[BZ #3458]

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_madvise.c: New file.
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Remove posix_madvise entry.

	* stdio-common/tfformat.c (sprint_doubles): Some more tests.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4557cbcb3b0a4ef009b4f7c1744e194421a04d44..152b4d220216d431d593809fae1db72944d646d4 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2007-02-21  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 
+       [BZ #3458]
+       * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_madvise.c: New file.
+       * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list: Remove posix_madvise entry.
+
        [BZ #4076]
        * io/ftw.c (ftw_startup): Handle special case of FTW_CHDIR in /.
        (open_dir_stream): Likewise.
@@ -18,8 +22,8 @@
 
        [BZ #4070]
        * stdio-common/printf_fp.c (___printf_fp): Handle a few more
-       * stdio-common/tfformat.c (sprint_doubles): Some more tests.
        special cases.
+       * stdio-common/tfformat.c (sprint_doubles): Some more tests.
 
 2007-02-19  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
 

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_madvise.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_madvise.c
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..d0e476b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_madvise.c
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+   02111-1307 USA.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+
+
+int
+posix_madvise (void *addr, size_t len, int advise)
+{
+  /* We have one problem: the kernel's MADV_DONTNEED does not
+     correspond to POSIX's POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED.  The former simply
+     discards changes made to the memory without writing it back to
+     disk, if this would be necessary.  The POSIX behavior does not
+     allow this.  There is no functionality mapping the POSIX behavior
+     so far so we ignore that advise for now.  */
+  if (advise == POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED)
+    return 0;
+
+  INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
+  int result = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (madvise, err, 3, addr, len, advise);
+  return INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (result, err);
+}

diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
index 5776673733bdc443af3b4457e6fa3909580ecfc4..38103f0c6803e690165a556507309df18071b369 100644 (file)
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/syscalls.list
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ ioperm                -       ioperm          i:iii   ioperm
 iopl           -       iopl            i:i     iopl
 klogctl                EXTRA   syslog          i:isi   klogctl
 lchown         -       lchown          i:sii   __lchown        lchown
-posix_madvise  -       madvise         Vi:pii  posix_madvise
 madvise                -       madvise         i:pii   madvise
 mincore                -       mincore         i:anV   mincore
 mlock          -       mlock           i:bn    mlock