validate_mm(mm);
}
+/* Flags that can be inherited from an existing mapping when merging */
+#define VM_MERGEABLE_FLAGS (VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
+
/*
* If the vma has a ->close operation then the driver probably needs to release
* per-vma resources, so we don't attempt to merge those.
static inline int is_mergeable_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct file *file, unsigned long vm_flags)
{
- if (vma->vm_flags != vm_flags)
+ if ((vma->vm_flags ^ vm_flags) & ~VM_MERGEABLE_FLAGS)
return 0;
if (vma->vm_file != file)
return 0;