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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 12:26:59 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        selinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] mm: introduce vma_is_stack() and vma_is_heap()

On 12.07.23 16:38, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> Introduce the two helpers for general use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
> ---
>   include/linux/mm.h | 12 ++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 1462cf15badf..0bbeb31ac750 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -926,6 +926,18 @@ static inline bool vma_is_anonymous(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>   	return !vma->vm_ops;
>   }
>   
> +static inline bool vma_is_heap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +       return vma->vm_start <= vma->vm_mm->brk &&
> +		vma->vm_end >= vma->vm_mm->start_brk;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool vma_is_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> +       return vma->vm_start <= vma->vm_mm->start_stack &&
> +	       vma->vm_end >= vma->vm_mm->start_stack;
> +}
> +
>   static inline bool vma_is_temporary_stack(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>   {
>   	int maybe_stack = vma->vm_flags & (VM_GROWSDOWN | VM_GROWSUP);

Looking at the comments in patch #3, should these functions be called

vma_is_initial_heap / vma_is_initial_stack ?

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb