[PATCH 2/8] mm: use vm_unmapped_area() on alpha architecture

From: Michel Lespinasse
Date: Wed Jan 23 2013 - 20:31:53 EST


Update the alpha arch_get_unmapped_area function to make use of
vm_unmapped_area() instead of implementing a brute force search.

Signed-off-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c | 20 +++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 14db93e4c8a8..ba707e23ef37 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -1298,17 +1298,15 @@ static unsigned long
arch_get_unmapped_area_1(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
unsigned long limit)
{
- struct vm_area_struct *vma = find_vma(current->mm, addr);
-
- while (1) {
- /* At this point: (!vma || addr < vma->vm_end). */
- if (limit - len < addr)
- return -ENOMEM;
- if (!vma || addr + len <= vma->vm_start)
- return addr;
- addr = vma->vm_end;
- vma = vma->vm_next;
- }
+ struct vm_unmapped_area_info info;
+
+ info.flags = 0;
+ info.length = len;
+ info.low_limit = addr;
+ info.high_limit = limit;
+ info.align_mask = 0;
+ info.align_offset = 0;
+ return vm_unmapped_area(&info);
}

unsigned long
--
1.7.7.3
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