RE: [PATCH v2 4/5] cramfs: add mmap support

[Chris Brandt]

On Monday, August 28, 2017, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> OK I moved the lock promotion right at the beginning _before_ validating
> the split point. Also got a reference on the file to make sure that
> hasn't changed too.
> 
> > While we are at it, what happens if you mmap 120Kb, then munmap() the
> middle
> > 40Kb.  Leaving two 40Kb VMAs with 40Kb gap between them, that is.  Will
> your
> > ->vm_private_data be correct for both?
> 
> It wouldn't, but I now changed it to contain absolute values so now it
> will. And if the split point lands in the hole then the code just
> readjusts the pgoff at the beginning of the remaining part.
> 
> Here's the revised patch:


For whatever it's worth, as soon as I moved to 4.13-rc7,
CONFIG_CRAMFS_PHYSMEM=y crashes my XIP_KERNEL system before it can even 
get to any console output.

(both the old patch and the new patch)

If CONFIG_CRAMFS_PHYSMEM is not set, my XIP system boots fine.

However, if I boot -rc7 as a uImage, the new patch works just as good as
the old patch.

(mounting after boot, or booting with rootfstype=cramfs_physmem)


I guess I'll have to figure out what happened between -rc4 and -rc7.
Damn!


Chris