[merged mm-stable] mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm/vma: correct incorrect vma.h inclusion
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

------------------------------------------------------
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/vma: correct incorrect vma.h inclusion
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:17:11 +0100

The only files which should be including vma.h are the implementation files
for the core VMA logic - vma.c, vma_init.c, and vma_exec.c.

This is in order to allow for userland testing of core VMA logic. In this
cases, vma_internal.h and vma.h are included, providing both the
dependencies upon which the core VMA logic requires and its declarations.

Userland testable VMA logic is achieved by having separate vma_internal.h
implementations for userland and kernel.

Callers other than the core VMA implementation should include internal.h
instead. This header does not need to include vma_internal.h as it only
contains the vma.h declarations, for which the includes already present
suffice.

Update code to reflect this, update comments to reflect the fact there are
3 VMA implementation files and document things more clearly.

While we're here, slightly improve the language of the comment describing
vma_exec.c.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-30-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Cc: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@samsung.com>
Cc: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/mmu_notifier.c |    2 +-
 mm/nommu.c        |    1 -
 mm/vma.c          |    4 ++++
 mm/vma.h          |    9 ++++++++-
 mm/vma_exec.c     |    8 ++++++--
 mm/vma_init.c     |    4 ++++
 mm/vma_internal.h |    4 ++--
 7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c~mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion
+++ a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 
-#include "vma.h"
+#include "internal.h"
 
 /* global SRCU for all MMs */
 DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU(srcu);
--- a/mm/nommu.c~mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion
+++ a/mm/nommu.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include "internal.h"
-#include "vma.h"
 
 unsigned long highest_memmap_pfn;
 int heap_stack_gap = 0;
--- a/mm/vma.c~mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion
+++ a/mm/vma.c
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
  * VMA-specific functions.
  */
 
+/*
+ * To allow for userland testing we place internal dependencies in
+ * vma_internal.h and external VMA API declarations in vma.h.
+ */
 #include "vma_internal.h"
 #include "vma.h"
 
--- a/mm/vma_exec.c~mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion
+++ a/mm/vma_exec.c
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
 /*
- * Functions explicitly implemented for exec functionality which however are
- * explicitly VMA-only logic.
+ * Functions provided for exec functionality which however are
+ * specifically VMA-only logic.
  */
 
+/*
+ * To allow for userland testing we place internal dependencies in
+ * vma_internal.h and external VMA API declarations in vma.h.
+ */
 #include "vma_internal.h"
 #include "vma.h"
 
--- a/mm/vma.h~mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion
+++ a/mm/vma.h
@@ -2,7 +2,14 @@
 /*
  * vma.h
  *
- * Core VMA manipulation API implemented in vma.c.
+ * Core VMA manipulation API implemented in vma.c, vma_init.c and vma_exec.c.
+ *
+ * Note that, in order for VMA logic to be userland testable, this header
+ * intentionally includes no dependencies.
+ *
+ * This is specifically scoped to mm-only. Users of this functionality (other
+ * than the core VMA implementation itself) should not include this header
+ * directly, but rather include internal.h.
  */
 #ifndef __MM_VMA_H
 #define __MM_VMA_H
--- a/mm/vma_init.c~mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion
+++ a/mm/vma_init.c
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  * between CONFIG_MMU and non-CONFIG_MMU kernel configurations.
  */
 
+/*
+ * To allow for userland testing we place internal dependencies in
+ * vma_internal.h and external VMA API declarations in vma.h.
+ */
 #include "vma_internal.h"
 #include "vma.h"
 
--- a/mm/vma_internal.h~mm-vma-correct-incorrect-vmah-inclusion
+++ a/mm/vma_internal.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 /*
  * vma_internal.h
  *
- * Headers required by vma.c, which can be substituted accordingly when testing
- * VMA functionality.
+ * Headers required by vma.c, vma_init.c and vma_exec.c, which can be
+ * substituted accordingly when testing VMA functionality.
  */
 
 #ifndef __MM_VMA_INTERNAL_H
_

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
mm-ptdump-always-stabilise-against-page-table-freeing-using-init_mm.patch
arm64-remove-redundant-concurrent-ptdump-uaf-mitigation.patch
mm-huge_memory-fix-huge_zero_pfn-race.patch
mm-huge_memory-separate-out-config_persistent_huge_zero_folio-logic.patch
x86-mm-pat-acquire-init_mm-write-lock-on-collapse-to-avoid-uaf.patch
x86-mm-pat-acquire-init_mm-read-lock-on-attribute-change-to-avoid-uaf.patch
x86-mm-pat-allocate-split-page-tables-as-kernel-page-tables.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
mm-mseal-remove-superfluous-comments-fix-confusion-around-mm.patch
mm-mseal-limit-scope-of-mseal-address-zero-to-address-zero.patch
mm-mseal-remove-further-superfluous-comments-do_mseal.patch
mm-vma-introduce-vma-virtual-page-offset-field-and-add-helpers.patch
mm-introduce-linear_virt_page_index.patch
mm-abstract-vma_address-and-introduce-vma_anon_address.patch
mm-update-print_bad_page_map-to-show-virtual-page-index.patch
mm-introduce-and-use-vma_filebacked_address.patch
mm-propagate-vma-virtual-page-offset-on-map-remap-split-merge.patch
mm-rmap-track-whether-the-page-vma-mapped-walk-is-anonymous.patch
mm-introduce-and-use-linear_folio_page_index.patch
mm-rmap-use-virt-pgoff-for-map_private-file-backed-anon-folios.patch
tools-testing-vma-expand-vma-merge-tests-to-assert-virt-pgoff.patch
tools-testing-selftests-mm-test-virtual-page-offset-merge-behaviour.patch
mm-vma-only-permit-map_private-dev-zero-to-be-mapped-anonymous.patch
mm-vma-make-map_private-mapped-dev-zero-mappings-truly-anonymous.patch
tools-testing-vma-add-test-to-assert-map_private-dev-zero-is-anon.patch
tools-testing-selftests-mm-add-map_private-dev-zero-merge-tests.patch
mm-add-some-missing-includes-to-mm-local-headers.patch