Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 2/4] mm: Add hint and mmap_flags to struct vm_unmapped_area_info

From: Charlie Jenkins <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 18:11:17 -0700

On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 09:48:44AM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 12:15:59AM GMT, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> > index d0dfc85b209b..34ba0db23678 100644
> > --- a/mm/mmap.c
> > +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> > @@ -1796,6 +1796,9 @@ generic_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
> >  	struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = {};
> >  	const unsigned long mmap_end = arch_get_mmap_end(addr, len, flags);
> >
> > +	info.hint = addr;
> > +	info.mmap_flags = flags;
> > +
> >  	if (len > mmap_end - mmap_min_addr)
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > @@ -1841,6 +1844,9 @@ generic_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr,
> >  	struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = {};
> >  	const unsigned long mmap_end = arch_get_mmap_end(addr, len, flags);
> >
> > +	info.hint = addr;
> > +	info.mmap_flags = flags;
> > +
> >  	/* requested length too big for entire address space */
> >  	if (len > mmap_end - mmap_min_addr)
> >  		return -ENOMEM;
> >
> 
> These line numbers suggest you're working against Linus's tree, mm/mmap.c
> has changed a lot recently, so to avoid conflicts please base your changes
> on mm-unstable in Andrew's tree (if looking to go through that) or at least
> -next.

I will make sure that I base off of mm-unstable for future revisions.

- Charlie

> > --
> > 2.45.0