[merged mm-stable] mm-mlock-clear-vma_locked_mask-over-mmap-callback.patch removed from -mm tree

[merged mm-stable] mm-mlock-clear-vma_locked_mask-over-mmap-callback.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm/mlock: clear VMA_LOCKED_MASK over mmap callback
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-mlock-clear-vma_locked_mask-over-mmap-callback.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

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From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: mm/mlock: clear VMA_LOCKED_MASK over mmap callback
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:05:03 +0100

Currently there's a confusing mess around VMA_LOCKED_BIT and
VMA_LOCKONFAULT_BIT.

It is permitted for drivers to set any flags they like, with the VMA
already possessing lock flags.

This results in the absurd situation of a VMA possessing both
VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS and VMA_LOCKED_MASK flags, which is not permitted.

This has resulted in mlock_vma_folio() having a very silly check for this
scenario to work around it.

There is no need for this - just clear the flags before invoking the hook
and reinstate them afterwards if they are required.

Nothing relies upon this being set during the mmap operation.

mmap_prepare is unaffected by this so requires no fix.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20261013-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v6-23-1aa3c9b139f9@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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---

 mm/internal.h |    9 +--------
 mm/vma.c      |   15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/internal.h~mm-mlock-clear-vma_locked_mask-over-mmap-callback
+++ a/mm/internal.h
@@ -970,14 +970,7 @@ void mlock_folio(struct folio *folio);
 static inline void mlock_vma_folio(struct folio *folio,
 				struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	/*
-	 * The VM_SPECIAL check here serves two purposes.
-	 * 1) VM_IO check prevents migration from double-counting during mlock.
-	 * 2) Although mmap_region() and mlock_fixup() take care that VM_LOCKED
-	 *    is never left set on a VM_SPECIAL vma, there is an interval while
-	 *    file->f_op->mmap() is using vm_insert_page(s), when VM_LOCKED may
-	 *    still be set while VM_SPECIAL bits are added: so ignore it then.
-	 */
+	/* The VM_IO check prevents migration from double-counting during mlock. */
 	if (unlikely((vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_SPECIAL)) == VM_LOCKED))
 		mlock_folio(folio);
 }
--- a/mm/vma.c~mm-mlock-clear-vma_locked_mask-over-mmap-callback
+++ a/mm/vma.c
@@ -2625,6 +2625,11 @@ static int __mmap_new_file_vma(struct mm
 	if (!map->vm_file->f_op->mmap)
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * Driver-specified flags may make the lock flags invalid, so clear
+	 * VMA_LOCKED_MASK and reinstate it afterwards if appropriate.
+	 */
+	vma_clear_flags_mask(vma, VMA_LOCKED_MASK);
 	error = mmap_file(vma->vm_file, vma);
 	map->vm_file = vma->vm_file;
 
@@ -2647,6 +2652,16 @@ static int __mmap_new_file_vma(struct mm
 		return error;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If the VMA is still eligible for mlock(), reinstate any original
+	 * VMA_LOCKED_BIT and/or VMA_LOCKONFAULT_BIT flags.
+	 */
+	if (vma_supports_mlock(vma)) {
+		const vma_flags_t mask = vma_flags_and_mask(&map->vma_flags, VMA_LOCKED_MASK);
+
+		vma_set_flags_mask(vma, mask);
+	}
+
 	map->vma_flags = vma->flags;
 
 	return 0;
_

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

mm-vma-fix-expansion-of-vma_mixedmap_bit-vmas.patch
mm-do-not-unintentionally-overwrite-atomic-vma-flags.patch
mm-vma-avoid-losing-atomic-vma-flags-when-setting-sticky-vma-flags.patch