Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:42:27 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] selftests/vm: Set mmap()'s fd as -1 for MAP_ANONYMOUS flag |
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 10:47:55 -0600 Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:19 PM, SeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Man page of mmap() says that portable applications should ensure fd > >> argument to be -1 if MAP_ANONYMOUS flag is set as below: > >> ``` > >> The mapping is not backed by any file; its contents are initialized to > >> zero. The fd and offset arguments are ignored; however, some > >> implementations require fd to be -1 if MAP_ANONYMOUS (or > >> MAP_ANON) is specified, and portable applications > >> should ensure this. > >> ``` > >> > >> However, few mmap() calls under selftests/vm/ uses 0 as fd though they > >> use MAP_ANONYMOUS flag. This commit changes the argument to be -1 as > >> recommended. > > Hi Andrew, > > Do you have comments on this patch? Please Ack it if you would > like me to take it thorugh ksefltest tree.
Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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