Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm/memory_hotplug: return nothing from do_migrate_range()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Feb 16 2023 - 04:48:02 EST


On 16.02.23 00:02, SeongJae Park wrote:
Return value mechanism of do_migrate_range() is not very simple, while
no caller of the function checks the return value. Make the function
return nothing to be more simple.

Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory_hotplug.c | 5 +----
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index bcb0dc41c2f2..6c615ba1a5c7 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -1620,8 +1620,7 @@ static int scan_movable_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
return 0;
}
-static int
-do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
+static void do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
{
unsigned long pfn;
struct page *page, *head;
@@ -1721,8 +1720,6 @@ do_migrate_range(unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn)
putback_movable_pages(&source);
}
}
-
- return ret;
}

I think this patch should also stop initializing ret = 0 inside that function.

With that

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb