[PATCH RESEND 2/3] mm: trace: decode MTE and shadow stack VMA flags

From: Meijing Zhao

Date: Thu Jul 23 2026 - 05:30:11 EST


From: Meijing Zhao <zhaomeijing@xxxxxxxxxxx>

show_vma_flags(), which is used by VMA tracepoints and %pGv, leaves
architecture-specific HIGH_ARCH_* bits unnamed. Arm64 MTE flags and
user shadow stack flags are therefore printed as raw hexadecimal values.

These bit positions are shared between architectures. For example, bit
37 represents VM_MTE_ALLOWED on arm64 but VM_SHADOW_STACK on x86, so a
shared HIGH_ARCH_* bit cannot be given an unconditional name.

Add conditionally compiled names for VM_MTE, VM_MTE_ALLOWED and
VM_SHADOW_STACK. Keep the configuration guards aligned with the
definitions of these aliases so each shared bit position is decoded
according to the target architecture.

For example, an arm64 VMA containing VM_MTE_ALLOWED is now printed as:

...|account|mte_allowed|...

instead of:

...|account|0x2000000000

Signed-off-by: Meijing Zhao <zhaomeijing@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index add5ad6843e8..2d76daacb70c 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_3(arch_3)
# define IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(flag, name)
#endif

+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_MTE
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_MTE(flag, name) {flag, name},
+#else
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_MTE(flag, name)
+#endif
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK) || defined(CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI) || \
+ defined(CONFIG_ARM64_GCS)
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_SHADOW_STACK(flag, name) {flag, name},
+#else
+# define IF_HAVE_VM_SHADOW_STACK(flag, name)
+#endif
+
#define __def_vmaflag_names \
{VM_READ, "read" }, \
{VM_WRITE, "write" }, \
@@ -238,6 +251,9 @@ IF_HAVE_VM_SOFTDIRTY(VM_SOFTDIRTY, "softdirty" ) \
{VM_HUGEPAGE, "hugepage" }, \
{VM_NOHUGEPAGE, "nohugepage" }, \
IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(VM_DROPPABLE, "droppable" ) \
+IF_HAVE_VM_MTE(VM_MTE, "mte") \
+IF_HAVE_VM_MTE(VM_MTE_ALLOWED, "mte_allowed") \
+IF_HAVE_VM_SHADOW_STACK(VM_SHADOW_STACK, "shadow_stack") \
{VM_MERGEABLE, "mergeable" } \

#define show_vma_flags(flags) \
--
2.25.1