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[PATCH] madvise() does not always return -EBADF on non-file mapped area
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The madvise() system call returns -EBADF for areas which does not map to
files, only for *behaviour* request MADV_WILLNEED.

According to man pages, madvise returns :

EBADF - the map exists, but the area maps something that isn't a file.

Fixes bug 2995.

Signed-off-by: Suzuki K P <suzuki@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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suzuki authored and Linus Torvalds committed Jul 27, 2005
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13 changes: 8 additions & 5 deletions mm/madvise.c
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Expand Up @@ -83,9 +83,6 @@ static long madvise_willneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
{
struct file *file = vma->vm_file;

if (!file)
return -EBADF;

if (file->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_page) {
/* no bad return value, but ignore advice */
return 0;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -140,11 +137,16 @@ static long madvise_dontneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
return 0;
}

static long madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int behavior)
static long
madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int behavior)
{
struct file *filp = vma->vm_file;
long error = -EBADF;

if (!filp)
goto out;

switch (behavior) {
case MADV_NORMAL:
case MADV_SEQUENTIAL:
Expand All @@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ static long madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev
break;
}

out:
return error;
}

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