The patch titled Subject: mm: compaction: change fast_isolate_freepages() to void type has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-compaction-change-fast_isolate_freepages-to-void-type.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-compaction-change-fast_isolate_freepages-to-void-type.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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 via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: compaction: change fast_isolate_freepages() to void type Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 20:53:57 +0800 No caller cares about the return value of fast_isolate_freepages(), void it. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/759fca20b22ebf4c81afa30496837b9e0fb2e53b.1685018752.git.baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-compaction-change-fast_isolate_freepages-to-void-type +++ a/mm/compaction.c @@ -1443,8 +1443,7 @@ static int next_search_order(struct comp return order; } -static unsigned long -fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc) +static void fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc) { unsigned int limit = max(1U, freelist_scan_limit(cc) >> 1); unsigned int nr_scanned = 0; @@ -1457,7 +1456,7 @@ fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_co /* Full compaction passes in a negative order */ if (cc->order <= 0) - return cc->free_pfn; + return; /* * If starting the scan, use a deeper search and use the highest @@ -1596,11 +1595,10 @@ fast_isolate_freepages(struct compact_co cc->total_free_scanned += nr_scanned; if (!page) - return cc->free_pfn; + return; low_pfn = page_to_pfn(page); fast_isolate_around(cc, low_pfn); - return low_pfn; } /* _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-page_alloc-drop-the-unnecessary-pfn_valid-for-start-pfn.patch mm-compaction-drop-the-redundant-page-validation-in-update_pageblock_skip.patch mm-compaction-change-fast_isolate_freepages-to-void-type.patch mm-compaction-skip-more-fully-scanned-pageblock.patch mm-compaction-only-set-skip-flag-if-cc-no_set_skip_hint-is-false.patch mm-compaction-add-trace-event-for-fast-freepages-isolation.patch mm-compaction-skip-fast-freepages-isolation-if-enough-freepages-are-isolated.patch