Re: [RFC 2/4] mm: separate memory allocation and actual work in alloc_vmap_area()

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Dec 14 2018 - 21:27:08 EST


On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 11:45 -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 11:40:45AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Fri, 2018-12-14 at 10:13 -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 10:07:18AM -0800, Roman Gushchin wrote:
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * Allocate a region of KVA of the specified size and alignment, within the
> > > > + * vstart and vend.
> > > > + */
> > > > +static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size,
> > > > + unsigned long align,
> > > > + unsigned long vstart,
> > > > + unsigned long vend,
> > > > + int node, gfp_t gfp_mask)
> > > > +{
> > > > + struct vmap_area *va;
> > > > + int ret;
> > > > +
> > > > + va = kmalloc_node(sizeof(struct vmap_area),
> > > > + gfp_mask & GFP_RECLAIM_MASK, node);
> > > > + if (unlikely(!va))
> > > > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > > > +
> > > > + ret = init_vmap_area(va, size, align, vstart, vend, node, gfp_mask);
> > > > + if (ret) {
> > > > + kfree(va);
> > > > + return ERR_PTR(ret);
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + return va;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > +
> > >
> > > Another spurious blank line?

[wrong spacing noticed]

> Umm ... this blank line changed the file from having one blank line
> after the function to having two blank lines after the function.

right. thanks.