}
        ret = 0;
        if (page_no == 0)
-               ret = -EINVAL;
+               page_no = 1;    /* force Empty message */
        sis->max = page_no;
+       sis->pages = page_no - 1;
        sis->highest_bit = page_no - 1;
 done:
        sis->curr_swap_extent = list_entry(sis->extent_list.prev,
                p->highest_bit = maxpages - 1;
 
                error = -EINVAL;
+               if (!maxpages)
+                       goto bad_swap;
+               if (swap_header->info.nr_badpages && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+                       goto bad_swap;
                if (swap_header->info.nr_badpages > MAX_SWAP_BADPAGES)
                        goto bad_swap;
                
                if (error) 
                        goto bad_swap;
        }
-       
+
        if (swapfilesize && maxpages > swapfilesize) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING
                       "Swap area shorter than signature indicates\n");
                error = -EINVAL;
                goto bad_swap;
        }
+       if (nr_good_pages) {
+               p->swap_map[0] = SWAP_MAP_BAD;
+               p->max = maxpages;
+               p->pages = nr_good_pages;
+               error = setup_swap_extents(p);
+               if (error)
+                       goto bad_swap;
+               nr_good_pages = p->pages;
+       }
        if (!nr_good_pages) {
                printk(KERN_WARNING "Empty swap-file\n");
                error = -EINVAL;
                goto bad_swap;
        }
-       p->swap_map[0] = SWAP_MAP_BAD;
-       p->max = maxpages;
-       p->pages = nr_good_pages;
-
-       error = setup_swap_extents(p);
-       if (error)
-               goto bad_swap;
 
        down(&swapon_sem);
        swap_list_lock();