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diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 2b7cf0400a2..ae0ae3ea299 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -140,6 +140,36 @@ static long madvise_dontneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
return 0;
}
+/*
+ * Application wants to free up the pages and associated backing store.
+ * This is effectively punching a hole into the middle of a file.
+ *
+ * NOTE: Currently, only shmfs/tmpfs is supported for this operation.
+ * Other filesystems return -ENOSYS.
+ */
+static long madvise_remove(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping;
+ loff_t offset, endoff;
+
+ if (vma->vm_flags & (VM_LOCKED|VM_NONLINEAR|VM_HUGETLB))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (!vma->vm_file || !vma->vm_file->f_mapping
+ || !vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host) {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
+
+ offset = (loff_t)(start - vma->vm_start)
+ + ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
+ endoff = (loff_t)(end - vma->vm_start - 1)
+ + ((loff_t)vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT);
+ return vmtruncate_range(mapping->host, offset, endoff);
+}
+
static long
madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int behavior)
@@ -152,6 +182,9 @@ madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
case MADV_RANDOM:
error = madvise_behavior(vma, prev, start, end, behavior);
break;
+ case MADV_REMOVE:
+ error = madvise_remove(vma, start, end);
+ break;
case MADV_WILLNEED:
error = madvise_willneed(vma, prev, start, end);
@@ -190,6 +223,8 @@ madvise_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **prev,
* some pages ahead.
* MADV_DONTNEED - the application is finished with the given range,
* so the kernel can free resources associated with it.
+ * MADV_REMOVE - the application wants to free up the given range of
+ * pages and associated backing store.
*
* return values:
* zero - success