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	"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 26/40] mm: remove VMA_IO_BIT check in vma[_flags]_is_kernel_owned()
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:22:35 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v3-26-4583d8a23bca@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260917-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v3-0-4583d8a23bca@kernel.org>

We have now made it such that every driver which sets VMA_IO_BIT marks it
as kernel-owned.

However, vma_flags_is_kernel_owned() currently checks for VMA_IO_BIT. This
was a product of drivers previously marking a range as kernel-owned by
setting VMA_IO_BIT alone.

Fix this by removing the VMA_IO_BIT check in vma_flags_is_kernel_owned(),
and update mmap_validate_vma_flags() to use vma_flags_is_kernel_owned()
rather than open-coding the VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT check.

This change means that vma[_flags]_can_merge() doesn't check VMA_IO_BIT any
longer (which is now redundant) as it calls vma_flags_is_kernel_owned().

Now that the predicate means precisely VMA_PFNMAP_BIT or VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT,
also use it at the other sites which open-code that pair, so the intent is
stated rather than the flags, with no functional change:

zap_special_vma_range() only zaps kernel-owned mappings, as drivers use it
to tear down ranges they established themselves.

The mprotect() arch PFN modification check applies to kernel-owned
mappings, which may map PFNs without struct pages.

NUMA balancing skips VM_MIXEDMAP mappings having already excluded VM_IO
and VM_PFNMAP mappings via vma_migratable(), so it skips exactly the
kernel-owned mappings - say so.

Finally, update the VMA userland merge 'special' flag tests to no longer
assert that VMA_IO_BIT prevents merge as VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT
now suffices.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/mm.h              |  3 +--
 kernel/sched/fair.c             |  2 +-
 mm/memory.c                     |  6 +++---
 mm/mprotect.c                   |  3 +--
 mm/vma.c                        |  2 +-
 tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h |  3 +--
 tools/testing/vma/tests/merge.c | 10 ++--------
 7 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index ca598e5f9715..4b6aa0b47b00 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1630,8 +1630,7 @@ static inline bool vma_is_shared_maywrite(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
  */
 static inline bool vma_flags_is_kernel_owned(const vma_flags_t *flags)
 {
-	return vma_flags_test_any(flags, VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT,
-				  VMA_IO_BIT);
+	return vma_flags_test_any(flags, VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 8dff37059faf..a71f0ab79bcd 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -4212,7 +4212,7 @@ static void task_numa_work(struct callback_head *work)
 
 	for (; vma; vma = vma_next(&vmi)) {
 		if (!vma_migratable(vma) || !vma_policy_mof(vma) ||
-			is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP)) {
+			is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) || vma_is_kernel_owned(vma)) {
 			trace_sched_skip_vma_numa(mm, vma, NUMAB_SKIP_UNSUITABLE);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 45b21bb04a18..1e6cd2e50408 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2343,19 +2343,19 @@ void zap_vma_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 }
 
 /**
- * zap_special_vma_range - zap all page table entries in a special vma range
+ * zap_special_vma_range - zap all page table entries in a kernel-owned VMA
  * @vma: the vma covering the range to zap
  * @address: starting address of the range to zap
  * @size: number of bytes to zap
  *
  * This function does nothing when the provided address range is not fully
- * contained in @vma, or when the @vma is not VM_PFNMAP or VM_MIXEDMAP.
+ * contained in @vma, or when @vma is not kernel-owned.
  */
 void zap_special_vma_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		unsigned long size)
 {
 	if (!range_in_vma(vma, address, address + size) ||
-	   !(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP)))
+	   !vma_is_kernel_owned(vma))
 		return;
 
 	zap_vma_range(vma, address, size);
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 2888ee638d87..fe32fd87cf5c 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -783,8 +783,7 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	 * uncommon case, so doesn't need to be very optimized.
 	 */
 	if (arch_has_pfn_modify_check() &&
-	    vma_flags_test_any(&old_vma_flags, VMA_PFNMAP_BIT,
-			       VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT) &&
+	    vma_flags_is_kernel_owned(&old_vma_flags) &&
 	    !vma_flags_test_any_mask(&new_vma_flags, VMA_ACCESS_FLAGS)) {
 		pgprot_t new_pgprot = vm_get_page_prot(newflags);
 
