linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] mm/migrate: add comment about permanent failure path

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Message-ID: <20131216105514.GA16165@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Mon, 16 Dec 2013 08:55:15 -0200
From:	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>,
	Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/6] mm/migrate: add comment about permanent failure
 path

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 03:53:26PM +0900, Joonsoo Kim wrote:
> From: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
> 
> Let's add a comment about where the failed page goes to, which makes
> code more readable.
> 
> Acked-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
> Reviewed-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
> 
> diff --git a/mm/migrate.c b/mm/migrate.c
> index 3747fcd..c6ac87a 100644
> --- a/mm/migrate.c
> +++ b/mm/migrate.c
> @@ -1123,7 +1123,12 @@ int migrate_pages(struct list_head *from, new_page_t get_new_page,
>  				nr_succeeded++;
>  				break;
>  			default:
> -				/* Permanent failure */
> +				/*
> +				 * Permanent failure (-EBUSY, -ENOSYS, etc.):
> +				 * unlike -EAGAIN case, the failed page is
> +				 * removed from migration page list and not
> +				 * retried in the next outer loop.
> +				 */
>  				nr_failed++;
>  				break;
>  			}

Acked-by: Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>

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