Re: [PATCH 1/6] mm: get_user_pages: consolidate error handling

From: Balbir Singh
Date: Fri Oct 12 2018 - 02:30:46 EST


On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 11:00:09PM -0700, john.hubbard@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> An upcoming patch requires a way to operate on each page that
> any of the get_user_pages_*() variants returns.
>
> In preparation for that, consolidate the error handling for
> __get_user_pages(). This provides a single location (the "out:" label)
> for operating on the collected set of pages that are about to be returned.
>
> As long every use of the "ret" variable is being edited, rename
> "ret" --> "err", so that its name matches its true role.
> This also gets rid of two shadowed variable declarations, as a
> tiny beneficial a side effect.
>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Looks good, might not be needed but
Reviewed-by: Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx>