From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02AC752E050; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:54:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791928499; cv=none; b=bVF3cVUwoBk7/KE7aJ3x0WMMO6FyP41diA50zaIKXgHWd7b6HmvTw9GPxh+FfXTbvpOjkACJm0ExqWmqsn5QtgSV9w4JKdHTFbShG/2R2PGvoiSz6L1ycxGahasbx3DrhYHYf3J2nNvfPr2eXyXn0wKO36DPKuatCJHynjeyKQw= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791928499; c=relaxed/simple; bh=yhHiZFfjXYa8qYiiVzpdK9WnIr9d7/cIB1eQRmY9aL4=; h=Message-ID:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type: Date; b=Els8daFi+t+7Ti5ta7jNj3YOfpb4Py6ACYJvfU0yJ9VUrHkwCGnz9WL33OtmgV8KrhZWX02HZY58ZoKFtdwESY/f+DrQ1HJw1fLzJrtv7qepDA/GI7edkVL4NT0uEkjKUv/AcOMvG3hz7YFmzJelSByxv+OGbtQraZ5x4Elapvs= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=eoeS1Rs/; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="eoeS1Rs/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 380A91F000FF; Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:54:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1791928498; bh=yhHiZFfjXYa8qYiiVzpdK9WnIr9d7/cIB1eQRmY9aL4=; h=From:Subject:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=eoeS1Rs/xp/wN2SMviU0LMDOdSu2FAoj+ufroZhzwPzwbUnqd38LZ7bCOgXUw8SBk HUKqmMWZOnYOh5QPYl6/4U0HnL13R/N2gnjwI/0KZprAcKut4Dd+HWSORdLKyIn3tE 6qIX2iX6kNzun6nYmQfQ+zfKtgvwGWR1jHIOcRAeSjoeWvFrMMAkypig1f1LWTKHum e+9a5B/NxnSGm/UganR6qZLUo1nZQQRJE/ZClNWXWgKmwO91dP94dGmxA5IuYVvBji +n9Wf1sLenkvfUhue0cPhoyiesKDAe0R9LZFNQMk/VIhECCqaC8lqrMn2VF6dxHGmQ KMNBNs6htyzXQ== Message-ID: From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 37/39] mm: eliminate VM_SPECIAL, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS Reply-To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev To: =?utf-8?b?TG9yZW56byBTdG9ha2VzIChBUk0p?= Cc: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, "Heiko Carstens" , "Vasily Gorbik" , "Alexander Gordeev" , "Christian Borntraeger" In-Reply-To: <20261013-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v6-37-1aa3c9b139f9@kernel.org> References: <20261013-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v6-0-1aa3c9b139f9@kernel.org> <20261013-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v6-37-1aa3c9b139f9@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:54:57 +0000 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: > Every user of the VM_SPECIAL or VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS has now been converted = to > predicates which explicitly express what is actually being checked for > rather than the nebulous concept of possessing 'special' VMA flags. >=20 > In any case 'special' is not so special a term of art in mm - it includes > VDSO/VVAR mappings, special in the sense of vm_normal_folio() and probably > other cases too. >=20 > Therefore make things less special by eliminating these now unused flags. >=20 > No functional change intended. >=20 > Acked-by: Zi Yan > Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great! --=20 Sashiko AI review =C2=B7 https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261013-b4-mmap-pr= epare-vma-flag-sanify-v6-0-1aa3c9b139f9@kernel.org?part=3D37