Re: [PATCH] mm: correct type for vmalloc vm_flags fields

[David Hildenbrand]

On 29.07.25 14:54, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Please apply the below to this series.
>
> Again to re-emphasise, there's no _actual_ issue here (using a typedef for
> unsigned long vs unsigned long), it's just fixing up things in preparation
> for later changes where this will matter.
>
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo
>
> ----8<----
>  From 94ccb0c9e49bf3f9a5a31e2f1da4a722b0a2de50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:48:50 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] mm: fixup very disguised vmalloc flags parameter
>
> The declare_vma() function in arm64 arch code liberally mixes the concepts
> of VMAs and near-identically named vmalloc data structures, so I
> accidentally changed the 'vm_flags' field' that is assigned to a 'vma'
> thinking it was... the vm_flags field of a vma, which it turns out, it
> isn't.
>
> Revert the type from vm_flags_t to unsigned long.
>
> Given vm_flags_t == unsigned long, there is no change in any behaviour
> before or after this patch, but in future this will matter.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> index 20a89ab97dc5..34e5d78af076 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> @@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ void mark_rodata_ro(void)
>
>   static void __init declare_vma(struct vm_struct *vma,
>   			       void *va_start, void *va_end,
> -			       vm_flags_t vm_flags)
> +			       unsigned long vm_flags)
>   {
>   	phys_addr_t pa_start = __pa_symbol(va_start);
>   	unsigned long size = va_end - va_start;
> --
> 2.50.1

For both (however they may or may not get sqashed)

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb