Re: [PATCH v3 05/15] mm: introduce and use vma_filebacked_address()

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 06:07:23 EST


On 7/29/26 18:48, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
> In cases where we know that the VMA is file-backed, use
> vma_filebacked_address() rather than vma_address().
>
> This lays the foundation for using the anonymous page offset via
> vma_anon_address().

I was briefly confused why we can't do that immediately.

>
> Also add an assert to ensure that the VMA whose address is required is not
> anonymous.
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David