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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/shm_open.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/shm_open.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/shm_open.c
index a279cfb..bc6b93f 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/shm_open.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/shm_open.c
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ where_is_shmfs (void)
/* Now read the entries. */
while ((mp = __getmntent_r (fp, &resmem, buf, sizeof buf)) != NULL)
- if (strcmp (mp->mnt_type, "shm") == 0)
+ /* The original name is "shm" but this got changed in early Linux
+ 2.4.x to "tmpfs". */
+ if ((strcmp (mp->mnt_type, "tmpfs") == 0)
+ || (strcmp (mp->mnt_type, "shm")))
{
/* Found it. There might be more than one place where the
filesystem is mounted but one is enough for us. */