[PATCH 03/16] mm: add vma_desc_size(), vma_desc_pages() helpers
Jason Gunthorpe
jgg at nvidia.com
Mon Sep 8 05:51:01 PDT 2025
On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 12:10:34PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> static int secretmem_mmap_prepare(struct vm_area_desc *desc)
> {
> - const unsigned long len = desc->end - desc->start;
> + const unsigned long len = vma_desc_size(desc);
>
> if ((desc->vm_flags & (VM_SHARED | VM_MAYSHARE)) == 0)
> return -EINVAL;
I wonder if we should have some helper for this shared check too, it
is a bit tricky with the two flags. Forced-shared checks are pretty
common.
vma_desc_must_be_shared(desc) ?
Also 'must not be exec' is common too.
Jason
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