+ mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix.patch added to mm-unstable branch

+ mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix.patch added to mm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix
Date: Wed Nov 19 02:22:57 PM PST 2025

update comments, per Lorenzo

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/0019e0b8-ee1e-4359-b5ee-94225cbe5588@lucifer.local
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/mm.h               |    8 +++-----
 tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h |    8 +++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -548,11 +548,9 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void
  * VMA flags we ignore for the purposes of merge, i.e. one VMA possessing one
  * of these flags and the other not does not preclude a merge.
  *
- * VM_STICKY - If one VMA has flags which must be 'sticky', that is ones
- *             which should propagate to all VMAs, but the other does not,
- *             the merge should still proceed with the merge logic applying
- *             sticky flags to the final VMA.
- */
+ *    VM_STICKY - When merging VMAs, VMA flags must match, unless they are
+ *                'sticky'. If any sticky flags exist in either VMA, we simply
+ *                set all of them on the merged VMA.
 #define VM_IGNORE_MERGE VM_STICKY
 
 /*
--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h~mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix
+++ a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
@@ -133,11 +133,9 @@ extern unsigned long dac_mmap_min_addr;
  * VMA flags we ignore for the purposes of merge, i.e. one VMA possessing one
  * of these flags and the other not does not preclude a merge.
  *
- * VM_STICKY - If one VMA has flags which most be 'sticky', that is ones
- *             which should propagate to all VMAs, but the other does not,
- *             the merge should still proceed with the merge logic applying
- *             sticky flags to the final VMA.
- */
+ *    VM_STICKY - When merging VMAs, VMA flags must match, unless they are
+ *                'sticky'. If any sticky flags exist in either VMA, we simply
+ *                set all of them on the merged VMA.
 #define VM_IGNORE_MERGE VM_STICKY
 
 /*
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@linux-foundation.org are

mm-vmscan-remove-folio_test_private-check-in-pageout-fix.patch
mm-khugepaged-unify-pmd-folio-installation-with-map_anon_folio_pmd-fix.patch
mm-huge_memory-introduce-enum-split_type-for-clarity-fix.patch
mm-propagate-vm_softdirty-on-merge-fix.patch
panic-sys_info-factor-out-read-and-write-handlers-checkpatch-fixes.patch
memblock-unpreserve-memory-in-case-of-error-fix.patch
lib-base64-optimize-base64_decode-with-reverse-lookup-tables-fix.patch
lib-base64-rework-encode-decode-for-speed-and-stricter-validation-fix.patch
uaccess-gate-_copy__user-on-inline_copy_from_user-fix.patch