From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)" <ljs@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v4 09/25] mm: unexport vm_brk_flags() and eliminate vm_flags parameter
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:38:26 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7bada48ddf3f9dbd3e6c4fc50ec2f4de97706f52.1774034900.git.ljs@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1774034900.git.ljs@kernel.org>
This function is only used by elf_load(), and that is a static function
that doesn't need an exported symbol to invoke an internal function, so
un-EXPORT_SYMBOLS() it.
Also, the vm_flags parameter is unnecessary, as we only ever set VM_EXEC,
so simply make this parameter a boolean.
While we're here, clean up the mm.h definitions for the various vm_xxx()
helpers so we actually specify parameter names and elide the redundant
extern's.
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 3 +--
include/linux/mm.h | 12 ++++++------
mm/mmap.c | 8 ++------
3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index fb857faaf0d6..16a56b6b3f6c 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -453,14 +453,13 @@ static unsigned long elf_load(struct file *filep, unsigned long addr,
zero_end = ELF_PAGEALIGN(zero_end);
error = vm_brk_flags(zero_start, zero_end - zero_start,
- prot & PROT_EXEC ? VM_EXEC : 0);
+ prot & PROT_EXEC);
if (error)
map_addr = error;
}
return map_addr;
}
-
static unsigned long total_mapping_size(const struct elf_phdr *phdr, int nr)
{
elf_addr_t min_addr = -1;
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 0c35423177bf..42d346684678 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4005,12 +4005,12 @@ static inline void mm_populate(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len) {}
#endif
/* This takes the mm semaphore itself */
-extern int __must_check vm_brk_flags(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
-extern int vm_munmap(unsigned long, size_t);
-extern unsigned long __must_check vm_mmap(struct file *, unsigned long,
- unsigned long, unsigned long,
- unsigned long, unsigned long);
-extern unsigned long __must_check vm_mmap_shadow_stack(unsigned long addr,
+int __must_check vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, bool is_exec);
+int vm_munmap(unsigned long start, size_t len);
+unsigned long __must_check vm_mmap(struct file *file, unsigned long addr,
+ unsigned long len, unsigned long prot,
+ unsigned long flag, unsigned long offset);
+unsigned long __must_check vm_mmap_shadow_stack(unsigned long addr,
unsigned long len, unsigned long flags);
struct vm_unmapped_area_info {
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 79544d893411..2d2b814978bf 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1201,8 +1201,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(remap_file_pages, unsigned long, start, unsigned long, size,
return ret;
}
-int vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
+int vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, bool is_exec)
{
+ const vm_flags_t vm_flags = is_exec ? VM_EXEC : 0;
struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;
unsigned long len;
@@ -1217,10 +1218,6 @@ int vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
if (!len)
return 0;
- /* Until we need other flags, refuse anything except VM_EXEC. */
- if ((vm_flags & (~VM_EXEC)) != 0)
- return -EINVAL;
-
if (mmap_write_lock_killable(mm))
return -EINTR;
@@ -1246,7 +1243,6 @@ int vm_brk_flags(unsigned long addr, unsigned long request, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
mmap_write_unlock(mm);
return ret;
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_brk_flags);
static
unsigned long tear_down_vmas(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vma_iterator *vmi,
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 19:39 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 ` [PATCH v4 05/25] mm/vma: use new VMA flags for sticky flags logic Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle)
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 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) [this message]
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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