Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] mm/vma: remove __private sparse decoration from vma_flags_t

Pedro Falcato
2026-02-06T17:02:58Z

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 04:06:10PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> We need to pass around these values and access them in a way that sparse
> does not allow, as __private implies noderef, i.e. disallowing dereference
> of the value, which manifests as sparse warnings even when passed around
> benignly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>

Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>

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Pedro