[Freedreno] [PATCH v2 1/6] mm: introduce vma->vm_flags modifier functions

[Peter Zijlstra]

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.