On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 11:36:11AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 18:52:30 +0100 Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Kevin Brodsky <Kevin.Brodsky@xxxxxxx> > > Similarly to arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(), introduce a dummy > > arch_calc_vm_flag_bits() invoked from calc_vm_flag_bits(). This macro > > can be overridden by architectures to insert specific VM_* flags derived > > from the mmap() MAP_* flags. > > > > ... > > > > --- a/include/linux/mman.h > > +++ b/include/linux/mman.h > > @@ -74,13 +74,17 @@ static inline void vm_unacct_memory(long pages) > > } > > > > /* > > - * Allow architectures to handle additional protection bits > > + * Allow architectures to handle additional protection and flag bits > > */ > > > > #ifndef arch_calc_vm_prot_bits > > #define arch_calc_vm_prot_bits(prot, pkey) 0 > > #endif > > > > +#ifndef arch_calc_vm_flag_bits > > +#define arch_calc_vm_flag_bits(flags) 0 > > +#endif > > It would be helpful to add a comment specifying which arch header file > is responsible for defining arch_calc_vm_flag_bits. Because in the > past we've messed this sort of thing up and had different architectures > define things in different header files, resulting in build issues as > code evolves. I'll add a comment that the overriding definitions need to go in the arch asm/mman.h file. Thanks. -- Catalin