[PATCH 3/3] tools/mm: add VMA flags decoding and name display to show_page_info.py

From: Ye Liu

Date: Wed Oct 14 2026 - 03:08:04 EST


From: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add support for decoding VMA flags into human-readable format and
displaying VMA names. This provides more detailed information about
the virtual memory area containing the page.

Signed-off-by: Ye Liu <liuye@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/mm/show_page_info.py | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/mm/show_page_info.py b/tools/mm/show_page_info.py
index 1fbef3889e91..9dc65b4d2b29 100644
--- a/tools/mm/show_page_info.py
+++ b/tools/mm/show_page_info.py
@@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ import sys
from drgn import Object, FaultError, PlatformFlags, cast
from drgn.helpers.linux import find_task, follow_page, page_size
from drgn.helpers.linux.mm import (
- decode_page_flags, page_to_pfn, page_to_phys, page_to_virt, vma_find,
+ decode_page_flags, page_to_pfn, page_to_phys, page_to_virt, vma_find, vma_name,
PageSlab, PageCompound, PageHead, PageTail, compound_head, compound_order, compound_nr
)
from drgn.helpers.linux.cgroup import cgroup_name, cgroup_path
+from drgn.helpers.common.format import decode_flags

DESC = """
This is a drgn script to show the page state.
@@ -75,6 +76,52 @@ def get_memcg_info(page):
except Exception as e:
return "unknown", f"Unexpected error: {e}"

+def format_vma_flags(flags: int) -> str:
+ """
+ Format VMA flags into a human-readable string.
+
+ :param flags: The VMA flags as an integer.
+ :return: A string representation of the flags.
+ """
+ # VM flags from include/uapi/linux/mm.h
+ # Since Linux 6.19 (commit 2b6a3f061f11), VMA flag bit numbers are defined
+ # in an anonymous enum. For older kernels, we hard-code them.
+ VM_FLAGS = [
+ ("READ", 0x00000001),
+ ("WRITE", 0x00000002),
+ ("EXEC", 0x00000004),
+ ("SHARED", 0x00000008),
+ ("MAYREAD", 0x00000010),
+ ("MAYWRITE", 0x00000020),
+ ("MAYEXEC", 0x00000040),
+ ("MAYSHARE", 0x00000080),
+ ("GROWSDOWN", 0x00000100),
+ ("UFFD_MISSING", 0x00000200),
+ ("PFNMAP", 0x00000400),
+ ("DENYWRITE", 0x00000800),
+ ("EXECUTABLE", 0x00001000),
+ ("LOCKED", 0x00002000),
+ ("IO", 0x00004000),
+ ("SEQ_READ", 0x00008000),
+ ("RAND_READ", 0x00010000),
+ ("DONTCOPY", 0x00020000),
+ ("DONTEXPAND", 0x00040000),
+ ("LOCKONFAULT", 0x00080000),
+ ("ACCOUNT", 0x00100000),
+ ("NORESERVE", 0x00200000),
+ ("HUGETLB", 0x00400000),
+ ("SYNC", 0x00800000),
+ ("ARCH_1", 0x01000000),
+ ("WIPEONFORK", 0x02000000),
+ ("DONTDUMP", 0x04000000),
+ ("SOFTDIRTY", 0x08000000),
+ ("MIXEDMAP", 0x10000000),
+ ("HUGEPAGE", 0x20000000),
+ ("NOHUGEPAGE", 0x40000000),
+ ("MERGEABLE", 0x80000000),
+ ]
+ return decode_flags(flags, VM_FLAGS, bit_numbers=False)
+
def show_page_state(page, addr, mm, pid, task):
"""Display detailed information about a page."""
try:
@@ -106,10 +153,15 @@ def show_page_state(page, addr, mm, pid, task):
fields["Page VMA"] = hex(vma.value_())
fields["VMA Start"] = hex(vma.vm_start.value_())
fields["VMA End"] = hex(vma.vm_end.value_())
+ vma_flags_hex = hex(vma.vm_flags.value_())
+ vma_flags_readable = format_vma_flags(vma.vm_flags.value_())
+ fields["VMA Flags"] = f"{vma_flags_hex} ({vma_flags_readable})"
+ fields["VMA Name"] = vma_name(vma).decode()
except FaultError as e:
fields["Page VMA"] = "Unavailable"
fields["VMA Start"] = "Unavailable"
fields["VMA End"] = "Unavailable"
+ fields["VMA Flags"] = "Unavailable"
print(f"Error retrieving VMA information: {e}")

# Calculate the maximum field name length for alignment

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