Re: [v3 PATCH] mm: move_pages: report the number of non-attempted pages

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On 1/27/20 11:35 AM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
@@ -1627,8 +1627,18 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
  			start = i;
  		} else if (node != current_node) {
  			err = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
-			if (err)
+			if (err) {
+				/*
+				 * Possitive err means the number of failed
"positive"

+				 * pages to migrate.  Since we are going to
+				 * abort and return the number of non-migrated
+				 * pages, so need incude the rest of the
"need to include"

+				 * nr_pages that have not attempted as well.
"have not been attempted"

@@ -1674,6 +1687,13 @@ static int do_pages_move(struct mm_struct *mm, nodemask_t task_nodes,
/* Make sure we do not overwrite the existing error */
  	err1 = do_move_pages_to_node(mm, &pagelist, current_node);
+	/*
+	 * Don't have to report non-attempted pages here since:
+	 *     - If the above loop is done gracefully there is not non-attempted
"all pages have been attempted"

+	 *       page.
+	 *     - If the above loop is aborted to it means more fatal error
s/to// s/more/a/

+	 *       happened, should return err.
+	 */
I'd also be tempted to rename "err" to "ret" since it has meanings beyond
"error" now.

Thanks for catching these problems. Will fix in v4.






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