Re: [PATCH 6/6] memcg: make mem_cgroup_page_stat() return valueunsigned

From: Wu Fengguang
Date: Tue Nov 09 2010 - 07:15:19 EST


On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 05:24:31PM +0800, Greg Thelen wrote:
> mem_cgroup_page_stat() used to return a negative page count
> value to indicate value.
>
> mem_cgroup_page_stat() has changed so it never returns
> error so convert the return value to the traditional page
> count type (unsigned long).
>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

> + /*
> + * The sum of unlocked per-cpu counters may yield a slightly negative
> + * value. This function returns an unsigned value, so round it up to
> + * zero to avoid returning a very large value.
> + */
> + if (value < 0)
> + value = 0;

nitpick: it's good candidate for unlikely().

Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>

Sorry, I lose track to the source code after so many patches.
It would help if you can put the patches to a git tree.

Thanks,
Fengguang
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