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Message-ID: <20251001090353.57523-3-acsjakub@amazon.de>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 09:03:53 +0000
From: Jakub Acs <acsjakub@...zon.de>
To: <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC: <acsjakub@...zon.de>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <david@...hat.com>,
	<xu.xin16@....com.cn>, <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>, <peterx@...hat.com>,
	<axelrasmussen@...gle.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm: redefine VM_* flag constants with BIT()

Make VM_* flag constant definitions consistent - unify all to use BIT()
macro.

This is a separete follow-up fix after we changed VM_MERGEABLE
separately to isolate bugfix for easier backporting. As suggested by
David in [1]. 

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/85f852f9-8577-4230-adc7-c52e7f479454@redhat.com/

Signed-off-by: Jakub Acs <acsjakub@...zon.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Xu Xin <xu.xin16@....com.cn>
Cc: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@...ux.dev>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
---
 include/linux/mm.h | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c6794d0e24eb..88cab3d7eea2 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -246,56 +246,56 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
  * vm_flags in vm_area_struct, see mm_types.h.
  * When changing, update also include/trace/events/mmflags.h
  */
-#define VM_NONE		0x00000000
+#define VM_NONE		0
 
-#define VM_READ		0x00000001	/* currently active flags */
-#define VM_WRITE	0x00000002
-#define VM_EXEC		0x00000004
-#define VM_SHARED	0x00000008
+#define VM_READ		BIT(0)		/* currently active flags */
+#define VM_WRITE	BIT(1)
+#define VM_EXEC		BIT(2)
+#define VM_SHARED	BIT(3)
 
 /* mprotect() hardcodes VM_MAYREAD >> 4 == VM_READ, and so for r/w/x bits. */
-#define VM_MAYREAD	0x00000010	/* limits for mprotect() etc */
-#define VM_MAYWRITE	0x00000020
-#define VM_MAYEXEC	0x00000040
-#define VM_MAYSHARE	0x00000080
+#define VM_MAYREAD	BIT(4)		/* limits for mprotect() etc */
+#define VM_MAYWRITE	BIT(5)
+#define VM_MAYEXEC	BIT(6)
+#define VM_MAYSHARE	BIT(7)
 
-#define VM_GROWSDOWN	0x00000100	/* general info on the segment */
+#define VM_GROWSDOWN	BIT(8)		/* general info on the segment */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-#define VM_UFFD_MISSING	0x00000200	/* missing pages tracking */
+#define VM_UFFD_MISSING	BIT(9)		/* missing pages tracking */
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU */
-#define VM_MAYOVERLAY	0x00000200	/* nommu: R/O MAP_PRIVATE mapping that might overlay a file mapping */
+#define VM_MAYOVERLAY	BIT(10)		/* nommu: R/O MAP_PRIVATE mapping that might overlay a file mapping */
 #define VM_UFFD_MISSING	0
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
-#define VM_PFNMAP	0x00000400	/* Page-ranges managed without "struct page", just pure PFN */
-#define VM_UFFD_WP	0x00001000	/* wrprotect pages tracking */
+#define VM_PFNMAP	BIT(11)		/* Page-ranges managed without "struct page", just pure PFN */
+#define VM_UFFD_WP	BIT(12)		/* wrprotect pages tracking */
 
-#define VM_LOCKED	0x00002000
-#define VM_IO           0x00004000	/* Memory mapped I/O or similar */
+#define VM_LOCKED	BIT(13)
+#define VM_IO           BIT(14)		/* Memory mapped I/O or similar */
 
 					/* Used by sys_madvise() */
-#define VM_SEQ_READ	0x00008000	/* App will access data sequentially */
-#define VM_RAND_READ	0x00010000	/* App will not benefit from clustered reads */
-
-#define VM_DONTCOPY	0x00020000      /* Do not copy this vma on fork */
-#define VM_DONTEXPAND	0x00040000	/* Cannot expand with mremap() */
-#define VM_LOCKONFAULT	0x00080000	/* Lock the pages covered when they are faulted in */
-#define VM_ACCOUNT	0x00100000	/* Is a VM accounted object */
-#define VM_NORESERVE	0x00200000	/* should the VM suppress accounting */
-#define VM_HUGETLB	0x00400000	/* Huge TLB Page VM */
-#define VM_SYNC		0x00800000	/* Synchronous page faults */
-#define VM_ARCH_1	0x01000000	/* Architecture-specific flag */
-#define VM_WIPEONFORK	0x02000000	/* Wipe VMA contents in child. */
-#define VM_DONTDUMP	0x04000000	/* Do not include in the core dump */
+#define VM_SEQ_READ	BIT(15)		/* App will access data sequentially */
+#define VM_RAND_READ	BIT(16)		/* App will not benefit from clustered reads */
+
+#define VM_DONTCOPY	BIT(17)		/* Do not copy this vma on fork */
+#define VM_DONTEXPAND	BIT(18)		/* Cannot expand with mremap() */
+#define VM_LOCKONFAULT	BIT(19)		/* Lock the pages covered when they are faulted in */
+#define VM_ACCOUNT	BIT(20)		/* Is a VM accounted object */
+#define VM_NORESERVE	BIT(21)		/* should the VM suppress accounting */
+#define VM_HUGETLB	BIT(22)		/* Huge TLB Page VM */
+#define VM_SYNC		BIT(23)		/* Synchronous page faults */
+#define VM_ARCH_1	BIT(24)		/* Architecture-specific flag */
+#define VM_WIPEONFORK	BIT(25)		/* Wipe VMA contents in child. */
+#define VM_DONTDUMP	BIT(26)		/* Do not include in the core dump */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
-# define VM_SOFTDIRTY	0x08000000	/* Not soft dirty clean area */
+# define VM_SOFTDIRTY	BIT(27)		/* Not soft dirty clean area */
 #else
 # define VM_SOFTDIRTY	0
 #endif
 
-#define VM_MIXEDMAP	0x10000000	/* Can contain "struct page" and pure PFN pages */
-#define VM_HUGEPAGE	0x20000000	/* MADV_HUGEPAGE marked this vma */
-#define VM_NOHUGEPAGE	0x40000000	/* MADV_NOHUGEPAGE marked this vma */
+#define VM_MIXEDMAP	BIT(28)		/* Can contain "struct page" and pure PFN pages */
+#define VM_HUGEPAGE	BIT(29)		/* MADV_HUGEPAGE marked this vma */
+#define VM_NOHUGEPAGE	BIT(30)		/* MADV_NOHUGEPAGE marked this vma */
 #define VM_MERGEABLE	BIT(31)		/* KSM may merge identical pages */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
-- 
2.47.3




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