Re: [PATCH 06/13] mm/vma: convert vm_pgprot_modify() to use vma_flags_t and rename

[Zi Yan]

On Mon Jun 29, 2026 at 3:25 PM EDT, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Update vm_pgprot_modify() to use the new VMA flags type vma_flags_t, and
> rename to vma_pgprot_modify() accordingly.
>
> This is part of the ongoing work to convert vm_flags_t to vma_flags_t, in
> order to eliminate the arbitrary limit of the number of bits in a system
> word on available VMA flags.
>
> Update VMA userland tests accordingly, updating vma_set_page_prot() to no
> longer inline vma_pgprot_modify(), rather we can simply define
> vma_pgprot_modify() as a static inline function and the tests will pick it
> up from vma.h.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c                       |  8 ++++----
>  mm/vma.c                        |  2 +-
>  mm/vma.h                        |  6 ++++--
>  tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h | 12 +++++-------
>  4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>


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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi