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From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v4 05/25] mm/vma: use new VMA flags for sticky flags logic
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:38:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <369574f06360ffa44707047e3b58eb4897345fba.1774034900.git.ljs@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1774034900.git.ljs@kernel.org>

Use the new vma_flags_t flags implementation to perform the logic around
sticky flags and what flags are ignored on VMA merge.

We make use of the new vma_flags_empty(), vma_flags_diff_pair(), and
vma_flags_and_mask() functionality.

Also update the VMA tests accordingly.

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/mm.h                 | 32 ++++++++++++--------
 mm/vma.c                           | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 tools/testing/vma/include/custom.h |  5 ----
 tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h    |  9 ++++--
 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 6d2c4bd2c61d..b75e089dfd65 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ enum {
 
 /* VMA basic access permission flags */
 #define VM_ACCESS_FLAGS (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)
+#define VMA_ACCESS_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_READ_BIT, VMA_WRITE_BIT, VMA_EXEC_BIT)
 
 /*
  * Special vmas that are non-mergable, non-mlock()able.
@@ -585,27 +586,32 @@ enum {
  * possesses it but the other does not, the merged VMA should nonetheless have
  * applied to it:
  *
- *   VM_SOFTDIRTY - if a VMA is marked soft-dirty, that is has not had its
- *                  references cleared via /proc/$pid/clear_refs, any merged VMA
- *                  should be considered soft-dirty also as it operates at a VMA
- *                  granularity.
+ *   VMA_SOFTDIRTY_BIT - if a VMA is marked soft-dirty, that is has not had its
+ *                       references cleared via /proc/$pid/clear_refs, any
+ *                       merged VMA should be considered soft-dirty also as it
+ *                       operates at a VMA granularity.
  *
- * VM_MAYBE_GUARD - If a VMA may have guard regions in place it implies that
- *                  mapped page tables may contain metadata not described by the
- *                  VMA and thus any merged VMA may also contain this metadata,
- *                  and thus we must make this flag sticky.
+ * VMA_MAYBE_GUARD_BIT - If a VMA may have guard regions in place it implies
+ *                       that mapped page tables may contain metadata not
+ *                       described by the VMA and thus any merged VMA may also
+ *                       contain this metadata, and thus we must make this flag
+ *                       sticky.
  */
-#define VM_STICKY (VM_SOFTDIRTY | VM_MAYBE_GUARD)
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
+#define VMA_STICKY_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_SOFTDIRTY_BIT, VMA_MAYBE_GUARD_BIT)
+#else
+#define VMA_STICKY_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_MAYBE_GUARD_BIT)
+#endif
 
 /*
  * VMA flags we ignore for the purposes of merge, i.e. one VMA possessing one
  * of these flags and the other not does not preclude a merge.
  *
- *    VM_STICKY - When merging VMAs, VMA flags must match, unless they are
- *                'sticky'. If any sticky flags exist in either VMA, we simply
- *                set all of them on the merged VMA.
+ *    VMA_STICKY_FLAGS - When merging VMAs, VMA flags must match, unless they
+ *                       are 'sticky'. If any sticky flags exist in either VMA,
+ *                       we simply set all of them on the merged VMA.
  */
-#define VM_IGNORE_MERGE VM_STICKY
+#define VMA_IGNORE_MERGE_FLAGS VMA_STICKY_FLAGS
 
 /*
  * Flags which should result in page tables being copied on fork. These are
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index 4d21e7d8e93c..6af26619e020 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -86,10 +86,15 @@ static bool vma_is_fork_child(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static inline bool is_mergeable_vma(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg, bool merge_next)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = merge_next ? vmg->next : vmg->prev;
+	vma_flags_t diff;
 
 	if (!mpol_equal(vmg->policy, vma_policy(vma)))
 		return false;
-	if ((vma->vm_flags ^ vmg->vm_flags) & ~VM_IGNORE_MERGE)
+
+	diff = vma_flags_diff_pair(&vma->flags, &vmg->vma_flags);
+	vma_flags_clear_mask(&diff, VMA_IGNORE_MERGE_FLAGS);
+
+	if (!vma_flags_empty(&diff))
 		return false;
 	if (vma->vm_file != vmg->file)
 		return false;
@@ -805,7 +810,8 @@ static bool can_merge_remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 static __must_check struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_existing_range(
 		struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 {
-	vm_flags_t sticky_flags = vmg->vm_flags & VM_STICKY;
+	vma_flags_t sticky_flags = vma_flags_and_mask(&vmg->vma_flags,
+						      VMA_STICKY_FLAGS);
 	struct vm_area_struct *middle = vmg->middle;
 	struct vm_area_struct *prev = vmg->prev;
 	struct vm_area_struct *next;
@@ -898,15 +904,22 @@ static __must_check struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_existing_range(
 	vma_start_write(middle);
 
