linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: v4l2-core: Change return type to vm_fault

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Date:   Wed, 18 Apr 2018 16:43:58 +0530
From:   Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
To:     Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>
Cc:     mchehab@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: v4l2-core: Change return type to vm_fault_t

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 2:38 PM, Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 08:13:06PM +0530, 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")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
>
> Subject should mention "videobuf"; videobuf is not part of V4L2 core
> (albeit the directory structure would certainly seem to suggest that). With
> that,
>
> Acked-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com>

Thanks. I will update the subject and send v2.