Re: [PATCH v2] ipc: Adding new return type vm_fault_t

[Souptick Joarder]

On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 7:34 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:04 AM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Use new return type vm_fault_t for fault handler. 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.
>>
>> Commit 1c8f422059ae ("mm: change return type to vm_fault_t")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2: Updated the change log
>>
>>  ipc/shm.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
>> index 4643865..2ba0cfc 100644
>> --- a/ipc/shm.c
>> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
>> @@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ void exit_shm(struct task_struct *task)
>>         up_write(&shm_ids(ns).rwsem);
>>  }
>>
>> -static int shm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>> +static vm_fault_t shm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>>  {
>>         struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
>>         struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file);
>> --
>> 1.9.1
>>
>
> Any comment for this patch ?

If no further comment, we would like to get this
patch in queue for 4.18.