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<subtitle>Linux kernel source tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>mm/vma: update create_init_stack_vma() to use vma_flags_t</title>
<updated>2026-08-07T01:57:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-11T18:45:06+00:00</published>
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Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values in
create_init_stack_vma().

As part of this change we add VMA_STACK_EARLY and VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE
vma_flags_t defines, and slightly rework create_init_stack_vma() for
clarity.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-9-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baolin Wang &lt;baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Cc: Barry Song &lt;baohua@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Airlie &lt;airlied@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dev Jain &lt;dev.jain@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jann Horn &lt;jannh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Mike Rapoport &lt;rppt@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Muchun Song &lt;muchun.song@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Nico Pache &lt;npache@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Oscar Salvador &lt;osalvador@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values in
create_init_stack_vma().

As part of this change we add VMA_STACK_EARLY and VMA_STACK_INCOMPLETE
vma_flags_t defines, and slightly rework create_init_stack_vma() for
clarity.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-9-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baolin Wang &lt;baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Cc: Barry Song &lt;baohua@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Airlie &lt;airlied@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dev Jain &lt;dev.jain@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jann Horn &lt;jannh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Mike Rapoport &lt;rppt@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Muchun Song &lt;muchun.song@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Nico Pache &lt;npache@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Oscar Salvador &lt;osalvador@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm: introduce vma_get_page_prot() and use it</title>
<updated>2026-08-07T01:57:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-11T18:45:05+00:00</published>
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There's a large number of vm_get_page_prot(vma-&gt;vm_flags) invocations. 
Make life easier by introducing vma_get_page_prot() parameterised by the
VMA.

This also makes converting vm_get_page_prot() to vma_flags_t easier.

Also update the userland VMA tests to reflect the change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-8-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt; # for i915
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;	[DRM]
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baolin Wang &lt;baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Cc: Barry Song &lt;baohua@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Airlie &lt;airlied@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dev Jain &lt;dev.jain@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jann Horn &lt;jannh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Mike Rapoport &lt;rppt@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Muchun Song &lt;muchun.song@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Nico Pache &lt;npache@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Oscar Salvador &lt;osalvador@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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There's a large number of vm_get_page_prot(vma-&gt;vm_flags) invocations. 
Make life easier by introducing vma_get_page_prot() parameterised by the
VMA.

This also makes converting vm_get_page_prot() to vma_flags_t easier.

Also update the userland VMA tests to reflect the change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-8-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt; # for i915
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;	[DRM]
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baolin Wang &lt;baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Cc: Barry Song &lt;baohua@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Airlie &lt;airlied@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dev Jain &lt;dev.jain@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jann Horn &lt;jannh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Mike Rapoport &lt;rppt@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Muchun Song &lt;muchun.song@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Nico Pache &lt;npache@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Oscar Salvador &lt;osalvador@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm/vma: rename vma_get_page_prot to vma_flags_to_page_prot</title>
<updated>2026-08-07T01:57:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-11T18:45:04+00:00</published>
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Having vma_get_page_prot() refer to VMA flags and vma_set_page_prot()
refer to a VMA is confusing.

Rename vma_get_page_prot() to vma_flags_to_page_prot() to resolve this
confusion.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-7-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baolin Wang &lt;baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Cc: Barry Song &lt;baohua@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Airlie &lt;airlied@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dev Jain &lt;dev.jain@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jann Horn &lt;jannh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Mike Rapoport &lt;rppt@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Muchun Song &lt;muchun.song@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Nico Pache &lt;npache@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Oscar Salvador &lt;osalvador@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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<pre>
Having vma_get_page_prot() refer to VMA flags and vma_set_page_prot()
refer to a VMA is confusing.

Rename vma_get_page_prot() to vma_flags_to_page_prot() to resolve this
confusion.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260711-b4-vma-flags-mm-v2-7-0fa2357d5431@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang &lt;lance.yang@linux.dev&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Baolin Wang &lt;baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Cc: Barry Song &lt;baohua@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dave Airlie &lt;airlied@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Dev Jain &lt;dev.jain@arm.com&gt;
Cc: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Cc: Jann Horn &lt;jannh@google.com&gt;
Cc: Mike Rapoport &lt;rppt@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Muchun Song &lt;muchun.song@linux.dev&gt;
Cc: Nico Pache &lt;npache@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Oscar Salvador &lt;osalvador@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan &lt;surenb@google.com&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm/vma: introduce vma_assert_can_modify()</title>
<updated>2026-08-05T02:19:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T20:17:03+00:00</published>
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vma_assert_write_locked() and vma_assert_attached() are useful for their
own purposes, however VMA code absolutely does allow the modification of
non-write locked VMAs if they are at that point detached (i.e. unreachable
from anywhere).

It's therefore useful to be able to assert that a VMA is either
detached (modification doesn't matter) or write locked (you're explicitly
locked for modification).

Therefore introduce vma_assert_can_modify() for this purpose.

While we're here, make vma_is_attached() available generally - if
!CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK, then there's no sense in which a VMA is
detached (vma_mark_detached() is a noop), so have this default to true in
this case.

Also update VMA userland tests to reflect this change, correcting the
previously open-coded vma_assert_[attached,detached]() there.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-22-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
vma_assert_write_locked() and vma_assert_attached() are useful for their
own purposes, however VMA code absolutely does allow the modification of
non-write locked VMAs if they are at that point detached (i.e. unreachable
from anywhere).

It's therefore useful to be able to assert that a VMA is either
detached (modification doesn't matter) or write locked (you're explicitly
locked for modification).

Therefore introduce vma_assert_can_modify() for this purpose.

While we're here, make vma_is_attached() available generally - if
!CONFIG_PER_VMA_LOCK, then there's no sense in which a VMA is
detached (vma_mark_detached() is a noop), so have this default to true in
this case.

Also update VMA userland tests to reflect this change, correcting the
previously open-coded vma_assert_[attached,detached]() there.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-22-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm/vma: remove duplicative vma_pgoff_offset() helper</title>
<updated>2026-08-05T02:19:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T20:17:01+00:00</published>
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This is doing what linear_page_index() does, so eliminate it and replace it
with linear_page_index().

Update the VMA userland tests to reflect this change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-20-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
This is doing what linear_page_index() does, so eliminate it and replace it
with linear_page_index().

Update the VMA userland tests to reflect this change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-20-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm/rmap: rename anon_vma_interval_tree_*() to anon_rmap_tree_*()</title>
<updated>2026-08-05T02:18:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T20:16:52+00:00</published>
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To be consistent with the newly renamed mapping_rmap_tree_*(), rename the
anon_vma_interval_tree_*() helpers to anon_rmap_tree_*().

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-11-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
To be consistent with the newly renamed mapping_rmap_tree_*(), rename the
anon_vma_interval_tree_*() helpers to anon_rmap_tree_*().

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-11-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm/rmap: parameterise anon_vma_interval_tree_*() by anon_vma</title>
<updated>2026-08-05T02:18:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T20:16:50+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=68364437ec782b7dac7c7eca3b1f177a9815f3ff'/>
<id>68364437ec782b7dac7c7eca3b1f177a9815f3ff</id>
<content type='text'>
Similar to what we did with mapping_rmap_tree*(), let's declare
anon_vma_interval_tree*() in terms of anon_vma rather than rb_root_cached.

In each case the rb tree referenced is &amp;anon_vma-&gt;rb_root, so just pass
anon_vma and the functions can figure this out themselves.

Also update the VMA userland tests to reflect the change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-9-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</content>
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<pre>
Similar to what we did with mapping_rmap_tree*(), let's declare
anon_vma_interval_tree*() in terms of anon_vma rather than rb_root_cached.

In each case the rb tree referenced is &amp;anon_vma-&gt;rb_root, so just pass
anon_vma and the functions can figure this out themselves.

Also update the VMA userland tests to reflect the change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-9-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm/rmap: rename vma_interval_tree_*() to mapping_rmap_tree_*()</title>
<updated>2026-08-05T02:18:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T20:16:49+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=4b7a90a48b9999c33e06dcce067a2d1540df0703'/>
<id>4b7a90a48b9999c33e06dcce067a2d1540df0703</id>
<content type='text'>
The family of vma_interval_tree_() functions manipulate the
address_space (which, of course, is generally referred to as 'mapping')
reverse mapping, but are named the 'VMA' interval tree.

