency on vma->__vm_flags
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     tools-testing-vma-eliminate-dependency-on-vma-__vm_flags.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/tools-testing-vma-eliminate-dependency-on-vma-__vm_flags.patch

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From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Subject: tools/testing/vma: eliminate dependency on vma->__vm_flags
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 13:26:10 +0000

The userland VMA test code relied on an internal implementation detail -
the existence of vma->__vm_flags to directly access VMA flags. There is no
need to do so when we have the vm_flags_*() helper functions available.

This is both ugly, but also a subsequent commit will eliminate this field
altogether so this will shortly become broken.

This patch has us utilise the helper functions instead.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/fb709773edcaf13d7a2c4cede046e454b4e88b1e.1763126447.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@nvidia.com>
Cc: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@kernel.org>
Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Ben Segall <bsegall@google.com>
Cc: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@protonmail.com>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
Cc: Byungchul Park <byungchul@sk.com>
Cc: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@linux.dev>
Cc: Chris Li <chrisl@kernel.org>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@arm.com>
Cc: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Cc: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Cc: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Cc: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com>
Cc: Kairui Song <kasong@tencent.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
Cc: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Cc: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Mathew Brost <matthew.brost@intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@gmail.com>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Cc: Rakie Kim <rakie.kim@sk.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>
Cc: Valentin Schneider <vschneid@redhat.com>
Cc: Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@linaro.org>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Wei Xu <weixugc@google.com>
Cc: xu xin <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn>
Cc: Yuanchu Xie <yuanchu@google.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 tools/testing/vma/vma.c |   20 ++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma.c~tools-testing-vma-eliminate-dependency-on-vma-__vm_flags
+++ a/tools/testing/vma/vma.c
@@ -69,18 +69,18 @@ static struct vm_area_struct *alloc_vma(
 					pgoff_t pgoff,
 					vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 {
-	struct vm_area_struct *ret = vm_area_alloc(mm);
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vm_area_alloc(mm);
 
-	if (ret == NULL)
+	if (vma == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ret->vm_start = start;
-	ret->vm_end = end;
-	ret->vm_pgoff = pgoff;
-	ret->__vm_flags = vm_flags;
-	vma_assert_detached(ret);
+	vma->vm_start = start;
+	vma->vm_end = end;
+	vma->vm_pgoff = pgoff;
+	vm_flags_reset(vma, vm_flags);
+	vma_assert_detached(vma);
 
-	return ret;
+	return vma;
 }
 
 /* Helper function to allocate a VMA and link it to the tree. */
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static bool test_vma_merge_special_flags
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(special_flags); i++) {
 		vm_flags_t special_flag = special_flags[i];
 
-		vma_left->__vm_flags = vm_flags | special_flag;
+		vm_flags_reset(vma_left, vm_flags | special_flag);
 		vmg.vm_flags = vm_flags | special_flag;
 		vma = merge_new(&vmg);
 		ASSERT_EQ(vma, NULL);
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ static bool test_vma_merge_special_flags
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(special_flags); i++) {
 		vm_flags_t special_flag = special_flags[i];
 
-		vma_left->__vm_flags = vm_flags | special_flag;
+		vm_flags_reset(vma_left, vm_flags | special_flag);
 		vmg.vm_flags = vm_flags | special_flag;
 		vma = merge_existing(&vmg);
 		ASSERT_EQ(vma, NULL);
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com are

mm-shmem-update-shmem-to-use-mmap_prepare.patch
device-dax-update-devdax-to-use-mmap_prepare.patch
mm-vma-remove-unused-function-make-internal-functions-static.patch
mm-add-vma_desc_size-vma_desc_pages-helpers.patch
relay-update-relay-to-use-mmap_prepare.patch
mm-vma-rename-__mmap_prepare-function-to-avoid-confusion.patch
mm-add-remap_pfn_range_prepare-remap_pfn_range_complete.patch
mm-abstract-io_remap_pfn_range-based-on-pfn.patch
mm-introduce-io_remap_pfn_range_.patch
mm-add-ability-to-take-further-action-in-vm_area_desc.patch
doc-update-porting-vfs-documentation-for-mmap_prepare-actions.patch
mm-hugetlbfs-update-hugetlbfs-to-use-mmap_prepare.patch
mm-add-shmem_zero_setup_desc.patch
mm-update-mem-char-driver-to-use-mmap_prepare.patch
mm-update-resctl-to-use-mmap_prepare.patch
mm-vma-small-vma-lock-cleanups.patch
mm-introduce-vm_maybe_guard-and-make-visible-in-proc-pid-smaps.patch
mm-add-atomic-vma-flags-and-set-vm_maybe_guard-as-such.patch
mm-add-atomic-vma-flags-and-set-vm_maybe_guard-as-such-fix.patch
mm-implement-sticky-vma-flags.patch
mm-introduce-copy-on-fork-vmas-and-make-vm_maybe_guard-one.patch
mm-set-the-vm_maybe_guard-flag-on-guard-region-install.patch
mm-set-the-vm_maybe_guard-flag-on-guard-region-install-fix.patch
tools-testing-vma-add-vma-sticky-userland-tests.patch
tools-testing-selftests-mm-add-madv_collapse-test-case.patch
tools-testing-selftests-mm-add-smaps-visibility-guard-region-test.patch
mm-correctly-handle-uffd-pte-markers.patch
mm-introduce-leaf-entry-type-and-use-to-simplify-leaf-entry-logic.patch
mm-avoid-unnecessary-uses-of-is_swap_pte.patch
mm-eliminate-is_swap_pte-when-softleaf_from_pte-suffices.patch
mm-use-leaf-entries-in-debug-pgtable-remove-is_swap_pte.patch
fs-proc-task_mmu-refactor-pagemap_pmd_range.patch
mm-avoid-unnecessary-use-of-is_swap_pmd.patch
mm-huge_memory-refactor-copy_huge_pmd-non-present-logic.patch
mm-huge_memory-refactor-change_huge_pmd-non-present-logic.patch
mm-replace-pmd_to_swp_entry-with-softleaf_from_pmd.patch
mm-introduce-pmd_is_huge-and-use-where-appropriate.patch
mm-remove-remaining-is_swap_pmd-users-and-is_swap_pmd.patch
mm-remove-non_swap_entry-and-use-softleaf-helpers-instead.patch
mm-remove-is_hugetlb_entry_.patch
mm-eliminate-further-swapops-predicates.patch
mm-replace-remaining-pte_to_swp_entry-with-softleaf_from_pte.patch
mm-rename-walk_page_range_mm.patch
mm-madvise-allow-guard-page-install-remove-under-vma-lock.patch
mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge.patch
testing-selftests-mm-add-soft-dirty-merge-self-test.patch
mm-declare-vma-flags-by-bit.patch
mm-declare-vma-flags-by-bit-fix.patch
mm-declare-vma-flags-by-bit-fix-2.patch
mm-simplify-and-rename-mm-flags-function-for-clarity.patch
tools-testing-vma-eliminate-dependency-on-vma-__vm_flags.patch
mm-introduce-vma-flags-bitmap-type.patch