The simple check for zero length memory mapping may be performed earlier. It causes that in case of zero length memory mapping some unnecessary code is not executed at all. It does not make the code less readable and saves some CPU cycles. Signed-off-by: Piotr Kwapulinski <kwapulinski.piotr@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index bb50cac..aa632ad 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -1258,6 +1258,9 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, *populate = 0; + if (!len) + return -EINVAL; + /* * Does the application expect PROT_READ to imply PROT_EXEC? * @@ -1268,9 +1271,6 @@ unsigned long do_mmap_pgoff(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, if (!(file && (file->f_path.mnt->mnt_flags & MNT_NOEXEC))) prot |= PROT_EXEC; - if (!len) - return -EINVAL; - if (!(flags & MAP_FIXED)) addr = round_hint_to_min(addr); -- 2.3.7 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>