[PATCH 13/41] mm: introduce vma->vm_flags modifier functions

[Davidlohr Bueso]

On Wed, 11 Jan 2023, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:

>On Wed, Jan 11, 2023 at 8:13 AM Davidlohr Bueso <dave at stgolabs.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 09 Jan 2023, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
>>
>> >To keep vma locking correctness when vm_flags are modified, add modifier
>> >functions to be used whenever flags are updated.
>>
>> How about moving this patch and the ones that follow out of this series,
>> into a preliminary patchset? It would reduce the amount of noise in the
>> per-vma lock changes, which would then only be adding the needed
>> vma_write_lock()ing.
>
>How about moving those prerequisite patches to the beginning of the
>patchset (before maple_tree RCU changes)? I feel like they do belong
>in the patchset because as a standalone patchset it would be unclear
>why I'm adding all these accessor functions and introducing this
>churn. Would that be acceptable?

imo the abstraction of vm_flags handling is worth being standalone and is
easier to be picked up before a more complex locking scheme change. But
either way, it's up to you.

Thanks,
Davidlohr