+ mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero.patch added to mm-unstable branch

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

The patch titled
     Subject: mm: implement file_is_dev_zero() to uniquely identify /dev/zero
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero.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: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: mm: implement file_is_dev_zero() to uniquely identify /dev/zero
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:23:39 +0100

To lay the foundation for a future change that converts
MAP_PRIVATE-/dev/zero mappings to be truly anonymous, add the ability to
uniquely identify these mappings.

With the memory character device now part of mm/ this is trivially
achievable through a file_is_dev_zero() predicate that simply tests that
the file operation hooks are zero_fops.

Also update userland VMA tests to expose file_is_dev_zero() and provide a
stub zero_fops for testing.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260908-map-private-dev-zero-v2-2-acc7b5625305@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/char-mem.c                   |   13 +++++++++++++
 mm/internal.h                   |    3 +++
 tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h |    7 +++++++
 tools/testing/vma/shared.c      |    9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

--- a/mm/char-mem.c~mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero
+++ a/mm/char-mem.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 
+#include "internal.h"
+
 #define DEVMEM_MINOR	1
 #define DEVPORT_MINOR	4
 
@@ -707,6 +709,17 @@ static const struct memdev {
 #endif
 };
 
+/**
+ * file_is_dev_zero() - is the specified @file associated with the /dev/zero
+ * driver?
+ * @file: File to test.
+ * Returns: true if it is, false otherwise.
+ */
+bool file_is_dev_zero(const struct file *file)
+{
+	return file && file->f_op == &zero_fops;
+}
+
 static int memory_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	int minor;
--- a/mm/internal.h~mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero
+++ a/mm/internal.h
@@ -1638,4 +1638,7 @@ static inline bool can_spin_trylock(void
 	return true;
 }
 
+/* char-mem.c */
+bool file_is_dev_zero(const struct file *file);
+
 #endif	/* __MM_INTERNAL_H */
--- a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h~mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero
+++ a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
@@ -1641,3 +1641,10 @@ static inline pgoff_t linear_anon_page_i
 
 	return pgoff;
 }
+
+extern const struct file_operations zero_fops;
+
+static inline bool file_is_dev_zero(const struct file *file)
+{
+	return file && file->f_op == &zero_fops;
+}
--- a/tools/testing/vma/shared.c~mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero
+++ a/tools/testing/vma/shared.c
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ const struct vm_operations_struct vma_du
 struct anon_vma dummy_anon_vma;
 struct task_struct __current;
 
+static int mmap_zero_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+const struct file_operations zero_fops = {
+	.mmap_prepare = mmap_zero_prepare,
+};
+
 struct vm_area_struct *alloc_vma(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 		pgoff_t pgoff, vma_flags_t vma_flags)
_

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

mm-vma-correctly-unaccount-on-mmap_prepare-failure.patch
mm-vmpressure-remove-window-size-todo.patch
tools-testing-selftests-mm-add-missing-gitignore-entries.patch
mm-move-drivers-char-memc-to-mm-char-memc.patch
mm-implement-file_is_dev_zero-to-uniquely-identify-dev-zero.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-madvise-swap-in-cowd-map_private-file-mappings-on-madv_willneed.patch
mm-huge_memory-zap-deposited-page-tables-after-an-rcu-grace-period.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-most-2-level-architectures.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-mmu-riscv.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-mmu-arm.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-arc-microblaze-xtensa.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-sparc64.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-m68k-coldfire.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-sh-x2.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-m68k-motorola.patch
mm-enable-mmu_gather_rcu_table_free-for-sparc32.patch
mm-make-userland-page-table-freeing-rcu-safe.patch
mm-change-the-contract-for-free_pgtables-update-docs.patch