linux-kernel - [PATCH -mmotm] Remove ->nopfn check from use_zero

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:06:11 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -mmotm] Remove ->nopfn check from use_zero_page

Hi Andrew,

The get_user_pages fix from Linus came to -mm through -next as it seems,
but -mm has Nick's nopfn removal patches already and so use_zero_page
checks for a non-existant vm_op.

This patch is needed to at least compile.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
---

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 08cd653..5d7e705 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1082,11 +1082,10 @@ static inline int use_zero_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED | VM_SHARED))
 		return 0;
 	/*
-	 * And if we have a fault or a nopfn routine, it's not an
-	 * anonymous region.
+	 * And if we have a fault routine, it's not an anonymous
+	 * region.
 	 */
-	return !vma->vm_ops ||
-		(!vma->vm_ops->fault && !vma->vm_ops->nopfn);
+	return !vma->vm_ops || !vma->vm_ops->fault;
 }
 
 int get_user_pages(struct task_struct *tsk, struct mm_struct *mm,
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