The patch titled
Subject: mm/page_alloc.c: __perform_reclaim should return 'unsigned long'
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-page_allocc-__perform_reclaim-should-return-unsigned-long.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-page_allocc-__perform_reclaim-should-return-unsigned-long.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-page_allocc-__perform_reclaim-should-return-unsigned-long.patch
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From: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/page_alloc.c: __perform_reclaim should return 'unsigned long'
__perform_reclaim()'s single caller expects it to return 'unsigned long',
hence change its return value and a local variable to 'unsigned long'.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200916022138.16740-1-yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/page_alloc.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_allocc-__perform_reclaim-should-return-unsigned-long
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -4239,13 +4239,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_reclaim_release);
#endif
/* Perform direct synchronous page reclaim */
-static int
+static unsigned long
__perform_reclaim(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
const struct alloc_context *ac)
{
- int progress;
unsigned int noreclaim_flag;
- unsigned long pflags;
+ unsigned long pflags, progress;
cond_resched();
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from yanfei.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-memory-fix-typo-in-__do_fault-comment.patch
mm-memoryc-replace-vmf-vma-with-variable-vma.patch
mm-page_allocc-__perform_reclaim-should-return-unsigned-long.patch
