Merge branch 'tor-github/pr/1285'

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/malloc/map_anon.c b/src/lib/malloc/map_anon.c
index 0f6a4150c7..79bbb99f72 100644
--- a/src/lib/malloc/map_anon.c
+++ b/src/lib/malloc/map_anon.c
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
 /**
  * Macro to get the high bytes of a size_t, if there are high bytes.
  * Windows needs this; other operating systems define a size_t that does
@@ -108,7 +111,17 @@ static int
 nodump_mem(void *mem, size_t sz)
 {
 #if defined(MADV_DONTDUMP)
-  return madvise(mem, sz, MADV_DONTDUMP);
+  int rv = madvise(mem, sz, MADV_DONTDUMP);
+  if (rv == 0) {
+    return 0;
+  } else if (errno == ENOSYS || errno == EINVAL) {
+    return 0; // syscall not supported, or flag not supported.
+  } else {
+    tor_log_err_sigsafe("Unexpected error from madvise: ",
+                        strerror(errno),
+                        NULL);
+    return -1;
+  }
 #else
   (void) mem;
   (void) sz;