linux-kernel - [PATCH] unless signed chg cannot become less than 0

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Date:	Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:42:19 +0100
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	wli@...omorphy.com
CC:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] unless signed chg cannot become less than 0

region_chg returns long, so let vma_needs_reservation() forward this to
alloc_huge_page(). and do not store it in an unsigned, since a negative
will go unnoticed. Store it as long as well. all callers treat it as
long anyway. 

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 618e983..f0eec5e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static void return_unused_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h,
  * an instantiated the change should be committed via vma_commit_reservation.
  * No action is required on failure.
  */
-static int vma_needs_reservation(struct hstate *h,
+static long vma_needs_reservation(struct hstate *h,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static int vma_needs_reservation(struct hstate *h,
 		return 1;
 
 	} else  {
-		int err;
+		long err;
 		pgoff_t idx = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, addr);
 		struct resv_map *reservations = vma_resv_map(vma);
 
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct page *page;
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	unsigned int chg;
+	long chg;
 
 	/*
 	 * Processes that did not create the mapping will have no reserves and

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