[PATCH v3 07/23] mm/vma: add append_vma_flags() helper

Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) vbabka at kernel.org
Fri Mar 20 04:20:23 AEDT 2026


On 3/18/26 16:50, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
> In order to be able to efficiently combine VMA flag masks with additional
> VMA flag bits we need to extend the concept introduced in mk_vma_flags()
> and __mk_vma_flags() by allowing the specification of a VMA flag mask to
> append VMA flag bits to.
> 
> Update __mk_vma_flags() to allow for this and update mk_vma_flags()
> accordingly, and also provide append_vma_flags() to allow for the caller
> to specify which VMA flags mask to append to.
> 
> Finally, update the VMA flags tests to reflect the change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs at kernel.org>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka at kernel.org>



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