Re: [PATCH v2] mm/page_alloc: Return nr_populated when the array is full

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On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 02:12:59PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> The SUNRPC consumer of __alloc_bulk_pages() legitimately calls it
> with a full array sometimes. In that case, the correct return code,
> according to the API contract, is to return the number of pages
> already in the array/list.
> 
> Let's clean up the return logic to make it clear that the returned
> value is always the total number of pages in the array/list, not the
> number of pages that were allocated during this call.

This is more complicated than either v1 or the version that Mel sent
earlier today.  Is it worth it?




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