[PATCH v3 1/3] mm/vma: const-ify vma_assert_stabilised() and associated functions

From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

Date: Thu Sep 17 2026 - 16:13:18 EST


The vma pointers are not modified in any of these functions so make it
official by const-ify them.

Propagate this throughout the call stack.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mmap_lock.h | 12 ++++++------
tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
index 00eae65b74bd..03e1eb136111 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmap_lock.h
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static inline void vma_end_read(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
vma_refcount_put(vma);
}

-static inline unsigned int __vma_raw_mm_seqnum(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline unsigned int __vma_raw_mm_seqnum(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
const struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static inline unsigned int __vma_raw_mm_seqnum(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
*
* Returns true if write-locked, otherwise false.
*/
-static inline bool __is_vma_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline bool __is_vma_write_locked(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
/*
* current task is holding mmap_write_lock, both vma->vm_lock_seq and
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ int vma_start_write_killable(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
* vma_assert_write_locked() - assert that @vma holds a VMA write lock.
* @vma: The VMA to assert.
*/
-static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MMU)) {
mmap_assert_write_locked(vma->vm_mm);
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ static inline void vma_assert_write_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
* lock and is not detached.
* @vma: The VMA to assert.
*/
-static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline void vma_assert_locked(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
unsigned int refcnt;

@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static inline void vma_assert_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
* With lockdep disabled we may sometimes race with other threads acquiring the
* mmap read lock simultaneous with our VMA read lock.
*/
-static inline void vma_assert_stabilised(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline void vma_assert_stabilised(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
/*
* If another thread owns an mmap lock, it may go away at any time, and
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static inline void vma_assert_stabilised(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
vma_assert_locked(vma);
}

-static inline bool vma_is_attached(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline bool vma_is_attached(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
return refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt);
}
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
index 16c09dac59d9..17505bcf9cf6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ static inline struct vm_area_struct *vma_next(struct vma_iterator *vmi)
return mas_find(&vmi->mas, ULONG_MAX);
}

-static inline bool vma_is_attached(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+static inline bool vma_is_attached(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
return refcount_read(&vma->vm_refcnt);
}

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2.55.0