linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: avoid use of BIT() macro for initialising VMA flags

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Message-ID: <dcaba52e-7af0-4a36-b2f9-dfc2f83a4e10@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 21:18:18 +0100
From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@...nel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
 oliver.sang@...el.com, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: avoid use of BIT() macro for initialising VMA flags

On 12/5/25 21:15, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri,  5 Dec 2025 17:50:37 +0000 Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com> wrote:
> 
>> Commit 2b6a3f061f11 ("mm: declare VMA flags by bit") significantly changed
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Andrew - note I've referenced the linux-next commit number above, could you
>> replace with the upstream commit hash once your PR is taken? Thanks!
> 
> That's in mm-stable so the hash shouldn't be changing.
> 
> 
> I'm not really sure what's the best way to determine this.  I use
> 
> hp2:/usr/src/mm> git tag --contains 2b6a3f061f11
> mm-everything-2025-11-29-19-43
> mm-everything-2025-12-01-19-02
> mm-everything-2025-12-03-23-49
> mm-everything-2025-12-05-00-55
> mm-stable-2025-12-03-21-26

I asked myself the same question a couple of times.

Maybe this?

  $ git branch -r --contains 2b6a3f061f11
   mm/mm-everything
   mm/mm-new
   mm/mm-stable

-- 
Cheers

David