Re: [PATCH v2] mm/shmem.c: check the return value of mpol_to_str()

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On 09/14/2013 12:50 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>> ---
>>   mm/shmem.c |    2 +-
>>   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
>> index 8612a95..3f81120 100644
>> --- a/mm/shmem.c
>> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
>> @@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static void shmem_show_mpol(struct seq_file *seq,
>> struct mempolicy *mpol)
>>       if (!mpol || mpol->mode == MPOL_DEFAULT)
>>           return;        /* show nothing */
>>
>> -    mpol_to_str(buffer, sizeof(buffer), mpol);
>> +    VM_BUG_ON(mpol_to_str(buffer, sizeof(buffer), mpol) < 0);
> 
> NAK. VM_BUG_ON is a kind of assertion. It erase the contents if
> CONFIG_DEBUG_VM not set.
> An argument of assertion should not have any side effect.
> 
> 
> 

Oh, really it is. In my opinion, need use "BUG_ON(mpol_to_str() < 0)"
instead of "VM_BUG_ON(mpol_to_str() < 0);".


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

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