linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] memcg: make mem_cgroup_page

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Message-ID: <20101109121508.GA2764@localhost>
Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 20:15:08 +0800
From:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
To:	Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] memcg: make mem_cgroup_page_stat() return value
 unsigned

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 05:24:31PM +0800, Greg Thelen wrote:
> mem_cgroup_page_stat() used to return a negative page count
> value to indicate value.
> 
> mem_cgroup_page_stat() has changed so it never returns
> error so convert the return value to the traditional page
> count type (unsigned long).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@...gle.com>
> ---

> +	/*
> +	 * The sum of unlocked per-cpu counters may yield a slightly negative
> +	 * value.  This function returns an unsigned value, so round it up to
> +	 * zero to avoid returning a very large value.
> +	 */
> +	if (value < 0)
> +		value = 0;

nitpick: it's good candidate for unlikely().

Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>

Sorry, I lose track to the source code after so many patches.
It would help if you can put the patches to a git tree.

Thanks,
Fengguang
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