linux-kernel - [PATCH v11 1/7] mm: adjust address_space_operations.migratepage() return code

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Date:	Wed,  7 Nov 2012 01:05:48 -0200
From:	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, aquini@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH v11 1/7] mm: adjust address_space_operations.migratepage() return code

This patch introduces MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS as the default return code
for address_space_operations.migratepage() method and documents the
expected return code for the same method in failure cases.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
---
 fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c    |  4 ++--
 include/linux/migrate.h |  7 +++++++
 mm/migrate.c            | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index c5bc355..bdeda2c 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -608,11 +608,11 @@ static int hugetlbfs_migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = migrate_huge_page_move_mapping(mapping, newpage, page);
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc != MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
 		return rc;
 	migrate_page_copy(newpage, page);
 
-	return 0;
+	return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 static int hugetlbfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
diff --git a/include/linux/migrate.h b/include/linux/migrate.h
index ce7e667..a4e886d 100644
--- a/include/linux/migrate.h
+++ b/include/linux/migrate.h
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 
 typedef struct page *new_page_t(struct page *, unsigned long private, int **);
 
+/*
+ * Return values from addresss_space_operations.migratepage():
+ * - negative errno on page migration failure;
+ * - zero on page migration success;
+ */
+#define MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS		0
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
 
 extern void putback_lru_pages(struct list_head *l);
diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
index 77ed2d7..98c7a89 100644
--- a/mm/migrate.c
+++ b/mm/migrate.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static int migrate_page_move_mapping(struct address_space *mapping,
 		/* Anonymous page without mapping */
 		if (page_count(page) != 1)
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		return 0;
+		return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ static int migrate_page_move_mapping(struct address_space *mapping,
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
 
-	return 0;
+	return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ int migrate_huge_page_move_mapping(struct address_space *mapping,
 	if (!mapping) {
 		if (page_count(page) != 1)
 			return -EAGAIN;
-		return 0;
+		return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ int migrate_huge_page_move_mapping(struct address_space *mapping,
 	page_unfreeze_refs(page, expected_count - 1);
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
-	return 0;
+	return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -486,11 +486,11 @@ int migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	rc = migrate_page_move_mapping(mapping, newpage, page, NULL, mode);
 
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc != MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
 		return rc;
 
 	migrate_page_copy(newpage, page);
-	return 0;
+	return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(migrate_page);
 
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ int buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	rc = migrate_page_move_mapping(mapping, newpage, page, head, mode);
 
-	if (rc)
+	if (rc != MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS)
 		return rc;
 
 	/*
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ int buffer_migrate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	} while (bh != head);
 
-	return 0;
+	return MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(buffer_migrate_page);
 #endif
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ skip_unmap:
 		put_anon_vma(anon_vma);
 
 uncharge:
-	mem_cgroup_end_migration(mem, page, newpage, rc == 0);
+	mem_cgroup_end_migration(mem, page, newpage, rc == MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS);
 unlock:
 	unlock_page(page);
 out:
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from,
 			case -EAGAIN:
 				retry++;
 				break;
-			case 0:
+			case MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS:
 				break;
 			default:
 				/* Permanent failure */
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ int migrate_huge_page(struct page *hpage, new_page_t get_new_page,
 			/* try again */
 			cond_resched();
 			break;
-		case 0:
+		case MIGRATEPAGE_SUCCESS:
 			goto out;
 		default:
 			rc = -EIO;
-- 
1.7.11.7

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