Re: [PATCH] dax: Change return type to vm_fault_t

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On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 09:14:48AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > -       rc = vm_insert_mixed(vmf->vma, vmf->address, pfn);
> > -
> > -       if (rc == -ENOMEM)
> > -               return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> > -       if (rc < 0 && rc != -EBUSY)
> > -               return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> > -
> > -       return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
> > +       return vmf_insert_mixed(vmf->vma, vmf->address, pfn);
> 
> Ugh, so this change to vmf_insert_mixed() went upstream without fixing
> the users? This changelog is now misleading as it does not mention
> that is now an urgent standalone fix. On first read I assumed this was
> part of a wider effort for 4.18.

You read too quickly.  vmf_insert_mixed() is a *new* function which
*replaces* vm_insert_mixed() and
awful-mangling-of-return-values-done-per-driver.

Eventually vm_insert_mixed() will be deleted.  But today is not that day.




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