Re: [PATCH] kernel/kcov: Replace vm_insert_page with vmf_insert_page

From: Andrey Ryabinin
Date: Fri Sep 21 2018 - 05:37:03 EST


On 09/20/2018 10:12 PM, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> There is a plan to replace vm_insert_page with new API
> vmf_insert_page. As part of it, converting vm_insert_page
> to use vmf_insert_page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/kcov.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/kcov.c b/kernel/kcov.c
> index 3ebd09e..8900d8e 100644
> --- a/kernel/kcov.c
> +++ b/kernel/kcov.c
> @@ -293,8 +293,9 @@ static int kcov_mmap(struct file *filep, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> spin_unlock(&kcov->lock);
> for (off = 0; off < size; off += PAGE_SIZE) {
> page = vmalloc_to_page(kcov->area + off);
> - if (vm_insert_page(vma, vma->vm_start + off, page))
> - WARN_ONCE(1, "vm_insert_page() failed");
> + if (vmf_insert_page(vma, vma->vm_start + off, page)
> + != VM_FAULT_NOPAGE)
> + WARN_ONCE(1, "vmf_insert_page() failed");

Nack, don't see the reason for such change, it only makes code worse.