The following flag comparison in mmap_region makes no sense: if (!(vm_flags & MAP_FIXED)) return -ENOMEM;
The condition is always false and thus the above "return -ENOMEM" is never executed. The vm_flags must not be compared with MAP_FIXED flag. The vm_flags may only be compared with VM_* flags. MAP_FIXED has the same value as VM_MAYREAD. Hitting the rlimit is a slow path and find_vma_intersection should realize that there is no overlapping VMA for !MAP_FIXED case pretty quickly. Remove the code that makes no sense. Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <kwapulinski.pi...@gmail.com> --- mm/mmap.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 2ce04a6..42a8259 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -1551,9 +1551,6 @@ unsigned long mmap_region(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, * MAP_FIXED may remove pages of mappings that intersects with * requested mapping. Account for the pages it would unmap. */ - if (!(vm_flags & MAP_FIXED)) - return -ENOMEM; - nr_pages = count_vma_pages_range(mm, addr, addr + len); if (!may_expand_vm(mm, (len >> PAGE_SHIFT) - nr_pages)) -- 2.6.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/