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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index e2e2c970374a..343859b1190d 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
{
pgoff_t pglen = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
pgoff_t vma_pgoff;
- struct vm_area_struct *curr, *next, *res = NULL;
+ struct vm_area_struct *curr, *next, *res;
struct vm_area_struct *vma, *adjust, *remove, *remove2;
int err = -1;
bool merge_prev = false;
@@ -926,14 +926,18 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
else
next = NULL; /* case 5 */
- /* verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller */
+ /*
+ * By default, we return prev. Cases 3, 4, 8 will instead return next
+ * and cases 3, 8 will also update vma to point at next.
+ */
+ res = vma = prev;
+
+ /* Verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller. */
VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start);
- VM_WARN_ON(curr && end > curr->vm_end);
+ VM_WARN_ON(curr && (addr != curr->vm_start || end > curr->vm_end));
VM_WARN_ON(addr >= end);
if (prev) {
- res = prev;
- vma = prev;
vma_start = prev->vm_start;
vma_pgoff = prev->vm_pgoff;
/* Can we merge the predecessor? */
@@ -944,6 +948,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
vma_prev(vmi);
}
}
+
/* Can we merge the successor? */
if (next && mpol_equal(policy, vma_policy(next)) &&
can_vma_merge_before(next, vm_flags,
@@ -984,6 +989,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
adj_start = -(prev->vm_end - addr);
err = dup_anon_vma(next, prev);
} else {
+ /*
+ * Note that cases 3 and 8 are the ONLY ones where prev
+ * is permitted to be (but is not necessarily) NULL.
+ */
vma = next; /* case 3 */
vma_start = addr;
vma_end = next->vm_end;