Re: [PATCH v2 09/13] mm: update all remaining mmap_prepare users to use vma_flags_t

[Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>]

On 2026/01/23 3:06, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> We will be shortly removing the vm_flags_t field from vm_area_desc so we
> need to update all mmap_prepare users to only use the dessc->vma_flags
> field.
> 
> This patch achieves that and makes all ancillary changes required to make
> this possible.
> 
> This lays the groundwork for future work to eliminate the use of vm_flags_t
> in vm_area_desc altogether and more broadly throughout the kernel.
> 
> While we're here, we take the opportunity to replace VM_REMAP_FLAGS with
> VMA_REMAP_FLAGS, the vma_flags_t equivalent.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>

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For zonefs changes:

Acked-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research