[PATCH] limit mmap_cache nulling (2.2.19-7)

[Rasmus Andersen]

Hi.

The following patch against 2.2.19-7 adds checks in do_munmap and 
merge_segments to limit the nulling of mmap_cache to the cases where
the cached vma is in the affected area.

Comments?

--- linux-2.2.19-7/mm/mmap.c~	Sun Jan 14 13:43:50 2001
+++ linux-2.2.19-7/mm/mmap.c	Sun Jan 14 14:02:04 2001
@@ -689,8 +689,11 @@
 		kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, extra);
 
 	free_pgtables(mm, prev, addr, addr+len);
+		
+	if (mm->mmap_cache && mm->mmap_cache->vm_start < addr+len 
+	    && mm->mmap_cache->vm_end > addr)
+		mm->mmap_cache = NULL;	/* Kill the cache. */
 
-	mm->mmap_cache = NULL;	/* Kill the cache. */
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -867,7 +870,9 @@
 		kmem_cache_free(vm_area_cachep, mpnt);
 		mpnt = prev;
 	}
-	mm->mmap_cache = NULL;		/* Kill the cache. */
+       if (mm->mmap_cache && mm->mmap_cache->vm_start < end_addr 
+           && mm->mmap_cache->vm_end > start_addr)
+	       mm->mmap_cache = NULL;		/* Kill the cache. */
 }
 
 void __init vma_init(void)

-- 
Regards,
        Rasmus([e-mail])

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