Re: [PATCH 07/13] mm/madvise: convert madvise_vma_behavior() to use vma_flags_t

[Lance Yang]

On Thu, Nov 05, 2026 at 09:30:58PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) wrote:
>Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values
>throughout the madvise logic.
>
>In order to do so, update ksm_madvise() and hugepage_madvise() to take a
>vma_flags_t pointer, and update their other callers in mremap and the
>powerpc KVM ultravisor code accordingly.
>
>In the latter case we replace vm_flags_reset() with vma_overwrite_flags().
>The VMA is write locked at this point, so the atomic flags preserved by
>vma_overwrite_flags() cannot differ from those copied, and the behaviour
>is unchanged.
>
>No functional change intended.
>
>Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>