Re: [PATCH v2] fs: hugetlb: simplify remove_inode_hugepages() return type

[SeongJae Park]

On Wed,  4 Feb 2026 21:47:41 +0000 Jiaqi Yan <jiaqiyan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> When remove_inode_hugepages is introduced in
> commit c86272287bc6 ("hugetlb: create remove_inode_single_folio to remove single file folio")

Why don't you wrap the above line for the 75 columns limit [1]?

> it used to return a boolean to indicate if it bailed out due to race with
> page faults. However, since the race is already solved by [1],
> remove_inode_hugepages() doesn't have any path to return false anymore.
> 
> Simplify remove_inode_hugepages() return type to void, remove the
> unnecessary ret variable, and adjust the call site in
> remove_inode_hugepages(). No functional change in this commit.
> 
> Changelog
> =========
> 
> v2 -> v1 [2]
> 
> - Use two-tab alignment for parameters wrapped to new lines.
> 
> - Remove return type in remove_inode_hugepages()'s comment.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220914221810.95771-10-mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20260202233617.2350734-1-jiaqiyan@xxxxxxxxxx

I found David and Andrew replied the changelog will be removed in the final
one, so will not add comment.

> 
> Suggested-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jiaqi Yan <jiaqiyan@xxxxxxxxxx>

The above comment is only trivial, and the diff looks good to me.  So,

Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks,
SJ

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