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index 56a0cd154419..0bc3651abe13 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -2787,7 +2787,7 @@ static int mmap_validate_vma_flags(const vma_flags_t *flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 #endif
 
-	if (!vma_flags_test_any(flags, VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT)) {
+	if (!vma_flags_is_kernel_owned(flags)) {
 		/* Only kernel-owned mappings may set VMA_IO_BIT. */
 		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(vma_flags_test(flags, VMA_IO_BIT)))
 			return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
index b8b1462ca710..97d3bf6cd5b7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h
@@ -1667,8 +1667,7 @@ static inline bool file_is_dev_zero(const struct file *file)
 
 static inline bool vma_flags_is_kernel_owned(const vma_flags_t *flags)
 {
-	return vma_flags_test_any(flags, VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT,
-				  VMA_IO_BIT);
+	return vma_flags_test_any(flags, VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT);
 }
 
 static inline bool vma_is_kernel_owned(const struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/tests/merge.c b/tools/testing/vma/tests/merge.c
index acaab282939c..b26f1a66a170 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/tests/merge.c
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/tests/merge.c
@@ -496,17 +496,11 @@ static bool test_vma_merge_special_flags(void)
 		.mm = &mm,
 		.vmi = &vmi,
 	};
-	vma_flag_t special_flags[] = { VMA_IO_BIT, VMA_DONTEXPAND_BIT,
+	vma_flag_t special_flags[] = { VMA_DONTEXPAND_BIT,
 		VMA_PFNMAP_BIT, VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT };
-	vma_flags_t all_special_flags = EMPTY_VMA_FLAGS;
 	int i;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma_left, *vma;
 
-	/* Make sure there aren't new VM_SPECIAL flags. */
-	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(special_flags); i++)
-		vma_flags_set(&all_special_flags, special_flags[i]);
-	ASSERT_FLAGS_SAME_MASK(&all_special_flags, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS);
-
 	/*
 	 * 01234
 	 * AAA
@@ -520,7 +514,7 @@ static bool test_vma_merge_special_flags(void)
 	 * 01234
 	 * AAA*
 	 *
-	 * This should merge if not for the VM_SPECIAL flag.
+	 * This should merge if not for the 'special' flag.
 	 */
 	vmg_set_range(&vmg, 0x3000, 0x4000, 3, vma_flags);
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(special_flags); i++) {

-- 
2.55.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-09-17 16:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 151+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-17 16:22 [PATCH v3 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 01/40] mm/vma: fix mmap_prepare file handling, remove file_doesnt_need_get Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 15:21   ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-23 15:46     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 15:59       ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-24  2:20   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-24 10:03     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 16:28   ` Gregory Price
2026-09-25  9:30     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 19:00   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-09-25  9:12     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 02/40] mm/vma: predicate setting mmap_prepare VMA fields on new vma alloc Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 15:32   ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-23 15:53     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 16:09       ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-23 17:07         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 17:33   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24  2:25   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 03/40] mm/vma: introduce and use vma_[flags_]can_merge() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 16:23   ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-24  2:27   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-24 16:38   ` Gregory Price
2026-10-01 12:03   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 04/40] mm: consistently validate VMA state after mmap[_prepare] hooks Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 16:47   ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-23 17:00     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24  2:52   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-24 10:06     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 17:17   ` Gregory Price
2026-09-25 12:51     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 05/40] mm/vma: ensure mmap_prepare doesn't set actions on a mergeable vma Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 18:00   ` Gregory Price
2026-09-25  9:51     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 19:28   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-25  9:55     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-25  7:28   ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-25  9:53     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-01 12:11       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 06/40] mm: make map_kernel_pages_[prepare,complete] internal and unexported Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 19:30   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-25  7:35     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-29 15:58   ` Gregory Price
2026-10-01 12:11   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 07/40] mm/vma: tidy up map kernel pages enum values Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 19:30   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-25  7:37     ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-29 15:59   ` Gregory Price
2026-10-01 12:12   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 08/40] mm: add mmap action for discontiguous kernel page mapping Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-25 20:53   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-27 21:44   ` Suren Baghdasaryan
2026-09-29 11:11     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 09/40] docs: filesystems: update mmap_prepare docs for discontig kernel pgs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-25 21:01   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-29 11:21     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 10/40] drivers/usb/mon: update to use mmap_prepare + map kernel pages Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-02  9:55   ` Lance Yang
2026-10-02 12:12     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 11/40] infiniband: update hfi1 to use remap_vmalloc_range() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 12/40] selinux: reject writable opens of policy file, drop mmap shared/write check Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 13/40] ALSA: pcm: use vm_insert_page() to map PCM status page Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 14/40] bpf: arena: mark arena_map_mmap() mappings VM_MIXEDMAP Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 15/40] mm/vma: add vma[_flags]_is_kernel_owned() predicates Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-26  1:37   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-01 12:36   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02 14:56     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-02 21:19       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-03  9:03         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 16/40] mm/vma: only allow mmap to clear VMA_MAYWRITE_BIT if kernel-owned Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-26  2:07   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-26  2:17     ` Zi Yan
2026-09-26 10:06       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 17/40] mm/vma: add and use vma_[flags]_is_fixed_mapping Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-26  2:27   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-26 10:03     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 18/40] scsi: sg: convert mmap hook to mmap_prepare and rework Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 19/40] fbdev: defio: assert FBINFO_VIRTFB, drop VM_IO, add VM_MIXEDMAP Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 20/40] HSI: cmt_speech: convert mmap hook to mmap_prepare, refactor Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 21/40] mm/gup: error out early on !VMA_MAYREAD_BIT VMAs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-26  2:30   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 22/40] uprobes: remove VM_IO, set VM_MIXEDMAP for mapped kernel pages Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 23/40] mm/mlock: clear VMA_LOCKED_MASK over mmap callback Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-01 15:20   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02 12:26     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 24/40] mm/mlock: eliminate weird VMA_IO_BIT abuse and simplify Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-23 20:06   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-24 10:21     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-24 15:50       ` Zi Yan
2026-09-25  9:35         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 25/40] mm/vma: enforce that only kernel-owned mappings may set VMA_IO_BIT Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-29  2:12   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-17 16:22 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 27/40] mm: remove hugetlb_inline.h Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-29  2:13   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  6:52   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 28/40] mm: rename is_vm_hugetlb_page() to vma_is_hugetlb() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-29  2:14   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  6:53   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 29/40] mm: drop some redundant checks around hugetlb VMAs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-29  2:36   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  6:54   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 30/40] mm/madvise: update is_valid_guard_vma() to use vma_can_merge() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-29  2:38   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  6:57   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 31/40] mm/vma: introduce vma[_flags]_is_persistent() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-30  2:00   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  6:59   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02  7:02     ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02  7:05       ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02 12:08         ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-02 12:35           ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02 12:48             ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-02 13:11               ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02 13:59                 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-02 21:43                   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-03 13:16                     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 32/40] mm/uffd: use predicates for userfaultfd checks Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-30  2:02   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  7:04   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02 12:35     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 33/40] mm/madvise: use predicates for madvise(..., MADV_DOFORK) Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-30  2:28   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 34/40] mm: eliminate VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS usage when hugetlb explicitly tested Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-30  2:42   ` Zi Yan
2026-09-30  9:32     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 35/40] mm: eliminate VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS check in lru_gen_look_around() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-30  2:42   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  7:06   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 36/40] mm: avoid use of VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS in migrate_vma_setup() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-30  2:47   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  7:07   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 37/40] mm: eliminate VM_SPECIAL, VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-30  2:48   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  7:07   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 38/40] fuse: dax: do not set VM_MIXEDMAP Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-02  7:09   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 39/40] mm/huge_memory: remove vma_is_special_huge() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-01 15:21   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  7:11   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-09-17 16:22 ` [PATCH v3 40/40] mm/vma: introduce and use vma[_flags]_can_gup() Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-10-01 15:23   ` Zi Yan
2026-10-02  7:48   ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-10-02 16:11     ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-17 21:23 ` [PATCH v3 00/40] mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL Andrew Morton
2026-09-23  8:57 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-25 15:58 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-25 22:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-26  9:40   ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-26 13:06     ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-09-26 13:22       ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-26 17:14         ` Arnd Bergmann

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