[PATCH 4/5] mm, madvise: use vma_is_anonymous() to check for anon VMA

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!vma->vm_file is not reliable to detect anon VMA, because not all
drivers bother set it. Let's use vma_is_anonymous() instead.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/madvise.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 70ce0d425d72..a4fae076f61d 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static int madvise_free_single_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* MADV_FREE works for only anon vma at the moment */
-	if (vma->vm_file)
+	if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	start = max(vma->vm_start, start_addr);
-- 
2.1.4

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