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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/madvise.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/madvise.c | 39 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c index 76eb4193acdd..66c31264f062 100644 --- a/mm/madvise.c +++ b/mm/madvise.c @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct * vma, struct mm_struct * mm = vma->vm_mm; int error = 0; pgoff_t pgoff; - int new_flags = vma->vm_flags; + unsigned long new_flags = vma->vm_flags; switch (behavior) { case MADV_NORMAL: @@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ static long madvise_behavior(struct vm_area_struct * vma, new_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY; break; case MADV_DOFORK: + if (vma->vm_flags & VM_IO) { + error = -EINVAL; + goto out; + } new_flags &= ~VM_DONTCOPY; break; } @@ -211,37 +215,16 @@ static long madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev, unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int behavior) { - long error; - switch (behavior) { - case MADV_DOFORK: - if (vma->vm_flags & VM_IO) { - error = -EINVAL; - break; - } - case MADV_DONTFORK: - case MADV_NORMAL: - case MADV_SEQUENTIAL: - case MADV_RANDOM: - error = madvise_behavior(vma, prev, start, end, behavior); - break; case MADV_REMOVE: - error = madvise_remove(vma, prev, start, end); - break; - + return madvise_remove(vma, prev, start, end); case MADV_WILLNEED: - error = madvise_willneed(vma, prev, start, end); - break; - + return madvise_willneed(vma, prev, start, end); case MADV_DONTNEED: - error = madvise_dontneed(vma, prev, start, end); - break; - + return madvise_dontneed(vma, prev, start, end); default: - BUG(); - break; + return madvise_behavior(vma, prev, start, end, behavior); } - return error; } static int @@ -262,6 +245,7 @@ madvise_behavior_valid(int behavior) return 0; } } + /* * The madvise(2) system call. * @@ -286,6 +270,9 @@ madvise_behavior_valid(int behavior) * so the kernel can free resources associated with it. * MADV_REMOVE - the application wants to free up the given range of * pages and associated backing store. + * MADV_DONTFORK - omit this area from child's address space when forking: + * typically, to avoid COWing pages pinned by get_user_pages(). + * MADV_DOFORK - cancel MADV_DONTFORK: no longer omit this area when forking. * * return values: * zero - success |