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Subject[PATCH 3/3] ksm: mremap use err from ksm_madvise
mremap move's use of ksm_madvise() was assuming -ENOMEM on failure,
because ksm_madvise used to say -EAGAIN for that; but ksm_madvise now
says -ENOMEM (letting madvise convert that to -EAGAIN), and can also
say -ERESTARTSYS when signalled: so pass the error from ksm_madvise.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk>
---

mm/mremap.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- mmotm/mm/mremap.c 2009-09-05 14:40:16.000000000 +0100
+++ linux/mm/mremap.c 2009-09-05 16:41:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_
unsigned long excess = 0;
unsigned long hiwater_vm;
int split = 0;
+ int err;

/*
* We'd prefer to avoid failure later on in do_munmap:
@@ -190,9 +191,10 @@ static unsigned long move_vma(struct vm_
* pages recently unmapped. But leave vma->vm_flags as it was,
* so KSM can come around to merge on vma and new_vma afterwards.
*/
- if (ksm_madvise(vma, old_addr, old_addr + old_len,
- MADV_UNMERGEABLE, &vm_flags))
- return -ENOMEM;
+ err = ksm_madvise(vma, old_addr, old_addr + old_len,
+ MADV_UNMERGEABLE, &vm_flags);
+ if (err)
+ return err;

new_pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((old_addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
new_vma = copy_vma(&vma, new_addr, new_len, new_pgoff);

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