[PATCH 35/39] mm: avoid use of VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS in migrate_vma_setup()

From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)

Date: Tue Sep 08 2026 - 18:00:29 EST


Now we have the expressive vma_is_kernel_owned() and vma_is_fixed_mapping()
predicates, use them to determine whether to proceed with migration. This
drops the VMA_IO_BIT test, which is safe as only kernel-owned mappings may
set it.

hugetlb mappings remain excluded, as they are fixed mappings.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/migrate_device.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/migrate_device.c b/mm/migrate_device.c
index b9c453c28795..b74c0ae42768 100644
--- a/mm/migrate_device.c
+++ b/mm/migrate_device.c
@@ -739,19 +739,21 @@ static void migrate_vma_unmap(struct migrate_vma *migrate)
*/
int migrate_vma_setup(struct migrate_vma *args)
{
+ const struct vm_area_struct *vma = args->vma;
long nr_pages = (args->end - args->start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;

args->start &= PAGE_MASK;
args->end &= PAGE_MASK;
- if (!args->vma || vma_test_any_mask(args->vma, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS) ||
- vma_is_dax(args->vma))
+ if (!vma)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (vma_is_kernel_owned(vma) || vma_is_fixed_mapping(vma) ||
+ vma_is_dax(vma))
return -EINVAL;
if (nr_pages <= 0)
return -EINVAL;
- if (args->start < args->vma->vm_start ||
- args->start >= args->vma->vm_end)
+ if (args->start < vma->vm_start || args->start >= vma->vm_end)
return -EINVAL;
- if (args->end <= args->vma->vm_start || args->end > args->vma->vm_end)
+ if (args->end <= vma->vm_start || args->end > vma->vm_end)
return -EINVAL;
if (!args->src || !args->dst)
return -EINVAL;

--
2.55.0