Re: [PATCH] prevent NULL mmap in topdown model

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Wed, 18 May 2005, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> This (trivial) patch prevents the topdown allocator from allocating
> mmap areas all the way down to address zero.  It's not the prettiest
> patch, so suggestions for improvement are welcome ;)

Why not just change the "addr >= len" test into "addr > len" and be done
with it?

Ie something as simple as the appended..

		Linus

---
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct fi
 	addr = mm->free_area_cache;
 
 	/* make sure it can fit in the remaining address space */
-	if (addr >= len) {
+	if (addr > len) {
 		vma = find_vma(mm, addr-len);
 		if (!vma || addr <= vma->vm_start)
 			/* remember the address as a hint for next time */
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ arch_get_unmapped_area_topdown(struct fi
 
 		/* try just below the current vma->vm_start */
 		addr = vma->vm_start-len;
-	} while (len <= vma->vm_start);
+	} while (len < vma->vm_start);
 
 	/*
 	 * A failed mmap() very likely causes application failure,
-
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