Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:58:15 +0000 | From | Mel Gorman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] mm: introduce vma->vm_flags wrapper functions |
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 03:35:49PM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > vm_flags are among VMA attributes which affect decisions like VMA merging > and splitting. Therefore all vm_flags modifications are performed after > taking exclusive mmap_lock to prevent vm_flags updates racing with such > operations. Introduce modifier functions for vm_flags to be used whenever > flags are updated. This way we can better check and control correct > locking behavior during these updates. > > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
With or without the suggested rename;
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@techsingularity.net>
-- Mel Gorman SUSE Labs
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