if (ret != -ENOSYS)
return ret;
- /* getting an ENOSYS error indicates that direct mmap isn't
- * possible (as opposed to tried but failed) so we'll fall
- * through to making a private copy of the data and mapping
- * that if we can */
+ /* getting -ENOSYS indicates that direct mmap isn't possible (as
+ * opposed to tried but failed) so we can only give a suitable error as
+ * it's not possible to make a private copy if MAP_SHARED was given */
return -ENODEV;
}