Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] mm: introduce vma->vm_flags wrapper functions

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:35:49 -0800 Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> +static inline void init_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +static inline void reset_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +static inline void set_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +static inline void clear_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +static inline void mod_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,

vm_flags_init(), vm_flags_reset(), etc?

This would be more idiomatic and I do think the most-significant-first
naming style is preferable.