linux-kernel - Re: [GIT] Please pull NFS client fixes against linux-2.6.25-rc8

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Message-Id: <1207746758.8303.4.camel@heimdal.trondhjem.org>
Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2008 09:12:38 -0400
From:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT] Please pull NFS client fixes against linux-2.6.25-rc8


On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 04:24 -0400, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> >  	.mmap		= nfs_file_mmap,
> > +#else
> > +	.mmap		= generic_file_mmap,
> > +#endif
> 
> This is with almost 100% chance wrong.  It might get you a kernel that
> compiles but none where mmap actually works.  Just disable mmap on nfs
> for mmu-less systems until someone hacks up a proper mmu-less mmap
> method for nfs.

That is what this does. For the case of no mmu, generic_file_mmap()
compiles into a 'return -ENOSYS;'

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer

NetApp
Trond.Myklebust@...app.com
www.netapp.com
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