Re: [PATCH V2 3/5] mm/khugepaged: change collapse_pte_mapped_thp() to return void
From: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
Date: Thu Jan 15 2026 - 18:48:55 EST
On 12/24/25 12:13, Shivank Garg wrote:
The only external caller of collapse_pte_mapped_thp() is uprobe, which
ignores the return value. Change the external API to return void to
simplify the interface.
Introduce try_collapse_pte_mapped_thp() for internal use that preserves
the return value. This prepares for future patch that will convert
the return type to use enum scan_result.
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/khugepaged.h | 9 ++++-----
mm/khugepaged.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/khugepaged.h b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
index eb1946a70cff..37b992b22bba 100644
--- a/include/linux/khugepaged.h
+++ b/include/linux/khugepaged.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ extern void khugepaged_enter_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
vm_flags_t vm_flags);
extern void khugepaged_min_free_kbytes_update(void);
extern bool current_is_khugepaged(void);
-extern int collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
- bool install_pmd);
+extern void collapse_pte_mapped_thp(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+ bool install_pmd);
Sorry for late review.
We remove the "extern" whenever we touch functions.
Nit: two tab indent on second parameter line. Same applies for the other code you touch below (if you already adjust that line, just indent with two tabs).
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Cheers
David