linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] mm: introduce vma_count

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Message-ID: <48c29189-30d5-41fc-ac53-09ce98e87cf4@lucifer.local>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:20:03 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] mm: introduce vma_count_remaining()

On Mon, Sep 15, 2025 at 09:36:34AM -0700, Kalesh Singh wrote:
>  include/linux/mm.h               |  2 --
>  mm/internal.h                    |  2 ++
>  mm/mmap.c                        | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
>  mm/mremap.c                      |  7 ++++---
>  mm/nommu.c                       |  2 +-
>  mm/util.c                        |  1 -
>  mm/vma.c                         | 10 +++++-----
>  tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h |  9 +++++++++

Will look into this properly later, but there's a conflict in vma_internal.h
atm for mm-new FYI.

> diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
> index 3639aa8dd2b0..52cd7ddc73f4 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
> @@ -1517,4 +1517,13 @@ static inline vm_flags_t ksm_vma_flags(const struct mm_struct *, const struct fi
>  	return vm_flags;
>  }
>
> +/* Helper to get VMA count capacity */
> +static int vma_count_remaining(const struct mm_struct *mm)
> +{
> +	const int map_count = mm->map_count;
> +	const int max_count = sysctl_max_map_count;
> +
> +	return (max_count > map_count) ? (max_count - map_count) : 0;
> +}
> +
>  #endif	/* __MM_VMA_INTERNAL_H */
> --
> 2.51.0.384.g4c02a37b29-goog
>

Probably because stuff got added at the end... :)