1 files changed, 102 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 3c8ee31572ec..155bb284dbf1 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include <linux/rmap.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -1945,6 +1946,10 @@ void numa_default_policy(void)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Parse and format mempolicy from/to strings
+ */
+
+/*
  * "local" is pseudo-policy:  MPOL_PREFERRED with MPOL_F_LOCAL flag
  * Used only for mpol_to_str()
  */
@@ -1952,12 +1957,107 @@ void numa_default_policy(void)
 static const char * const policy_types[] =
         { "default", "prefer", "bind", "interleave", "local" };
 
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
+/**
+ * mpol_parse_str - parse string to mempolicy
+ * @str:  string containing mempolicy to parse
+ * @mode:  pointer to returned policy mode
+ * @mode_flags:  pointer to returned flags
+ * @policy_nodes:  pointer to returned nodemask
+ *
+ * Format of input:
+ *      <mode>[=<flags>][:<nodelist>]
+ *
+ * Currently only used for tmpfs/shmem mount options
+ */
+int mpol_parse_str(char *str, unsigned short *mode, unsigned short *mode_flags,
+                        nodemask_t *policy_nodes)
+{
+        char *nodelist = strchr(str, ':');
+        char *flags = strchr(str, '=');
+        int i;
+        int err = 1;
+
+        if (nodelist) {
+                /* NUL-terminate mode or flags string */
+                *nodelist++ = '\0';
+                if (nodelist_parse(nodelist, *policy_nodes))
+                        goto out;
+                if (!nodes_subset(*policy_nodes, node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY]))
+                        goto out;
+        }
+        if (flags)
+                *flags++ = '\0';        /* terminate mode string */
+
+        for (i = 0; i < MPOL_MAX; i++) {
+                if (!strcmp(str, policy_types[i])) {
+                        *mode = i;
+                        break;
+                }
+        }
+        if (i == MPOL_MAX)
+                goto out;
+
+        switch (*mode) {
+        case MPOL_DEFAULT:
+                /* Don't allow a nodelist nor flags */
+                if (!nodelist && !flags)
+                        err = 0;
+                break;
+        case MPOL_PREFERRED:
+                /* Insist on a nodelist of one node only */
+                if (nodelist) {
+                        char *rest = nodelist;
+                        while (isdigit(*rest))
+                                rest++;
+                        if (!*rest)
+                                err = 0;
+                }
+                break;
+        case MPOL_BIND:
+                /* Insist on a nodelist */
+                if (nodelist)
+                        err = 0;
+                break;
+        case MPOL_INTERLEAVE:
+                /*
+                 * Default to online nodes with memory if no nodelist
+                 */
+                if (!nodelist)
+                        *policy_nodes = node_states[N_HIGH_MEMORY];
+                err = 0;
+        }
+
+        *mode_flags = 0;
+        if (flags) {
+                /*
+                 * Currently, we only support two mutually exclusive
+                 * mode flags.
+                 */
+                if (!strcmp(flags, "static"))
+                        *mode_flags |= MPOL_F_STATIC_NODES;
+                else if (!strcmp(flags, "relative"))
+                        *mode_flags |= MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES;
+                else
+                        err = 1;
+        }
+out:
+        /* Restore string for error message */
+        if (nodelist)
+                *--nodelist = ':';
+        if (flags)
+                *--flags = '=';
+        return err;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TMPFS */
+
 /*
  * Convert a mempolicy into a string.
  * Returns the number of characters in buffer (if positive)
  * or an error (negative)
  */
-static inline int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol)
+int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol)
 {
         char *p = buffer;
         int l;
@@ -2022,7 +2122,7 @@ static inline int mpol_to_str(char *buffer, int maxlen, struct mempolicy *pol)
         if (!nodes_empty(nodes)) {
                 if (buffer + maxlen < p + 2)
                         return -ENOSPC;
-                *p++ = '=';
+                *p++ = ':';
                 p += nodelist_scnprintf(p, buffer + maxlen - p, nodes);
         }
         return p - buffer;