+ mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/vma: update create_init_stack_vma() to use vma_flags_t
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch

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From: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/vma: update create_init_stack_vma() to use vma_flags_t
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:45:06 +0100

Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values in
create_init_stack_vma().

As part of this change we add VMA_STACK_EARLY and VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE
vma_flags_t defines, and slightly rework create_init_stack_vma() for
clarity.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-9-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>
Cc: Nico Pache <npache@redhat.com>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/mm.h              |    4 ++++
 mm/vma_exec.c                   |   18 +++++++++++-------
 tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h |    4 ++++
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -442,8 +442,10 @@ enum {
 #define VM_STACK	INIT_VM_FLAG(STACK)
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
 #define VM_STACK_EARLY	INIT_VM_FLAG(STACK_EARLY)
+#define VMA_STACK_EARLY mk_vma_flags(VMA_STACK_EARLY_BIT)
 #else
 #define VM_STACK_EARLY	VM_NONE
+#define VMA_STACK_EARLY EMPTY_VMA_FLAGS
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PKEYS
 #define VM_PKEY_SHIFT ((__force int)VMA_HIGH_ARCH_0_BIT)
@@ -544,6 +546,8 @@ enum {
 
 /* Bits set in the VMA until the stack is in its final location */
 #define VM_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP (VM_RAND_READ | VM_SEQ_READ | VM_STACK_EARLY)
+#define VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP append_vma_flags(		\
+	VMA_STACK_EARLY, VMA_RAND_READ_BIT, VMA_SEQ_READ_BIT)
 
 #define TASK_EXEC_BIT ((current->personality & READ_IMPLIES_EXEC) ? \
 		       VMA_EXEC_BIT : VMA_READ_BIT)
--- a/mm/vma_exec.c~mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t
+++ a/mm/vma_exec.c
@@ -112,15 +112,17 @@ int relocate_vma_down(struct vm_area_str
 int create_init_stack_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
 			  unsigned long *top_mem_p)
 {
-	unsigned long flags = VM_STACK_FLAGS | VM_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP;
+	vma_flags_t flags = VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP;
+	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
 	int err;
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vm_area_alloc(mm);
 
+	/* VMA_STACK_FLAGS and VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP must not overlap. */
+	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(vma_flags_test_any_mask(&flags, VMA_STACK_FLAGS));
+
+	vma = vm_area_alloc(mm);
 	if (!vma)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	vma_set_anonymous(vma);
-
 	if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm)) {
 		err = -EINTR;
 		goto err_free;
@@ -134,18 +136,20 @@ int create_init_stack_vma(struct mm_stru
 	if (err)
 		goto err_ksm;
 
+	vma_flags_set_mask(&flags, VMA_STACK_FLAGS);
+	vma_set_anonymous(vma);
+
 	/*
 	 * Place the stack at the largest stack address the architecture
 	 * supports. Later, we'll move this to an appropriate place. We don't
 	 * use STACK_TOP because that can depend on attributes which aren't
 	 * configured yet.
 	 */
-	VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(VM_STACK_FLAGS & VM_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP);
 	vma->vm_end = STACK_TOP_MAX;
 	vma->vm_start = vma->vm_end - PAGE_SIZE;
 	if (pgtable_supports_soft_dirty())
-		flags |= VM_SOFTDIRTY;
-	vm_flags_init(vma, flags);
+		vma_flags_set(&flags, VMA_SOFTDIRTY_BIT);
+	vma->flags = flags;
 	vma->vm_page_prot = vma_get_page_prot(vma);
 
 	err = insert_vm_struct(mm, vma);
--- a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h~mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t
+++ a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
@@ -245,8 +245,10 @@ enum {
 #define VM_STACK	INIT_VM_FLAG(STACK)
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
 #define VM_STACK_EARLY	INIT_VM_FLAG(STACK_EARLY)
+#define VMA_STACK_EARLY mk_vma_flags(VMA_STACK_EARLY_BIT)
 #else
 #define VM_STACK_EARLY	VM_NONE
+#define VMA_STACK_EARLY EMPTY_VMA_FLAGS
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PKEYS
 #define VM_PKEY_SHIFT ((__force int)VMA_HIGH_ARCH_0_BIT)
@@ -315,6 +317,8 @@ enum {
 
 /* Bits set in the VMA until the stack is in its final location */
 #define VM_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP (VM_RAND_READ | VM_SEQ_READ | VM_STACK_EARLY)
+#define VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE_SETUP append_vma_flags(		\
+	VMA_STACK_EARLY, VMA_RAND_READ_BIT, VMA_SEQ_READ_BIT)
 
 #define TASK_EXEC_BIT ((current->personality & READ_IMPLIES_EXEC) ? \
 		       VM_EXEC_BIT : VM_READ_BIT)
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from ljs@kernel.org are

mm-vmalloc-acquire-init_mm-lock-on-huge-vmap-to-avoid-ptdump-uaf.patch
x86-mm-pat-acquire-mmap-lock-on-page-table-free-to-avoid-ptdump-uaf.patch
mm-ptdump-always-stabilise-against-page-table-freeing-using-init_mm.patch
arm64-remove-redundant-concurrent-ptdump-uaf-mitigation.patch
mm-move-alloc-tag-to-mm.patch
mm-move-vma_start_pgoff-into-mmh-and-clean-up.patch
mm-add-kdoc-comments-for-vma_start-last_pgoff.patch
tools-testing-vma-use-vma_start_pgoff-in-merge-tests.patch
mm-introduce-and-use-vma_end_pgoff.patch
mm-rmap-update-mm-interval_treec-comments.patch
mm-rmap-parameterise-vma_interval_tree_-by-address_space.patch
mm-rmap-elide-unnecessary-static-inlines-in-interval_treec.patch
mm-rmap-rename-vma_interval_tree_-to-mapping_rmap_tree_.patch
mm-rmap-parameterise-anon_vma_interval_tree_-by-anon_vma.patch
mm-rmap-rename-anon_vma_interval_tree_-params-and-use-pgoff_t.patch
mm-rmap-rename-anon_vma_interval_tree_-to-anon_rmap_tree_.patch
maintainers-move-mm-interval_treec-to-rmap-section.patch
mm-vma-introduce-and-use-vmg_pages-vmg__pgoff.patch
mm-vma-clean-up-anon_vma_compatible.patch
mm-vma-refactor-vmg_adjust_set_range-for-clarity.patch
mm-vma-minor-cleanup-of-expand_.patch
mm-introduce-and-use-linear_page_delta.patch
mm-vma-use-vma_start_pgoff-linear_page_index-in-mm-code.patch
mm-prefer-vma__pgoff-to-vma-vm_pgoff-in-kernel.patch
mm-vma-remove-duplicative-vma_pgoff_offset-helper.patch
mm-use-linear_page_-consistently.patch
mm-vma-introduce-vma_assert_can_modify.patch
mm-vma-add-and-use-vma__pgoff.patch
mm-vma-move-__install_special_mapping-to-vmac.patch
mm-vma-make-vma_set_range-static-drop-insert_vm_struct-decl.patch
mm-vma-update-vma_shrink-to-not-pass-start-pgoff-parameters.patch
mm-vma-update-vmg_adjust_set_range-to-offset-pgoff-instead.patch
mm-vma-slightly-rework-the-anonymous-check-in-__mmap_new_vma.patch
mm-vma-introduce-and-use-vma_set_pgoff.patch
mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion.patch
mm-vma-use-guard-clauses-in-can_vma_merge_.patch
tools-testing-vma-default-vma-mm-flag-bits-to-64-bit.patch
tools-testing-vma-output-compared-expression-on-assert_.patch
mm-introduce-vma_flags_can_grow-and-vma_can_grow.patch
mm-vma-update-do_mmap-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch
mm-convert-__get_unmapped_area-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch
mm-update-generic_get_unmapped_area-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch
mm-prefer-mm-def_vma_flags-in-mm-logic.patch
mm-vma-convert-vm_pgprot_modify-to-use-vma_flags_t-and-rename.patch
mm-vma-rename-vma_get_page_prot-to-vma_flags_to_page_prot.patch
mm-introduce-vma_get_page_prot-and-use-it.patch
mm-vma-update-create_init_stack_vma-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch
mm-vma-convert-miscellaneous-uses-of-vma-flags-in-core-mm.patch
mm-mlock-convert-mlock-code-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch
mm-mprotect-convert-mprotect-code-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch
mm-mremap-convert-mremap-code-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch