Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm: always inline __mk_vma_flags() and invoked functions

David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-03-05T14:48:21Z

On 3/5/26 11:50, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
> Be explicit about __mk_vma_flags() (which is used by the mk_vma_flags()
> macro) always being inline, as we rely on the compiler converting this
> function into meaningful.
>
> Also update all of the functions __mk_vma_flags() ultimately invokes to be
> always inline too.
>
> Note that test_bitmap_const_eval() asserts that the relevant bitmap
> functions result in build time constant values.
>
> Additionally, vma_flag_set() operates on a vma_flags_t type, so it is
> inconsistently named versus other VMA flags functions.
>
> We only use vma_flag_set() in __mk_vma_flags() so we don't need to worry
> about its new name being rather cumbersome, so rename it to
> vma_flags_set_flag() to disambiguate it from vma_flags_set().
>
> Also update the VMA test headers to reflect the changes.

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>

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Cheers,

David