[PATCH v3 35/40] mm: eliminate VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS check in lru_gen_look_around()
From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-09-17 16:40:48
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A kernel-owned or fixed mapping is one which sets VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT or VMA_DONTEXPAND_BIT, which is precisely what VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS tests for other than VMA_IO_BIT, which is safe to drop as only kernel-owned mappings may set it. Using these predicates rather than VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS makes the check self-documenting and helps eliminate the confusion around 'special' flags. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org> --- mm/vmscan.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 09ff20c3df5b..001f8b760266 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c@@ -4418,8 +4418,8 @@ bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, unsigned int nr) if (spin_is_contended(pvmw->ptl)) return true; - /* exclude special VMAs containing anon pages from COW */ - if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL) + /* exclude kernel-owned and fixed VMAs containing anon pages from COW */ + if (vma_is_kernel_owned(vma) || vma_is_fixed_mapping(vma)) return true; /* avoid taking the LRU lock under the PTL when possible */
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2.55.0