linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: compaction: fix echo 1 > compact

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Date:	Sun, 6 Jan 2013 15:44:33 +0800
From:	Jason Liu <r64343@...escale.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<mgorman@...e.de>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <riel@...hat.com>,
	<minchan@...nel.org>, <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	<linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: compaction: fix echo 1 > compact_memory return error issue

when run the folloing command under shell, it will return error
sh/$ echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/compact_memory
sh/$ sh: write error: Bad address

After strace, I found the following log:
...
write(1, "1\n", 2)               = 3
write(1, "", 4294967295)         = -1 EFAULT (Bad address)
write(2, "echo: write error: Bad address\n", 31echo: write error: Bad address
) = 31

This tells system return 3(COMPACT_COMPLETE) after write data to compact_memory.

The fix is to make the system just return 0 instead 3(COMPACT_COMPLETE) from
sysctl_compaction_handler after compaction_nodes finished.

Suggested-by:David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc:Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc:Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc:Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Cc:KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Liu <r64343@...escale.com>
---
 mm/compaction.c |    6 ++----
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index 6b807e4..f8f5c11 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ static int compact_node(int nid)
 }
 
 /* Compact all nodes in the system */
-static int compact_nodes(void)
+static void compact_nodes(void)
 {
 	int nid;
 
@@ -1219,8 +1219,6 @@ static int compact_nodes(void)
 
 	for_each_online_node(nid)
 		compact_node(nid);
-
-	return COMPACT_COMPLETE;
 }
 
 /* The written value is actually unused, all memory is compacted */
@@ -1231,7 +1229,7 @@ int sysctl_compaction_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 			void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	if (write)
-		return compact_nodes();
+		compact_nodes();
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
1.7.5.4


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