Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm: remove return value from init_currently_empty_zone

[Hillf Danton]

On March 31, 2017 2:49 PM Michal Hocko wrote: 
> On Fri 31-03-17 11:49:49, Hillf Danton wrote:
> [...]
> > > -/* Can fail with -ENOMEM from allocating a wait table with vmalloc() or
> > > - * alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic()/memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic() */
> > > -static int __ref ensure_zone_is_initialized(struct zone *zone,
> > > +static void __ref ensure_zone_is_initialized(struct zone *zone,
> > >  			unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long num_pages)
> > >  {
> > > -	if (zone_is_empty(zone))
> > > -		return init_currently_empty_zone(zone, start_pfn, num_pages);
> > > -
> > > -	return 0;
> > > +	if (!zone_is_empty(zone))
> > > +		init_currently_empty_zone(zone, start_pfn, num_pages);
> > >  }
> > Semantic change added?
> 
> could you be more specific?

Well, I'm wondering why you are trying to initiate a nonempty zone.

Hillf