linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] mm: lock vma explicitly before doing vm_flags_reset and vm_flags_reset

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2023 11:53:48 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jannh@...gle.com, willy@...radead.org,
        liam.howlett@...cle.com, david@...hat.com, peterx@...hat.com,
        ldufour@...ux.ibm.com, vbabka@...e.cz, michel@...pinasse.org,
        jglisse@...gle.com, mhocko@...e.com, hannes@...xchg.org,
        dave@...olabs.net, hughd@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] mm: lock vma explicitly before doing
 vm_flags_reset and vm_flags_reset_once

On Wed, 2 Aug 2023 at 11:09, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Ok, IOW the vma would be already locked before mmap() is called...

Yup.

> Just to confirm, you are suggesting to remove vma_start_write() call
> from hfi1_file_mmap() and let vm_flags_reset() generate an assertion
> if it's ever called with an unlocked vma, correct?

Correct.

               Linus