mm/vmalloc: use physical page count in vread_iter() for VM_ALLOC areas

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For VM_ALLOC areas in vread_iter(), derive the vm area size from
vm->nr_pages rather than get_vm_area_size().

Only VM_ALLOC areas are subject to vrealloc() shrinking, which frees pages
without reducing the virtual reservation size.  Switch to using
vm->nr_pages for VM_ALLOC areas so the reader remains correct once shrink
support is added.  Other mapping types (vmap, ioremap) do not initialize
nr_pages and will continue using get_vm_area_size().

[shivamkalra98@zohomail.in: add an nr_pages check]
  Link: https://lore.kernel.org/aff47da5-4fd5-481d-be18-e1eb99639490@zohomail.in
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260519-vmalloc-shrink-v14-3-70b96ee3e9c9@zohomail.in
Signed-off-by: Shivam Kalra <shivamkalra98@zohomail.in>
Reviewed-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Cc: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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Shivam Kalra 2026-05-19 17:42:16 +05:30 • committed by Andrew Morton

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