Re: [PATCH 04/12] mm: alloc_contig_freed_pages() added

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On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 08:58:03AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 15:16 +0200, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> > 
> > +unsigned long alloc_contig_freed_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> > +                                      gfp_t flag)
> > +{
> > +       unsigned long pfn = start, count;
> > +       struct page *page;
> > +       struct zone *zone;
> > +       int order;
> > +
> > +       VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(start));
> 
> This seems kinda mean.  Could we return an error?  I understand that
> this is largely going to be an early-boot thing, but surely trying to
> punt on crappy input beats a full-on BUG().
> 
> 	if (!pfn_valid(start))
> 		return -1;

But still keep the warning?

	if (WARN_ON(!pfn_valid(start))
		return -1;

-- Steve

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