# Re: \[PATCH 07/13\] mm/madvise: convert madvise\_vma\_behavior() to use vma\_flags\_t

- From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
- Date: 2026-11-05 21:43:24 
- List: linux-security-module
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-security-module/2026/11/17874265
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/damon/2026/11/17874173/t.md

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> Replace use of the legacy vm_flags_t flags with vma_flags_t values
> throughout the madvise logic.
> 
> In order to do so, update ksm_madvise() and hugepage_madvise() to take a
> vma_flags_t pointer, and update their other callers in mremap and the
> powerpc KVM ultravisor code accordingly.
> 
> In the latter case we replace vm_flags_reset() with vma_overwrite_flags().
> The VMA is write locked at this point, so the atomic flags preserved by
> vma_overwrite_flags() cannot differ from those copied, and the behaviour
> is unchanged.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>

Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues.

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