Re: [PATCH 1/4] mm/memory_hotplug: Make add_memory_resource use __try_online_node

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On Wed, Jun 20, 2018 at 09:41:35PM -0400, Pavel Tatashin wrote:
> > I don't think __try_online_node() will ever return a value greater than
> > zero.  I assume what was meant was
> 
> Hi Andrew and Oscar,
> 
> Actually, the new __try_online_node()  returns:
> 1 -> a new node was allocated
> 0 -> node is already online
> -error -> an error encountered.
> 
> The function simply missing the return comment at the beginning.
> 
> Oscar, please check it via ./scripts/checkpatch.pl
> 
> Add comment explaining the return values.
> 
> And change:
>         ret = __try_online_node (nid, start, false);
>         new_node = !!(ret > 0);
>         if (ret < 0)
>                 goto error;
> To:
>         ret = __try_online_node (nid, start, false);
>         if (ret < 0)
>                 goto error;
>         new_node = ret;
> 
> Other than that the patch looks good to me, it simplifies the code.
> So, if the above is addressed:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Pavel,

I'll do so, thanks!

> 
> Thank you,
> Pavel
> 
> >
> >         new_node = !!(ret >= 0);
> >
> > which may as well be
> >
> >         new_node = (ret >= 0);
> >
> > since both sides have bool type.
> >
> > The fact that testing didn't detect this is worrisome....
> >
> > > +     if (ret < 0)
> > > +             goto error;
> > > +
> > >
> > >       /* call arch's memory hotadd */
> > >       ret = arch_add_memory(nid, start, size, NULL, true);
> > > -
> > >       if (ret < 0)
> > >               goto error;
> > >
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> >
> 

-- 
Oscar Salvador
SUSE L3




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