# Re: \[PATCH 1/3\] mm: change vm\_get\_page\_prot() to accept vm\_flags\_t argument

- From: Catalin Marinas \<catalin.marinas@arm.com\>
- Date: 2025-06-23 15:17:33 
- List: linux-trace-kernel
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-trace-kernel/2025/06/315559
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2025/06/315057/t.md

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On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 08:42:52PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> We abstract the type of the VMA flags to vm_flags_t, however in may places
> it is simply assumed this is unsigned long, which is simply incorrect.
> 
> At the moment this is simply an incongruity, however in future we plan to
> change this type and therefore this change is a critical requirement for
> doing so.
> 
> Overall, this patch does not introduce any functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <redacted>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/mm/mmap.c                       | 2 +-

For arm64:

Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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