 	if (merge_right) {
+		vma_flags_t next_sticky;
+
 		vma_start_write(next);
 		vmg->target = next;
-		sticky_flags |= (next->vm_flags & VM_STICKY);
+		next_sticky = vma_flags_and_mask(&next->flags, VMA_STICKY_FLAGS);
+		vma_flags_set_mask(&sticky_flags, next_sticky);
 	}
 
 	if (merge_left) {
+		vma_flags_t prev_sticky;
+
 		vma_start_write(prev);
 		vmg->target = prev;
-		sticky_flags |= (prev->vm_flags & VM_STICKY);
+
+		prev_sticky = vma_flags_and_mask(&prev->flags, VMA_STICKY_FLAGS);
+		vma_flags_set_mask(&sticky_flags, prev_sticky);
 	}
 
 	if (merge_both) {
@@ -976,7 +989,7 @@ static __must_check struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge_existing_range(
 	if (err || commit_merge(vmg))
 		goto abort;
 
-	vm_flags_set(vmg->target, sticky_flags);
+	vma_set_flags_mask(vmg->target, sticky_flags);
 	khugepaged_enter_vma(vmg->target, vmg->vm_flags);
 	vmg->state = VMA_MERGE_SUCCESS;
 	return vmg->target;
@@ -1154,12 +1167,16 @@ int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 	struct vm_area_struct *target = vmg->target;
 	struct vm_area_struct *next = vmg->next;
 	bool remove_next = false;
-	vm_flags_t sticky_flags;
+	vma_flags_t sticky_flags =
+		vma_flags_and_mask(&vmg->vma_flags, VMA_STICKY_FLAGS);
+	vma_flags_t target_sticky;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	mmap_assert_write_locked(vmg->mm);
 	vma_start_write(target);
 
+	target_sticky = vma_flags_and_mask(&target->flags, VMA_STICKY_FLAGS);
+
 	if (next && target != next && vmg->end == next->vm_end)
 		remove_next = true;
 
@@ -1174,10 +1191,7 @@ int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 	VM_WARN_ON_VMG(target->vm_start < vmg->start ||
 		       target->vm_end > vmg->end, vmg);
 
-	sticky_flags = vmg->vm_flags & VM_STICKY;
-	sticky_flags |= target->vm_flags & VM_STICKY;
-	if (remove_next)
-		sticky_flags |= next->vm_flags & VM_STICKY;
+	vma_flags_set_mask(&sticky_flags, target_sticky);
 
 	/*
 	 * If we are removing the next VMA or copying from a VMA
@@ -1194,13 +1208,18 @@ int vma_expand(struct vma_merge_struct *vmg)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (remove_next) {
+		vma_flags_t next_sticky;
+
 		vma_start_write(next);
 		vmg->__remove_next = true;
+
+		next_sticky = vma_flags_and_mask(&next->flags, VMA_STICKY_FLAGS);
+		vma_flags_set_mask(&sticky_flags, next_sticky);
 	}
 	if (commit_merge(vmg))
 		goto nomem;
 
-	vm_flags_set(target, sticky_flags);
+	vma_set_flags_mask(target, sticky_flags);
 	return 0;
 
