Re: [PATCH] Fix get_unmapped_area and fsync for hugetlb shm segments

[Bill Irwin <bill.irwin@oracle.com>]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 03:46:08PM -0800, Adam Litke wrote:
>  static inline int is_file_hugepages(struct file *file)
>  {
> -	return file->f_op == &hugetlbfs_file_operations;
> +	if (file->f_op == &hugetlbfs_file_operations)
> +		return 1;
> +	if (is_file_shm_hugepages(file))
> +		return 1;
> +
> +	return 0;
>  }
...
> +int is_file_shm_hugepages(struct file *file)
> +{
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	if (file->f_op == &shm_file_operations) {
> +		struct shm_file_data *sfd;
> +		sfd = shm_file_data(file);
> +		ret = is_file_hugepages(sfd->file);
> +	}
> +	return ret;

A comment to prepare others for the impending doubletake might be nice.
Or maybe just open-coding the equality check for &huetlbfs_file_operations
in is_file_shm_hugepages() if others find it as jarring as I. Please
extend my ack to any follow-up fiddling with that.

The patch addresses relatively straightforward issues and naturally at
that.

Acked-by: William Irwin <bill.irwin@oracle.com>


-- wli