From: Gavin Shan <shangw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The patch fixes the return value while failing to create the kswapd kernel thread. Also, the error message is prioritized as KERN_ERR. Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <shangw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmscan.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 8d01243..ddf00a7 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -3101,9 +3101,10 @@ int kswapd_run(int nid) if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) { /* failure at boot is fatal */ BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING); - printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid); - ret = -1; + pr_err("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n", nid); + ret = PTR_ERR(pgdat->kswapd); } + return ret; } -- 1.7.7.6 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>