The patch titled
Subject: mm: don't return the number of pages from map_kernel_range{,_noflush}
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-dont-return-the-number-of-pages-from-map_kernel_range_noflush.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-dont-return-the-number-of-pages-from-map_kernel_range_noflush.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-dont-return-the-number-of-pages-from-map_kernel_range_noflush.patch
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: mm: don't return the number of pages from map_kernel_range{,_noflush}
None of the callers needs the number of pages, and a 0 / -errno return
value is a lot more intuitive.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200414131348.444715-16-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gao Xiang <xiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sumit Semwal <sumit.semwal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-dont-return-the-number-of-pages-from-map_kernel_range_noflush
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static int vmap_p4d_range(pgd_t *pgd, un
* function.
*
* RETURNS:
- * The number of pages mapped on success, -errno on failure.
+ * 0 on success, -errno on failure.
*/
int map_kernel_range_noflush(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size,
pgprot_t prot, struct page **pages)
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ int map_kernel_range_noflush(unsigned lo
return err;
} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
- return nr;
+ return 0;
}
static int map_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
x86-hyperv-use-vmalloc_exec-for-the-hypercall-page.patch
x86-fix-vmap-arguments-in-map_irq_stack.patch
staging-android-ion-use-vmap-instead-of-vm_map_ram.patch
staging-media-ipu3-use-vmap-instead-of-reimplementing-it.patch
dma-mapping-use-vmap-insted-of-reimplementing-it.patch
powerpc-add-an-ioremap_phb-helper.patch
powerpc-remove-__ioremap_at-and-__iounmap_at.patch
mm-remove-__get_vm_area.patch
mm-unexport-unmap_kernel_range_noflush.patch
mm-rename-config_pgtable_mapping-to-config_zsmalloc_pgtable_mapping.patch
mm-only-allow-page-table-mappings-for-built-in-zsmalloc.patch
mm-pass-addr-as-unsigned-long-to-vb_free.patch
mm-remove-vmap_page_range_noflush-and-vunmap_page_range.patch
mm-rename-vmap_page_range-to-map_kernel_range.patch
mm-dont-return-the-number-of-pages-from-map_kernel_range_noflush.patch
mm-remove-map_vm_range.patch
mm-remove-unmap_vmap_area.patch
mm-remove-the-prot-argument-from-vm_map_ram.patch
mm-enforce-that-vmap-cant-map-pages-executable.patch
gpu-drm-remove-the-powerpc-hack-in-drm_legacy_sg_alloc.patch
mm-remove-the-pgprot-argument-to-__vmalloc.patch
mm-remove-the-prot-argument-to-__vmalloc_node.patch
mm-remove-both-instances-of-__vmalloc_node_flags.patch
mm-remove-__vmalloc_node_flags_caller.patch
mm-switch-the-test_vmalloc-module-to-use-__vmalloc_node.patch
mm-remove-vmalloc_user_node_flags.patch
arm64-use-__vmalloc_node-in-arch_alloc_vmap_stack.patch
powerpc-use-__vmalloc_node-in-alloc_vm_stack.patch
s390-use-__vmalloc_node-in-stack_alloc.patch
