Re: [PATCH 36/39] mm: eliminate VM_SPECIAL, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS

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Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM), 2026-09-08
Every user of the VM_SPECIAL or VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS has now been converted to
predicates which explicitly express what is actually being checked for
rather than the nebulous concept of possessing 'special' VMA flags.

In any case 'special' is not so special a term of art in mm - it includes
VDSO/VVAR mappings, special in the sense of vm_normal_folio() and probably
other cases too.

Therefore make things less special by eliminating these now unused flags.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
Sashiko has reviewed this patch and found no issues. It looks great!

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