linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] misc: cxl: Change return type to vm_fault

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:51:27 +1000
From:   Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>,
        fbarrat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, arnd@...db.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        willy@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] misc: cxl: Change return type to vm_fault_t

On 18/04/18 00:53, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> Use new return type vm_fault_t for fault handler. For
> now, this is just documenting that the function returns
> a VM_FAULT value rather than an errno. Once all instances
> are converted, vm_fault_t will become a distinct type.
> 
> Reference id -> 1c8f422059ae ("mm: change return type to
> vm_fault_t")
> 
> previously cxl_mmap_fault returns VM_FAULT_NOPAGE as
> default value irrespective of vm_insert_pfn() return
> value. This bug is fixed with new vmf_insert_pfn()
> which will return VM_FAULT_ type based on err.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>

This looks good to me

Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan <andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com>

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Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
andrew.donnellan@....ibm.com  IBM Australia Limited