On 03/01/2017 10:39 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
try_to_unmap returns SWAP_SUCCESS or SWAP_FAIL so it's suitable for
boolean return. This patch changes it.
Hi Minchan,
So, up until this patch, I definitely like the cleanup, because as you observed, the
return values didn't need so many different values. However, at this point, I think
you should stop, and keep the SWAP_SUCCESS and SWAP_FAIL (or maybe even rename them
to UNMAP_* or TTU_RESULT_*, to match their functions' names better), because
removing them makes the code considerably less readable.
And since this is billed as a cleanup, we care here, even though this is a minor
point. :)
Bool return values are sometimes perfect, such as when asking a question:
bool mode_changed = needs_modeset(crtc_state);
The above is very nice. However, for returning success or failure, bools are not as
nice, because *usually* success == true, except when you use the errno-based system,
in which success == 0 (which would translate to false, if you mistakenly treated it
as a bool). That leads to the reader having to remember which system is in use,
usually with no visual cues to help.
[...]
if (PageSwapCache(p)) {
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static int hwpoison_user_mappings(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn,
collect_procs(hpage, &tokill, flags & MF_ACTION_REQUIRED);
ret = try_to_unmap(hpage, ttu);
- if (ret != SWAP_SUCCESS)
+ if (!ret)
pr_err("Memory failure: %#lx: failed to unmap page (mapcount=%d)\n",
pfn, page_mapcount(hpage));
@@ -986,8 +986,7 @@ static int hwpoison_user_mappings(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn,
* any accesses to the poisoned memory.
*/
forcekill = PageDirty(hpage) || (flags & MF_MUST_KILL);
- kill_procs(&tokill, forcekill, trapno,
- ret != SWAP_SUCCESS, p, pfn, flags);
+ kill_procs(&tokill, forcekill, trapno, !ret , p, pfn, flags);
The kill_procs() invocation was a little more readable before.
[...]
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 170c61f..e4b74f1 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -966,7 +966,6 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
int may_enter_fs;
enum page_references references = PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN;
bool dirty, writeback;
- int ret = SWAP_SUCCESS;
cond_resched();
@@ -1139,13 +1138,9 @@ static unsigned long shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list,
* processes. Try to unmap it here.
*/
if (page_mapped(page)) {
- switch (ret = try_to_unmap(page,
- ttu_flags | TTU_BATCH_FLUSH)) {
- case SWAP_FAIL:
Again: the SWAP_FAIL makes it crystal clear which case we're in.
I also wonder if UNMAP_FAIL or TTU_RESULT_FAIL is a better name?
thanks,
John Hubbard
NVIDIA
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