On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 03:05:31PM -0400, Nico Pache wrote: > The vma_is_anonymous function isn't fully indicative of what it checks. > > Without having full knowledge of the mmap process, one may incorrectly > assume this covers all types of anonymous memory; which is not the case. Is your complaint that anonymous memory can also be found in file VMAs that were mapped with MAP_PRIVATE? ie COWed pages? I don't think renaming this function is appropriate. It's whether the VMA is anonymous, not whether the VMA can contain anonymous pages.
