Re: [PATCH v3] mm: Change return type to vm_fault_t

[Souptick Joarder]

On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Sat, 2018-05-12 at 11:47 +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
>>> Use new return type vm_fault_t for fault handler
>>> in struct vm_operations_struct. For now, this is
>>> just documenting that the function returns a
>>> VM_FAULT value rather than an errno.  Once all
>>> instances are converted, vm_fault_t will become
>>> a distinct type.
>>
>> trivia:
>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
>> []
>>> @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ struct vm_special_mapping {
>>>        * If non-NULL, then this is called to resolve page faults
>>>        * on the special mapping.  If used, .pages is not checked.
>>>        */
>>> -     int (*fault)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
>>> +     vm_fault_t (*fault)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
>>>                    struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>                    struct vm_fault *vmf);
>>
>>
>> It'd be nicer to realign the 2nd and 3rd arguments
>> on the subsequent lines.
>>
>>         vm_fault_t (*fault)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
>>                             struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>                             struct vm_fault *vmf);
>>
>
> Just now posted v3. Do you want me to send v4 again with
> realignment ?

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