1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index edc54436fa94..88611928e71f 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1504,8 +1504,12 @@ repeat:
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         page = filemap_getpage(file, pgoff, nonblock);
+
+        /* XXX: This is wrong, a filesystem I/O error may have happened. Fix that as
+         * done in shmem_populate calling shmem_getpage */
         if (!page && !nonblock)
                 return -ENOMEM;
+
         if (page) {
                 err = install_page(mm, vma, addr, page, prot);
                 if (err) {
@@ -1513,6 +1517,9 @@ repeat:
                         return err;
                 }
         } else {
+                /* No page was found just because we can't read it in now (being
+                 * here implies nonblock != 0), but the page may exist, so set
+                 * the PTE to fault it in later. */
                 err = install_file_pte(mm, vma, addr, pgoff, prot);
                 if (err)
                         return err;