The patch titled
nommu: don't check vm_region::vm_start is page aligned in add_nommu_region()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
nommu-dont-check-vm_region-vm_start-is-page-aligned-in-add_nommu_region.patch
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Subject: nommu: don't check vm_region::vm_start is page aligned in add_nommu_region()
From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Don't check vm_region::vm_start is page aligned in add_nommu_region()
because the region may reflect some non-page-aligned mapped file, such as
could be obtained from RomFS XIP.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/nommu.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/nommu.c~nommu-dont-check-vm_region-vm_start-is-page-aligned-in-add_nommu_region mm/nommu.c
--- a/mm/nommu.c~nommu-dont-check-vm_region-vm_start-is-page-aligned-in-add_nommu_region
+++ a/mm/nommu.c
@@ -515,8 +515,6 @@ static void add_nommu_region(struct vm_r
validate_nommu_regions();
- BUG_ON(region->vm_start & ~PAGE_MASK);
-
parent = NULL;
p = &nommu_region_tree.rb_node;
while (*p) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
nommu-dont-check-vm_region-vm_start-is-page-aligned-in-add_nommu_region.patch
rxrpc-fix-error-handling-for-rxrpc_alloc_connection.patch
frv-remove-in-kernel-strace-code.patch
frv-implement-tif_notify_resume.patch
frv-dont-turn-on-tif_syscall_trace-unconditionally-in-syscall-prologue.patch
frv-implement-new-style-ptrace.patch
frv-duplicate-output_buffer-of-e03.patch
slow_work_thread-should-do-the-exclusive-wait.patch
rework-fix-is_single_threaded.patch
kmap_types-make-most-arches-use-generic-header-file.patch
flat-fix-data-sections-alignment.patch
ptrace-remove-pt_dtrace-from-avr32-mn10300-parisc-s390-sh-xtensa.patch
elf_core_dump-use-rcu_read_lock-to-access-real_parent.patch
mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch
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