Re: [PATCH v2 01/13] mm: introduce vma_flags_can_grow() and vma_can_grow()

From: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE)

Date: Wed Jul 22 2026 - 09:43:17 EST


On 7/11/26 20:44, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> These test whether the VMA has stack semantics, i.e. is able to grow
> upwards or downwards depending on the architecture.
>
> In order to account for arches which do not support upward-growing stacks,
> introduce VMA_GROWSUP whose definition depends on the architecture
> supporting it, and use vma_flags_test_single_mask() in vma_flags_can_grow()
> to account for this.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) <vbabka@xxxxxxxxxx>