[PATCH] [222/275] shmem: let shared anonymous be nonlinear again

[Andi Kleen]

2.6.35-longterm review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit bee4c36a5cf5c9f63ce1d7372aa62045fbd16d47 upstream.

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 <theonetruekenny@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 mm/shmem.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Index: linux-2.6.35.y/mm/shmem.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.35.y.orig/mm/shmem.c	2011-03-29 22:50:27.900544514 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.35.y/mm/shmem.c	2011-03-29 23:03:02.862226932 -0700
@@ -2756,5 +2756,6 @@
 		fput(vma->vm_file);
 	vma->vm_file = file;
 	vma->vm_ops = &shmem_vm_ops;
+	vma->vm_flags |= VM_CAN_NONLINEAR;
 	return 0;
 }
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