+ mm-mprotect-convert-mprotect-code-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch added to mm-new branch

+ mm-mprotect-convert-mprotect-code-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm/mprotect: convert mprotect code to use vma_flags_t
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-mprotect-convert-mprotect-code-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-mprotect-convert-mprotect-code-to-use-vma_flags_t.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/mprotect: convert mprotect code to use vma_flags_t
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:45:09 +0100

Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values
throughout the mprotect logic.

Note that we retain the legacy vm_flags_t bit shifting code in
do_mprotect_pkey(), deferring a vma_flags_t approach to this for the time
being.

Additionally update comments to reflect the changes to be consistent.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-12-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
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: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
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>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/mprotect.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/mprotect.c~mm-mprotect-convert-mprotect-code-to-use-vma_flags_t
+++ a/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 static bool maybe_change_pte_writable(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t pte)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)))
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!vma_test(vma, VMA_WRITE_BIT)))
 		return false;
 
 	/* Don't touch entries that are not even readable. */
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static bool can_change_shared_pte_writab
 bool can_change_pte_writable(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			     pte_t pte)
 {
-	if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED))
+	if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_SHARED_BIT))
 		return can_change_private_pte_writable(vma, addr, pte);
 
 	return can_change_shared_pte_writable(vma, pte);
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static __always_inline void set_write_pr
 {
 	bool set_write;
 
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) {
+	if (vma_test(vma, VMA_SHARED_BIT)) {
 		set_write = can_change_shared_pte_writable(vma, ptent);
 		prot_commit_flush_ptes(vma, addr, ptep, oldpte, ptent, nr_ptes,
 				       /* idx = */ 0, set_write, tlb);
@@ -846,8 +846,8 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi,
 		vm_unacct_memory(nrpages);
 
 	/*
-	 * Private VM_LOCKED VMA becoming writable: trigger COW to avoid major
-	 * fault on access.
+	 * Private VMA_LOCKED_BIT VMA becoming writable: trigger COW to avoid
+	 * major fault on access.
 	 */
 	if (vma_flags_test(&new_vma_flags, VMA_WRITE_BIT) &&
 	    vma_flags_test(&old_vma_flags, VMA_LOCKED_BIT) &&
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned lon
 			goto out;
 		start = vma->vm_start;
 		error = -EINVAL;
-		if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSDOWN))
+		if (!vma_test(vma, VMA_GROWSDOWN_BIT))
 			goto out;
 	} else {
 		if (vma->vm_start > start)
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned lon
 		if (unlikely(grows & PROT_GROWSUP)) {
 			end = vma->vm_end;
 			error = -EINVAL;
-			if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP))
+			if (!vma_test_single_mask(vma, VMA_GROWSUP))
 				goto out;
 		}
 	}
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static int do_mprotect_pkey(unsigned lon
 		}
 
 		/* Does the application expect PROT_READ to imply PROT_EXEC */
-		if (rier && (vma->vm_flags & VM_MAYEXEC))
+		if (rier && vma_test(vma, VMA_MAYEXEC_BIT))
 			prot |= PROT_EXEC;
 
 		/*
_

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