linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/12] get_unmapped_area handles MAP

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Date:	Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:33:35 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/12] get_unmapped_area handles MAP_FIXED on arm

ARM already had a case for MAP_FIXED in arch_get_unmapped_area() though
it was not called before. Fix the comment to reflect that it will now
be called.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>

 arch/arm/mm/mmap.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-cell/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-cell.orig/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c	2007-03-22 14:59:51.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-cell/arch/arm/mm/mmap.c	2007-03-22 15:00:01.000000000 +1100
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp
 #endif
 
 	/*
-	 * We should enforce the MAP_FIXED case.  However, currently
-	 * the generic kernel code doesn't allow us to handle this.
+	 * We enforce the MAP_FIXED case.
 	 */
 	if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
 		if (aliasing && flags & MAP_SHARED && addr & (SHMLBA - 1))
-
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