> On Mon, 6 Sep 2010, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote: > > > > From: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Function check_range may return ERR_PTR(...). Check for it. > > > > When happen this issue? > > > > afaik, check_range return error when following condition. > > 1) mm->mmap->vm_start argument is incorrect > > 2) don't have neigher MPOL_MF_STATS, MPOL_MF_MOVE and MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL > > > > I think both case is not happen in real. Am I overlooking anything? > > > > There's no reason not to check the return value of a function when the > implementation of either could change at any time. migrate_to_node() is > certainly not in any fastpath where we can't sacrifice a branch for more > robust code. I was not against this change. I was asking patch effectness. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
