Re: [PATCH 15/16] mm: use vm_unmapped_area() on sparc32architecture

[David Miller]

From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:30:07 -0500

> On 11/05/2012 08:25 PM, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Mon,  5 Nov 2012 14:47:12 -0800
>>
>>> Update the sparc32 arch_get_unmapped_area function to make use of
>>> vm_unmapped_area() instead of implementing a brute force search.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Hmmm...
>>
>>> -	if (flags & MAP_SHARED)
>>> -		addr = COLOUR_ALIGN(addr);
>>> -	else
>>> -		addr = PAGE_ALIGN(addr);
>>
>> What part of vm_unmapped_area() is going to duplicate this special
>> aligning logic we need on sparc?
>>
> 
> That would be this part:
> 
> +found:
> + /* We found a suitable gap. Clip it with the original low_limit. */
> +	if (gap_start < info->low_limit)
> +		gap_start = info->low_limit;
> +
> +	/* Adjust gap address to the desired alignment */
> + gap_start += (info->align_offset - gap_start) & info->align_mask;
> +
> +	VM_BUG_ON(gap_start + info->length > info->high_limit);
> +	VM_BUG_ON(gap_start + info->length > gap_end);
> +	return gap_start;
> +}

Ok, now I understand.  Works for me:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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