NOMMU: Ignore mmap() address param as it is a hint
Ignore the address parameter given to NOMMU mmap() as it is a hint, rather
than giving an error if it's non-zero. MAP_FIXED still gets an error.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 6a002ab..c73aa47 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@
int ret;
/* do the simple checks first */
- if (flags & MAP_FIXED || addr) {
+ if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
printk(KERN_DEBUG
"%d: Can't do fixed-address/overlay mmap of RAM\n",
current->pid);
@@ -1182,9 +1182,6 @@
kenter(",%lx,%lx,%lx,%lx,%lx", addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff);
- if (!(flags & MAP_FIXED))
- addr = round_hint_to_min(addr);
-
/* decide whether we should attempt the mapping, and if so what sort of
* mapping */
ret = validate_mmap_request(file, addr, len, prot, flags, pgoff,
@@ -1194,6 +1191,9 @@
return ret;
}
+ /* we ignore the address hint */
+ addr = 0;
+
/* we've determined that we can make the mapping, now translate what we
* now know into VMA flags */
vm_flags = determine_vm_flags(file, prot, flags, capabilities);