mm/vmalloc: use physical page count for vrealloc() grow-in-place check

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Update the grow-in-place check in vrealloc() to compare the requested size
against the actual physical page count (vm->nr_pages) rather than the
virtual area size (alloced_size, derived from get_vm_area_size()).

Currently both values are equivalent, but the upcoming vrealloc() shrink
functionality will free pages without reducing the virtual reservation
size.  After such a shrink, the old alloced_size-based comparison would
incorrectly allow a grow-in-place operation to succeed and attempt to
access freed pages.  Switch to vm->nr_pages now so the check remains
correct once shrink support is added.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260519-vmalloc-shrink-v14-2-70b96ee3e9c9@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 17:42:15 +05:30 • committed by Andrew Morton

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