The patch titled
Subject: proc/vmcore: let pfn_is_ram() return a bool
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
proc-vmcore-let-pfn_is_ram-return-a-bool.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/proc-vmcore-let-pfn_is_ram-return-a-bool.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/proc-vmcore-let-pfn_is_ram-return-a-bool.patch
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From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: proc/vmcore: let pfn_is_ram() return a bool
The callback should deal with errors internally, it doesn't make sense to
expose these via pfn_is_ram(). We'll rework the callbacks next. Right
now we consider errors as if "it's RAM"; no functional change.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211005121430.30136-5-david@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrvsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Young <dyoung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/vmcore.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c~proc-vmcore-let-pfn_is_ram-return-a-bool
+++ a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ void unregister_oldmem_pfn_is_ram(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_oldmem_pfn_is_ram);
-static int pfn_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
+static bool pfn_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
{
int (*fn)(unsigned long pfn);
/* pfn is ram unless fn() checks pagetype */
- int ret = 1;
+ bool ret = true;
/*
* Ask hypervisor if the pfn is really ram.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int pfn_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
*/
fn = oldmem_pfn_is_ram;
if (fn)
- ret = fn(pfn);
+ ret = !!fn(pfn);
return ret;
}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ssize_t read_from_oldmem(char *buf, size
nr_bytes = count;
/* If pfn is not ram, return zeros for sparse dump files */
- if (pfn_is_ram(pfn) == 0)
+ if (!pfn_is_ram(pfn))
memset(buf, 0, nr_bytes);
else {
if (encrypted)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are
memory-hotplugrst-fix-two-instances-of-movablecore-that-should-be-movable_node.patch
memory-hotplugrst-fix-wrong-sys-module-memory_hotplug-parameters-path.patch
memory-hotplugrst-document-the-auto-movable-online-policy.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-config_x86_64_acpi_numa-dependency-from-config_memory_hotplug.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-config_memory_hotplug_sparse.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-restrict-config_memory_hotplug-to-64-bit.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-highmem-leftovers.patch
mm-memory_hotplug-remove-stale-function-declarations.patch
x86-remove-memory-hotplug-support-on-x86_32.patch
x86-xen-update-xen_oldmem_pfn_is_ram-documentation.patch
x86-xen-simplify-xen_oldmem_pfn_is_ram.patch
x86-xen-print-a-warning-when-hvmop_get_mem_type-fails.patch
proc-vmcore-let-pfn_is_ram-return-a-bool.patch
proc-vmcore-convert-oldmem_pfn_is_ram-callback-to-more-generic-vmcore-callbacks.patch
virtio-mem-factor-out-hotplug-specifics-from-virtio_mem_init-into-virtio_mem_init_hotplug.patch
virtio-mem-factor-out-hotplug-specifics-from-virtio_mem_probe-into-virtio_mem_init_hotplug.patch
virtio-mem-factor-out-hotplug-specifics-from-virtio_mem_remove-into-virtio_mem_deinit_hotplug.patch
virtio-mem-kdump-mode-to-sanitize-proc-vmcore-access.patch
kernel-resource-clean-up-and-optimize-iomem_is_exclusive.patch
kernel-resource-disallow-access-to-exclusive-system-ram-regions.patch
virtio-mem-disallow-mapping-virtio-mem-memory-via-dev-mem.patch
