On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 01:32:02PM +0800, Haicheng Li wrote: > Wu Fengguang wrote: > >> Pls. replace it with following code: > >> > >> +#ifdef CONFIG_NODE_HOTPLUG_EMU > >> +static ssize_t store_nodes_probe(struct sysdev_class *class, > >> + struct sysdev_class_attribute *attr, > >> + const char *buf, size_t count) > >> +{ > >> + long nid; > >> + int ret; > >> + > >> + ret = strict_strtol(buf, 0, &nid); > >> + if (ret == -EINVAL) > >> + return ret; > >> + > >> + ret = hotadd_hidden_nodes(nid); > >> + if (!ret) > >> + return count; > >> + else > >> + return -EIO; > >> +} > >> +#endif > > > > How about this? > > > > err = strict_strtol(buf, 0, &nid); > > if (err < 0) > > return err; > > other negative value would be odd here. Yes, strict_strtoul() will be better. > > err = hotadd_hidden_nodes(nid); > > if (err < 0) > > return err; > > hotadd_hidden_nodes could return -EEXIST, which is also odd here, right? Why not? write(2) says "Other errors may occur, depending on the object connected to fd." Thanks, Fengguang -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>