!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 -- 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>