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Re: [PATCH v2 32/40] mm/uffd: use predicates for userfaultfd checks

From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
Date: 2026-09-14 22:16:17
Also in: bpf, dri-devel, kvm, kvmarm, linux-perf-users, linux-rdma, linux-s390, linux-scsi, selinux

Rather than directly checking VMA flags, use the newly introduced
vma_is_kernel_owned() and vma_is_persistent() helpers in userfaultfd when
assessing VMA suitability for userfaultfd and UFFDIO_MOVE.

Update vma_move_compatible() so it's expressed in terms of VMA
characteristics rather than arbitrary flags.

Additionally, update the use of the deprecated VMA flag API when checking
VMA_SHADOW_STACK_BIT.

A VMA_IO_BIT check is no longer required but that is fine as a hard
invariant has been established that only kernel-owned mappings may set
VMA_IO_BIT so the check is now redundant.

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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