shmem_fallocate() is restartable, so it can return ERESTARTSYS if
signal_pending(). Although fallocate(2) manpage permits EINTR,
the more places use ERESTARTSYS the better.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Patlasov <[email protected]>
---
 mm/shmem.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 440e2a7..60e9c8a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2229,11 +2229,13 @@ static long shmem_fallocate(struct file *file, int 
mode, loff_t offset,
                struct page *page;
 
                /*
-                * Good, the fallocate(2) manpage permits EINTR: we may have
-                * been interrupted because we are using up too much memory.
+                * Although fallocate(2) manpage permits EINTR, the more
+                * places use ERESTARTSYS the better. If we have been
+                * interrupted because we are using up too much memory,
+                * oom-killer used fatal signal and we will die anyway.
                 */
                if (signal_pending(current))
-                       error = -EINTR;
+                       error = -ERESTARTSYS;
                else if (shmem_falloc.nr_unswapped > shmem_falloc.nr_falloced)
                        error = -ENOMEM;
                else

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