 nomem:
@@ -1950,10 +1969,15 @@ struct vm_area_struct *copy_vma(struct vm_area_struct **vmap,
  */
 static int anon_vma_compatible(struct vm_area_struct *a, struct vm_area_struct *b)
 {
+	vma_flags_t diff = vma_flags_diff_pair(&a->flags, &b->flags);
+
+	vma_flags_clear_mask(&diff, VMA_ACCESS_FLAGS);
+	vma_flags_clear_mask(&diff, VMA_IGNORE_MERGE_FLAGS);
+
 	return a->vm_end == b->vm_start &&
 		mpol_equal(vma_policy(a), vma_policy(b)) &&
 		a->vm_file == b->vm_file &&
-		!((a->vm_flags ^ b->vm_flags) & ~(VM_ACCESS_FLAGS | VM_IGNORE_MERGE)) &&
+		vma_flags_empty(&diff) &&
 		b->vm_pgoff == a->vm_pgoff + ((b->vm_start - a->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/include/custom.h b/tools/testing/vma/include/custom.h
index 6200f938e586..7cdd0f60600a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/include/custom.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/include/custom.h
@@ -134,8 +134,3 @@ static __always_inline bool vma_flags_same_mask(vma_flags_t *flags,
 	vma_flags_same_mask(flags, mk_vma_flags(__VA_ARGS__))
 #define VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_IO_BIT, VMA_DONTEXPAND_BIT, \
 				       VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT)
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
-#define VMA_STICKY_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_SOFTDIRTY_BIT, VMA_MAYBE_GUARD_BIT)
-#else
-#define VMA_STICKY_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_MAYBE_GUARD_BIT)
-#endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
index 1dee78c34872..65134303b645 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ enum {
 
 /* VMA basic access permission flags */
 #define VM_ACCESS_FLAGS (VM_READ | VM_WRITE | VM_EXEC)
+#define VMA_ACCESS_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_READ_BIT, VMA_WRITE_BIT, VMA_EXEC_BIT)
 
 /*
  * Special vmas that are non-mergable, non-mlock()able.
@@ -363,9 +364,13 @@ enum {
 
 #define CAP_IPC_LOCK         14
 
-#define VM_STICKY (VM_SOFTDIRTY | VM_MAYBE_GUARD)
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
+#define VMA_STICKY_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_SOFTDIRTY_BIT, VMA_MAYBE_GUARD_BIT)
+#else
+#define VMA_STICKY_FLAGS mk_vma_flags(VMA_MAYBE_GUARD_BIT)
+#endif
 
-#define VM_IGNORE_MERGE VM_STICKY
+#define VMA_IGNORE_MERGE_FLAGS VMA_STICKY_FLAGS
 
 #define VM_COPY_ON_FORK (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP | VM_UFFD_WP | VM_MAYBE_GUARD)
 
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-03-20 19:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-20 19:38 [PATCH v4 00/25] mm/vma: convert vm_flags_t to vma_flags_t in vma code Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 01/25] mm/vma: add vma_flags_empty(), vma_flags_and(), vma_flags_diff_pair() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 02/25] tools/testing/vma: add unit tests flag empty, diff_pair, and[_mask] Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 03/25] mm/vma: add further vma_flags_t unions Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 04/25] tools/testing/vma: convert bulk of test code to vma_flags_t Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) [this message]
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 06/25] tools/testing/vma: fix VMA flag tests Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 07/25] mm/vma: add append_vma_flags() helper Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 08/25] tools/testing/vma: add simple test for append_vma_flags() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 09/25] mm: unexport vm_brk_flags() and eliminate vm_flags parameter Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 10/25] mm/vma: introduce vma_flags_same[_mask/_pair]() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 11/25] mm/vma: introduce [vma_flags,legacy]_to_[legacy,vma_flags]() helpers Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 12/25] tools/testing/vma: test that legacy flag helpers work correctly Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 13/25] mm/vma: introduce vma_test[_any[_mask]](), and make inlining consistent Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 14/25] tools/testing/vma: update VMA flag tests to test vma_test[_any_mask]() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 15/25] mm: introduce vma_flags_count() and vma[_flags]_test_single_mask() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 16/25] tools/testing/vma: test vma_flags_count,vma[_flags]_test_single_mask Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 17/25] mm: convert do_brk_flags() to use vma_flags_t Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 18/25] mm: update vma_supports_mlock() to use new VMA flags Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 19/25] mm/vma: introduce vma_clear_flags[_mask]() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 20/25] tools/testing/vma: update VMA tests to test vma_clear_flags[_mask]() Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 21/25] mm/vma: convert as much as we can in mm/vma.c to vma_flags_t Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 22/25] tools: bitmap: add missing bitmap_copy() implementation Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 23/25] mm/vma: convert vma_modify_flags[_uffd]() to use vma_flags_t Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-23 15:47   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 24/25] mm/vma: convert __mmap_region() " Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-23 15:49   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 19:38 ` [PATCH v4 25/25] mm: simplify VMA flag tests of excluded flags Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
2026-03-23 15:51   ` Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)
2026-03-20 19:56 ` [PATCH v4 00/25] mm/vma: convert vm_flags_t to vma_flags_t in vma code Andrew Morton

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