Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm: update core kernel code to use vm_flags_t consistently

Vlastimil Babka
2025-06-19T11:48:40Z

On 6/18/25 21:42, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> The core kernel code is currently very inconsistent in its use of
> vm_flags_t vs. unsigned long. This prevents us from changing the type of
> vm_flags_t in the future and is simply not correct, so correct this.
>
> While this results in rather a lot of churn, it is a critical pre-requisite
> for a future planned change to VMA flag type.
>
> Additionally, update VMA userland tests to account for the changes.
>
> To make review easier and to break things into smaller parts, driver and
> architecture-specific changes is left for a subsequent commit.
>
> The code has been adjusted to cascade the changes across all calling code
> as far as is needed.
>
> We will adjust architecture-specific and driver code in a subsequent patch.

Nit: this line is redundant with 2 paragraphs above.

> Overall, this patch does not introduce any functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>