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SubjectRe: [PATCH v23 21/28] mm: Re-introduce vm_flags to do_mmap()
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On 3/18/2021 4:42 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 08:10:47AM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
>> There was no more caller passing vm_flags to do_mmap(), and vm_flags was
>> removed from the function's input by:
>>
>> commit 45e55300f114 ("mm: remove unnecessary wrapper function do_mmap_pgoff()").
>>
>> There is a new user now. Shadow stack allocation passes VM_SHSTK to
>> do_mmap(). Re-introduce vm_flags to do_mmap(), but without the old wrapper
>> do_mmap_pgoff().
>
> Why does this matter at all?
>
> $ git grep do_mmap_pgoff
> $
>

Right, do_mmap_pgoff() was removed by commit 45e55300f114. This patch
does not add back the wrapper. Instead, add vm_flags to do_mmap().
Please advice if I misunderstand the question.

Thanks,
Yu-cheng

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