Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm/ksm: refactor out try_to_merge_with_zero_page()

[David Hildenbrand]

On 24.05.24 10:56, Chengming Zhou wrote:
> In preparation for later changes, refactor out a new function called
> try_to_merge_with_zero_page(), which tries to merge with zero page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chengming Zhou <chengming.zhou@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   mm/ksm.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>   1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> index 4dc707d175fa..cbd4ba7ea974 100644
> --- a/mm/ksm.c
> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> @@ -1531,6 +1531,41 @@ static int try_to_merge_one_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   	return err;
>   }
>   
> +/* This function returns 0 if the pages were merged, -EFAULT otherwise. */

No it doesn't. Check the "err = 0" case.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb