linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/13] mm/munlock: mlock_pte

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Date:   Sun, 13 Feb 2022 22:32:41 -0800 (PST)
From:   Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
cc:     Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>, Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>,
        Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] mm/munlock: mlock_pte_range() when mlocking or
 munlocking

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 2/6/22 22:42, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > @@ -162,8 +230,7 @@ static int mlock_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
> >  	pgoff_t pgoff;
> >  	int nr_pages;
> >  	int ret = 0;
> > -	int lock = !!(newflags & VM_LOCKED);
> > -	vm_flags_t old_flags = vma->vm_flags;
> > +	vm_flags_t oldflags = vma->vm_flags;
> >  
> >  	if (newflags == vma->vm_flags || (vma->vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL) ||
> 
> Nit: can use oldflags instead of vma->vm_flags above?

Yes thanks, that is nicer, I'm making that change now.

Hugh