VMAs may be mapped by an anon_vma, an address_space, or both. Therefore
calling the mapping interval tree a 'VMA' interval tree is rather
confusing.

This is also inconsistent with the anon_vma_interval_tree_*() functions
which explicitly reference the rmap object to which they pertain.

Rename the vma_interval_tree_*() functions to mapping_rmap_tree_*() to
correct this.

We will rename the anon rmap functions similarly in a subsequent patch.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-8-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
The family of vma_interval_tree_() functions manipulate the
address_space (which, of course, is generally referred to as 'mapping')
reverse mapping, but are named the 'VMA' interval tree.

VMAs may be mapped by an anon_vma, an address_space, or both. Therefore
calling the mapping interval tree a 'VMA' interval tree is rather
confusing.

This is also inconsistent with the anon_vma_interval_tree_*() functions
which explicitly reference the rmap object to which they pertain.

Rename the vma_interval_tree_*() functions to mapping_rmap_tree_*() to
correct this.

We will rename the anon rmap functions similarly in a subsequent patch.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-8-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm/rmap: parameterise vma_interval_tree_*() by address_space</title>
<updated>2026-08-05T02:18:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T20:16:47+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=7a67b96af06929b515947ebd4786c9cf1847e58f'/>
<id>7a67b96af06929b515947ebd4786c9cf1847e58f</id>
<content type='text'>
The file-backed mapping interval tree functions vma_interval_tree_*()
accept a raw rb_root_cached pointer to determine the tree in which they are
operating.

However, in each case, this is always associated with an address_space data
type.

So simply pass a pointer to that instead to simplify the code, and more
clearly differentiate between these operations and those concerning
anonymous mappings.

While we're here, make the generated interval tree functions static as they
do not need to be used externally (any previously existing external users
have now been removed).

We also rename VMA parameters from 'node' to 'vma' as calling this a node
is simply confusing, update the input index types to pgoff_t since they
reference page offsets and rename the parameters to pgoff_start and
pgoff_last.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-6-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
The file-backed mapping interval tree functions vma_interval_tree_*()
accept a raw rb_root_cached pointer to determine the tree in which they are
operating.

However, in each case, this is always associated with an address_space data
type.

So simply pass a pointer to that instead to simplify the code, and more
clearly differentiate between these operations and those concerning
anonymous mappings.

While we're here, make the generated interval tree functions static as they
do not need to be used externally (any previously existing external users
have now been removed).

We also rename VMA parameters from 'node' to 'vma' as calling this a node
is simply confusing, update the input index types to pgoff_t since they
reference page offsets and rename the parameters to pgoff_start and
pgoff_last.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-6-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>mm: introduce and use vma_end_pgoff()</title>
<updated>2026-08-05T02:18:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Lorenzo Stoakes</name>
<email>ljs@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-10T20:16:45+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=1219731c49e513afc83ee5245c0aefa5c31a65d2'/>
<id>1219731c49e513afc83ee5245c0aefa5c31a65d2</id>
<content type='text'>
We already have vma_last_pgoff() which retrieves the last page offset
within a VMA.

However, code often wishes to span a page offset range, which requires the
exclusive end of this range.

So provide this in vma_end_pgoff() and update vma_last_pgoff() to use this
function.

Also update the VMA userland tests to reflect the change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-4-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</content>
<content type='xhtml'>
<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>
<pre>
We already have vma_last_pgoff() which retrieves the last page offset
within a VMA.

However, code often wishes to span a page offset range, which requires the
exclusive end of this range.

So provide this in vma_end_pgoff() and update vma_last_pgoff() to use this
function.

Also update the VMA userland tests to reflect the change.

No functional change intended.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260710-b4-pre-scalable-cow-v2-4-2a5aa403d977@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes &lt;ljs@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Gregory Price &lt;gourry@gourry.net&gt;
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato &lt;pfalcato@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka (SUSE) &lt;vbabka@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zi Yan &lt;ziy@nvidia.com&gt;
Cc: Ackerley Tng &lt;ackerleytng@google.com&gt;
Cc: David Hildenbrand (Arm) &lt;david@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Kai Huang &lt;kai.huang@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Marek Szyprowski &lt;m.szyprowski@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: SJ Park &lt;sj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Liam R. Howlett (Oracle) &lt;liam@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
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