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SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.6.14 patch for supporting madvise(MADV_REMOVE)
Badari Pulavarty <pbadari@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> +/*
> + * Application wants to free up the pages and associated backing store.
> + * This is effectively punching a hole into the middle of a file.
> + *
> + * NOTE: Currently, only shmfs/tmpfs is supported for this operation.
> + * Other filesystems return -ENOSYS.
> + */
> +static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
> + unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> +{
> + struct address_space *mapping;
> + loff_t offset, endoff;
> +
> + if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_NONLINEAR|VM_HUGETLB))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (!vma->vm_file || !vma->vm_file->f_mapping
> + || !vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host) {
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
> + if (mapping == &swapper_space) {
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + offset = (loff_t)(start - vma->vm_start)
> + + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
> + endoff = (loff_t)(end - vma->vm_start - 1)
> + + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
> + return vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff);
> +}
> +

I'm suspecting you tested this on a 64-bit machine, yes? On 32-bit that
vm_pgoff shift is going to overflow.

Fixes-thus-far below. Please rerun all tests on x86?

Why does madvise_remove() have an explicit check for swapper_space?

In your testing, how are you determining that the code is successfully
removing the correct number of pages, from the correct file offset?


diff -puN mm/madvise.c~madvise-remove-remove-pages-from-tmpfs-shm-backing-store-tidy mm/madvise.c
--- devel/mm/madvise.c~madvise-remove-remove-pages-from-tmpfs-shm-backing-store-tidy 2005-11-11 16:12:43.000000000 -0800
+++ devel-akpm/mm/madvise.c 2005-11-11 16:16:50.000000000 -0800
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ static long madvise_dontneed(struct vm_a
* NOTE: Currently, only shmfs/tmpfs is supported for this operation.
* Other filesystems return -ENOSYS.
*/
-static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
- unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
struct address_space *mapping;
loff_t offset, endoff;
@@ -162,14 +162,13 @@ static long madvise_remove(struct vm_are
}

mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
- if (mapping == &swapper_space) {
+ if (mapping == &swapper_space)
return -EINVAL;
- }

offset = (loff_t)(start - vma->vm_start)
- + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
+ + ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
endoff = (loff_t)(end - vma->vm_start - 1)
- + (vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
+ + ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
return vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff);
}

diff -puN mm/memory.c~madvise-remove-remove-pages-from-tmpfs-shm-backing-store-tidy mm/memory.c
--- devel/mm/memory.c~madvise-remove-remove-pages-from-tmpfs-shm-backing-store-tidy 2005-11-11 16:16:54.000000000 -0800
+++ devel-akpm/mm/memory.c 2005-11-11 16:17:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -1608,10 +1608,9 @@ out_big:
out_busy:
return -ETXTBSY;
}
-
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmtruncate);

-int vmtruncate_range(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end)
+int vmtruncate_range(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end)
{
struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;

@@ -1634,7 +1633,6 @@ int vmtruncate_range(struct inode * inod

return 0;
}
-
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vmtruncate_range);

/*
_
-
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