RE: init failing in 2.3.6
Fagerburg, Eric D (eric.d.fagerburg@intel.com)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 09:44:12 -0700
> --- mm/mmap.c~ Thu Jun 10 09:49:31 1999
> +++ mm/mmap.c Tue Jun 11 21:48:50 2019
> @@ -728,6 +728,9 @@
> struct vm_area_struct * vma;
> unsigned long flags, retval;
>
> + if ((len = PAGE_ALIGN(len)) == 0)
> + return addr;
> +
> /*
> * mlock MCL_FUTURE?
> */
>
> If instead all callers of do_brk should ensure that len is a multiple
> of the page-size, I'm sure someone will post a better patch. :-)
>
> Paul.
do_mmap page-aligns its len parameter so this would seem to be correct
behavior. At any rate, my 2.3.6 system is feeling MUCH better. :-)
Regards,
Eric
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