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Message-ID: <7ccc3447-3a39-4206-95c5-a6cd00e2bda6@linux.alibaba.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:20:51 +0800
From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev, linux-cxl@...r.kernel.org,
 dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-aio@...ck.org,
 linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, ntfs3@...ts.linux.dev, devel@...ts.orangefs.org,
 linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] mm: update shmem_[kernel]_file_*() functions to
 use vma_flags_t



On 1/23/26 12:06 AM, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> In order to be able to use only vma_flags_t in vm_area_desc we must adjust
> shmem file setup functions to operate in terms of vma_flags_t rather than
> vm_flags_t.
> 
> This patch makes this change and updates all callers to use the new
> functions.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>

(reduced distribution list too)

Thanks. The shmem part looks good to me with some nits below.

Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>

> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c           |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem.c                 |  5 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_shmem.c |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gem/i915_gem_ttm.c   |  3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gt/shmem_utils.c     |  3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/tests/ttm_tt_test.c   |  2 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_backup.c          |  3 +-
>   drivers/gpu/drm/ttm/ttm_tt.c              |  2 +-
>   fs/xfs/scrub/xfile.c                      |  3 +-
>   fs/xfs/xfs_buf_mem.c                      |  2 +-
>   include/linux/shmem_fs.h                  |  8 ++-
>   ipc/shm.c                                 |  6 +--
>   mm/memfd.c                                |  2 +-
>   mm/memfd_luo.c                            |  2 +-
>   mm/shmem.c                                | 59 +++++++++++++----------
>   security/keys/big_key.c                   |  2 +-
>   16 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

[snip]

>   	inode->i_flags |= i_flags;
> @@ -5864,9 +5869,10 @@ static struct file *__shmem_file_setup(struct vfsmount *mnt, const char *name,
>    *	checks are provided at the key or shm level rather than the inode.
>    * @name: name for dentry (to be seen in /proc/<pid>/maps)
>    * @size: size to be set for the file
> - * @flags: VM_NORESERVE suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size
> + * @vma_flags: VMA_NORESERVE_BIT suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size

nit: s/vma_flags/flags

>    */
> -struct file *shmem_kernel_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
> +struct file *shmem_kernel_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size,
> +				     vma_flags_t flags)
>   {
>   	return __shmem_file_setup(shm_mnt, name, size, flags, S_PRIVATE);
>   }
> @@ -5878,7 +5884,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shmem_kernel_file_setup);
>    * @size: size to be set for the file
>    * @flags: VM_NORESERVE suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size

nit: s/VM_NORESERVE/VMA_NORESERVE_BIT

>    */
> -struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
> +struct file *shmem_file_setup(const char *name, loff_t size, vma_flags_t flags)
>   {
>   	return __shmem_file_setup(shm_mnt, name, size, flags, 0);
>   }
> @@ -5889,16 +5895,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shmem_file_setup);
>    * @mnt: the tmpfs mount where the file will be created
>    * @name: name for dentry (to be seen in /proc/<pid>/maps)
>    * @size: size to be set for the file
> - * @flags: VM_NORESERVE suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size
> + * @flags: VMA_NORESERVE_BIT suppresses pre-accounting of the entire object size
>    */
>   struct file *shmem_file_setup_with_mnt(struct vfsmount *mnt, const char *name,
> -				       loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
> +				       loff_t size, vma_flags_t flags)
>   {
>   	return __shmem_file_setup(mnt, name, size, flags, 0);
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(shmem_file_setup_with_mnt);
>   
> -static struct file *__shmem_zero_setup(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
> +static struct file *__shmem_zero_setup(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> +		vma_flags_t flags)
>   {
>   	loff_t size = end - start;
>   
> @@ -5908,7 +5915,7 @@ static struct file *__shmem_zero_setup(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, v
>   	 * accessible to the user through its mapping, use S_PRIVATE flag to
>   	 * bypass file security, in the same way as shmem_kernel_file_setup().
>   	 */
> -	return shmem_kernel_file_setup("dev/zero", size, vm_flags);
> +	return shmem_kernel_file_setup("dev/zero", size, flags);
>   }
>   
>   /**
> @@ -5918,7 +5925,7 @@ static struct file *__shmem_zero_setup(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, v
>    */
>   int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>   {
> -	struct file *file = __shmem_zero_setup(vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, vma->vm_flags);
> +	struct file *file = __shmem_zero_setup(vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, vma->flags);
>   
>   	if (IS_ERR(file))
>   		return PTR_ERR(file);
> @@ -5939,7 +5946,7 @@ int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>    */
>   int shmem_zero_setup_desc(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
>   {
> -	struct file *file = __shmem_zero_setup(desc->start, desc->end, desc->vm_flags);
> +	struct file *file = __shmem_zero_setup(desc->start, desc->end, desc->vma_flags);
>   
>   	if (IS_ERR(file))
>   		return PTR_ERR(file);
> diff --git a/security/keys/big_key.c b/security/keys/big_key.c
> index d46862ab90d6..268f702df380 100644
> --- a/security/keys/big_key.c
> +++ b/security/keys/big_key.c
> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int big_key_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
>   					 0, enckey);
>   
>   		/* save aligned data to file */
> -		file = shmem_kernel_file_setup("", enclen, 0);
> +		file = shmem_kernel_file_setup("", enclen, EMPTY_VMA_FLAGS);
>   		if (IS_ERR(file)) {
>   			ret = PTR_ERR(file);
>   			goto err_enckey;


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