shmem: let shared anonymous be nonlinear again

Up to 2.6.22, you could use remap_file_pages(2) on a tmpfs file or a shared mapping of /dev/zero or a shared anonymous mapping. In 2.6.23 we disabled it by default, but set VM_CAN_NONLINEAR to enable it on safe mappings. We made sure to set it in shmem_mmap() for tmpfs files, but missed it in shmem_zero_setup() for the others. Fix that at last. Reported-by: Kenny Simpson <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
amrav · Mar 23, 2011 · bee4c36 · bee4c36
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diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2793,5 +2793,6 @@ int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		fput(vma->vm_file);
 	vma->vm_file = file;
 	vma->vm_ops = &shmem_vm_ops;
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }