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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 05/16] mm: Protect VMA modifications using VMA sequence count
    On Tue, Aug 08, 2017 at 04:35:38PM +0200, Laurent Dufour wrote:
    > The VMA sequence count has been introduced to allow fast detection of
    > VMA modification when running a page fault handler without holding
    > the mmap_sem.
    >
    > This patch provides protection agains the VMA modification done in :
    > - madvise()
    > - mremap()
    > - mpol_rebind_policy()
    > - vma_replace_policy()
    > - change_prot_numa()
    > - mlock(), munlock()
    > - mprotect()
    > - mmap_region()
    > - collapse_huge_page()

    I don't thinks it's anywhere near complete list of places where we touch
    vm_flags. What is your plan for the rest?
    --
    Kirill A. Shutemov

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