[openib-general] [PATCH 5 of 23] IB/ipath - drop requirement that PIO buffers be mmaped write-only
Bryan O'Sullivan
bos at pathscale.com
Fri Aug 25 11:24:30 PDT 2006
Some userlands try to mmap these pages read-write, so accommodate them.
Signed-off-by: Bryan O'Sullivan <bryan.osullivan at qlogic.com>
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c Fri Aug 25 11:19:44 2006 -0700
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_file_ops.c Fri Aug 25 11:19:44 2006 -0700
@@ -992,15 +992,10 @@ static int mmap_piobufs(struct vm_area_s
pgprot_val(vma->vm_page_prot) &= ~_PAGE_GUARDED;
#endif
- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_READ) {
- dev_info(&dd->pcidev->dev,
- "Can't map piobufs as readable (flags=%lx)\n",
- vma->vm_flags);
- ret = -EPERM;
- goto bail;
- }
-
- /* don't allow them to later change to readable with mprotect */
+ /*
+ * don't allow them to later change to readable with mprotect (for when
+ * not initially mapped readable, as is normally the case)
+ */
vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_MAYREAD;
vma->vm_flags |= VM_DONTCOPY | VM_DONTEXPAND;
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