linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: ashmem: Fix ASHMEM_PURGE_ALL

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Message-ID: <20131022204801.GC1969@devil.localdomain>
Date:	Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:48:01 +1100
From:	Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
	Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@...roid.com>,
	Glauber Costa <glommer@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ashmem: Fix ASHMEM_PURGE_ALL_CACHES return value

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 09:58:07AM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> Hopefully this isn't too late for 3.12.
> 
> In commit 7dc19d5aff (convert shrinkers to new count/scan API)
> the return value to PURGE_ALL_CACHES was dropped, causing -EPERM
> to always be returned.
> 
> This patch re-adds the ret assignment, setting it to the the
> ashmem_shrink_count(), which is the lru_count.

Looks sane.

Acked-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>

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