[PATCH v4 34/38] mm: eliminate VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS check in lru_gen_look_around()
From: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
Date: Sat Oct 03 2026 - 12:57:58 EST
A fixed or non-mm-managed mapping is one which sets VMA_PFNMAP_BIT,
VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT or VMA_DONTEXPAND_BIT, which is precisely what
VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS tests for other than VMA_IO_BIT, which is safe to drop as
mm-managed mappings may not set it.
Using these predicates rather than VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS makes the check
self-documenting and helps eliminate the confusion around 'special' flags.
No functional change intended.
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmscan.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 3b318efa2916..7adffe8182b3 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4418,8 +4418,8 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, unsigned int nr)
if (spin_is_contended(pvmw->ptl))
return true;
- /* exclude special VMAs containing anon pages from COW */
- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
+ /* exclude fixed and non-mm-managed VMAs containing anon pages from COW */
+ if (!vma_is_mm_managed(vma) || vma_is_fixed_mapping(vma))
return true;
/* avoid taking the LRU lock under the PTL when possible */
--
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