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 6E5174FE2F3; Fri, 9 Oct 2026 18:24:32 +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=1791570274; cv=none; b=oevrRCA8Ds5OkXftr72Rr9FdzdXPiWomClUtkeu2aFYRqqQ2ogmAQM9yDwvjkXloa+ipkk2Mc1xIFqhne887yPsmDUTD/Bv2+PoanVHeLXTOsfEmM8tcRnIxT7ZEXmsQaChUB7r9lI8NaXIntjTf8DHRjOrCe+MnYnWvTlyhHLo= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1791570274; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Gw8OAT1acDkqFZ/hXt4p5IlqMtMgDvYZLqnlzn2uBx8=; h=Message-ID:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type: Date; b=RxJbeDNM+jedd/DW5VvGVnhRHre59qhBuT2EYDCaZEeZ/QxbDHiAr/dbPYO9yQmjSbq/F/0uCsGhBstEl2yyvZL6K8AuXuNt1ann9swlDtE/N29G6Y5clUaosftEell6yXzWazmlrUXp7Q2g3RkUPvfD47N5plDdiE2bzMWavlM= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=XYclpwE9; 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="XYclpwE9" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 650061F000FF; Fri, 9 Oct 2026 18:24:31 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1791570272; bh=Gw8OAT1acDkqFZ/hXt4p5IlqMtMgDvYZLqnlzn2uBx8=; h=From:Subject:Reply-To:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=XYclpwE9jKqMwXXOuIOrb1ZsOG/gmJ/C/VzxUZAU0iXHyon8QNrmYPuh0HfDASpOk Dzt7gg7AoN6r1ACk4blftokMOco6E2GzB8mvFl+v/HR8WVOgkUKiI3npbrI815eB2T qtd6sfewr4XfniKoUWbelFFQDZNfKn4BG+haaPZYVfscJaBHxSSnf1yQyRQHNd6Thq mKJbpG1CQQbMWZYPl9r59REFUEeqjq9bww6zsqqXE8zN+2/iTREAdeQ62TGpYCyNsg oCuDMqgQU3KC2ixMwt3cvwyYmGr1MjYi/w85+qvmnAsqjF73sJycrkCcIqWI0IUHi2 MmU4i8QlL9Dtw== Message-ID: From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 01/38] mm/vma: fix mmap_prepare file handling, remove file_doesnt_need_get Reply-To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev To: =?utf-8?b?TG9yZW56byBTdG9ha2VzIChBUk0p?= Cc: "Christian Borntraeger" , linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, "Vasily Gorbik" , kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, "Marc Zyngier" , "Oliver Upton" , "Heiko Carstens" , linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, "Alexander Gordeev" , linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org, selinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, bpf@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20261009-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v5-1-923b70125b1e@kernel.org> References: <20261009-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v5-0-923b70125b1e@kernel.org> <20261009-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v5-1-923b70125b1e@kernel.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:24:31 +0000 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: > The map->file_doesnt_need_get flag is confusing and the existing > implementation has holes. >=20 > Drivers are permitted to change the owning file of a mapping. If they do > so, they are required to take a reference on that file. >=20 > The mmap() operation which ultimately invokes __mmap_region() is guarante= ed > to drop the refcount for the original file the mapping was made under, but > this is not true for the replaced file. >=20 > This has been addressed so far by tracking map->file_doesnt_need_get, whi= ch > is rather poorly named and unfortunately fails to correctly track whether > or not an additional put were needed in a number of cases. >=20 > Make life easier by removing this flag, and instead drop the reference for > [ ... ] > currently (no driver that does this is mergeable for one), so this does n= ot > need to be a fix. >=20 > Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan > 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/20261009-b4-mmap-pr= epare-vma-flag-sanify-v5-0-923b70125b1e@kernel.org?part=3D1