On 1/30/19 9:47 AM, Yang Shi wrote: [...] >>> @@ -1673,7 +1688,12 @@ static struct page *stable_tree_search(struct page *page) >>> * It would be more elegant to return stable_node >>> * than kpage, but that involves more changes. >>> */ >>> - tree_page = get_ksm_page(stable_node_dup, true); >>> + tree_page = get_ksm_page(stable_node_dup, >>> + GET_KSM_PAGE_TRYLOCK); >>> + >>> + if (PTR_ERR(tree_page) == -EBUSY) >>> + return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY); >> >> or just: >> >> if (PTR_ERR(tree_page) == -EBUSY) >> return tree_page; >> >> right? > > Either looks fine to me. Returning errno may look more explicit? Anyway I really don't have preference. Yes, either one is fine. I like to see less code on the screen, all else being equal, but it's an extremely minor point, and sometimes being explicit instead is better anyway. thanks, -- John Hubbard NVIDIA