The patch titled
Subject: mm,vmscan: mark register_shrinker() as __must_check
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mmvmscan-mark-register_shrinker-as-__must_check.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mmvmscan-mark-register_shrinker-as-__must_check.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mmvmscan-mark-register_shrinker-as-__must_check.patch
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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm,vmscan: mark register_shrinker() as __must_check
There are users not checking for register_shrinker() failure. Continuing
with ignoring failure can lead to later oops at unregister_shrinker().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1511265757-15563-1-git-send-email-penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/shrinker.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN include/linux/shrinker.h~mmvmscan-mark-register_shrinker-as-__must_check include/linux/shrinker.h
--- a/include/linux/shrinker.h~mmvmscan-mark-register_shrinker-as-__must_check
+++ a/include/linux/shrinker.h
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ struct shrinker {
#define SHRINKER_NUMA_AWARE (1 << 0)
#define SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE (1 << 1)
-extern int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
+extern __must_check int register_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
extern void unregister_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
#endif
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
dentry-fix-kmemcheck-splat-at-take_dentry_name_snapshot.patch
mmvmscan-mark-register_shrinker-as-__must_check.patch
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