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[v4,34/38] mm: eliminate VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS check in lru_gen_look_around()

Message ID 20261003-b4-mmap-prepare-vma-flag-sanify-v4-34-a1f052500fd7@kernel.org
State New
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Series mm: make VMA flag semantics explicit, eliminate VM_SPECIAL | expand

Commit Message

Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) Oct. 3, 2026, 4:33 p.m. UTC 
A fixed or non-mm-managed mapping is one which sets VMA_PFNMAP_BIT,
VMA_MIXEDMAP_BIT or VMA_DONTEXPAND_BIT, which is precisely what
VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS tests for other than VMA_IO_BIT, which is safe to drop as
mm-managed mappings may not set it.

Using these predicates rather than VMA_SPECIAL_FLAGS makes the check
self-documenting and helps eliminate the confusion around 'special' flags.

No functional change intended.

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
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 mm/vmscan.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 3b318efa2916..7adffe8182b3 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -4418,8 +4418,8 @@  bool lru_gen_look_around(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, unsigned int nr)
 	if (spin_is_contended(pvmw->ptl))
 		return true;
 
-	/* exclude special VMAs containing anon pages from COW */
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
+	/* exclude fixed and non-mm-managed VMAs containing anon pages from COW */
+	if (!vma_is_mm_managed(vma) || vma_is_fixed_mapping(vma))
 		return true;
 
 	/* avoid taking the LRU lock under the PTL when possible */