The patch titled
Subject: mm: ignore return value of ->readpages
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-ignore-return-value-of-readpages.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-ignore-return-value-of-readpages.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-ignore-return-value-of-readpages.patch
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: ignore return value of ->readpages
We used to assign the return value to a variable, which we then ignored.
Remove the pretence of caring.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200414150233.24495-4-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/readahead.c | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/readahead.c~mm-ignore-return-value-of-readpages
+++ a/mm/readahead.c
@@ -113,17 +113,16 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_spac
EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages);
-static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
+static void read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
struct list_head *pages, unsigned int nr_pages, gfp_t gfp)
{
struct blk_plug plug;
unsigned page_idx;
- int ret;
blk_start_plug(&plug);
if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) {
- ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
+ mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
/* Clean up the remaining pages */
put_pages_list(pages);
goto out;
@@ -136,12 +135,9 @@ static int read_pages(struct address_spa
mapping->a_ops->readpage(filp, page);
put_page(page);
}
- ret = 0;
out:
blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-
- return ret;
}
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-move-readahead-prototypes-from-mmh.patch
mm-return-void-from-various-readahead-functions.patch
mm-ignore-return-value-of-readpages.patch
mm-move-readahead-nr_pages-check-into-read_pages.patch
mm-add-new-readahead_control-api.patch
mm-use-readahead_control-to-pass-arguments.patch
mm-rename-various-offset-parameters-to-index.patch
mm-rename-readahead-loop-variable-to-i.patch
mm-remove-page_offset-from-readahead-loop.patch
mm-put-readahead-pages-in-cache-earlier.patch
mm-add-readahead-address-space-operation.patch
mm-move-end_index-check-out-of-readahead-loop.patch
mm-add-page_cache_readahead_unbounded.patch
mm-document-why-we-dont-set-pagereadahead.patch
mm-use-memalloc_nofs_save-in-readahead-path.patch
fs-convert-mpage_readpages-to-mpage_readahead.patch
btrfs-convert-from-readpages-to-readahead.patch
erofs-convert-uncompressed-files-from-readpages-to-readahead.patch
erofs-convert-compressed-files-from-readpages-to-readahead.patch
ext4-convert-from-readpages-to-readahead.patch
ext4-pass-the-inode-to-ext4_mpage_readpages.patch
f2fs-convert-from-readpages-to-readahead.patch
f2fs-pass-the-inode-to-f2fs_mpage_readpages.patch
fuse-convert-from-readpages-to-readahead.patch
iomap-convert-from-readpages-to-readahead.patch
