The patch titled Subject: ipc: use new return type vm_fault_t has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ipc-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ipc-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ipc-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: ipc: use new return type vm_fault_t Use new return type vm_fault_t for fault handler. For now, this is just documenting that the function returns a VM_FAULT value rather than an errno. Once all instances are converted, vm_fault_t will become a distinct type. Commit 1c8f422059ae ("mm: change return type to vm_fault_t") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180425043413.GA21467@jordon-HP-15-Notebook-PC Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- ipc/shm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN ipc/shm.c~ipc-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t ipc/shm.c --- a/ipc/shm.c~ipc-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t +++ a/ipc/shm.c @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ void exit_shm(struct task_struct *task) up_write(&shm_ids(ns).rwsem); } -static int shm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf) +static vm_fault_t shm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf) { struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file; struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx are include-mm-adding-new-inline-function-vmf_error.patch fs-dax-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t.patch mm-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t.patch mm-change-return-type-to-vm_fault_t.patch kernel-relay-change-return-type-to-vm_fault_t.patch ipc-adding-new-return-type-vm_fault_t.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html