Index: base/allocator/partition_allocator/page_allocator.cc |
diff --git a/base/allocator/partition_allocator/page_allocator.cc b/base/allocator/partition_allocator/page_allocator.cc |
index 9678488e340e30e78daf86f88a1601b51fd81c0d..5b1ef8ba2f8b1993be61ab7565b1122f5003d47f 100644 |
--- a/base/allocator/partition_allocator/page_allocator.cc |
+++ b/base/allocator/partition_allocator/page_allocator.cc |
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ void decommitSystemPages(void* addr, size_t len) { |
DCHECK(!(len & kSystemPageOffsetMask)); |
#if defined(OS_POSIX) |
int ret = madvise(addr, len, MADV_FREE); |
+ if (ret != 0 && errno == EINVAL) { |
+ // MADV_FREE only works on Linux 4.5+ . If request failed, |
+ // retry with older MADV_DONTNEED . Note that MADV_FREE |
+ // being defined at compile time doesn't imply runtime support. |
+ ret = madvise(addr, len, MADV_DONTNEED); |
+ } |
CHECK(!ret); |
#else |
setSystemPagesInaccessible(addr, len); |