Re: [PATCH 1/1] fix 2.6.24-rc1 nfs_file_mmap change for NOMMU

From: Trond Myklebust
Date: Wed Dec 12 2007 - 15:03:41 EST



On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 08:29 +0100, Berkhan, Enrik (GE Infra, Oil & Gas)
wrote:
> Trond Myklebust wrote:
> > On Sun, 2007-12-09 at 19:52 +0100, Berkhan, Enrik (GE Infra, Oil & Gas)
> > wrote:
> >> - generic_file_mmap returns -ENOSYS for NOMMU systems; replicate this
> >> behaviour
> >
> > Why do that after going through the process of revalidating the inode
> > etc.? Just replace nfs_file_mmap() with a function returning ENOSYS in
> > the case of CONFIG_MMU.
> >
> > Better still, in the case of CONFIG_MMU, instead of having an
> > nfs_file_mmap(), just replace the .mmap field in nfs_file_operations
> > with a call to generic_file_mmap().
>
> I just tried to make it work without really knowing what I do :)
>
> I have mailed another patch implementing your second suggestion (the system
> still boots with nfsroot).

Thanks. That patch looks better. I have 2 questions, though:

1. Is this urgent enough to warrant pushing into 2.6.24?
2. Are there any filesystems which support mmap() on !CONFIG_MMU?

Cheers
Trond

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