On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 12:38:46AM -0800, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h > index 2d6d790d9bed..6c7c70bf50dd 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h > +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h > @@ -491,7 +491,13 @@ struct vm_area_struct { > * See vmf_insert_mixed_prot() for discussion. > */ > pgprot_t vm_page_prot; > - unsigned long vm_flags; /* Flags, see mm.h. */ > + > + /* > + * Flags, see mm.h. > + * WARNING! Do not modify directly. > + * Use {init|reset|set|clear|mod}_vm_flags() functions instead. > + */ > + unsigned long vm_flags; We have __private and ACCESS_PRIVATE() to help with enforcing this.