linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm: remove return value from init_currently_empty

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 15:06:41 +0800
From:   "Hillf Danton" <hillf.zj@...baba-inc.com>
To:     "'Michal Hocko'" <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "'Andrew Morton'" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "'Mel Gorman'" <mgorman@...e.de>,
        "'Vlastimil Babka'" <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        "'Andrea Arcangeli'" <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        "'Reza Arbab'" <arbab@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "'Yasuaki Ishimatsu'" <yasu.isimatu@...il.com>,
        "'Tang Chen'" <tangchen@...fujitsu.com>, <qiuxishi@...wei.com>,
        "'Kani Toshimitsu'" <toshi.kani@....com>, <slaoub@...il.com>,
        "'Joonsoo Kim'" <js1304@...il.com>,
        "'Andi Kleen'" <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        "'Zhang Zhen'" <zhenzhang.zhang@...wei.com>,
        "'David Rientjes'" <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        "'Daniel Kiper'" <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>,
        "'Igor Mammedov'" <imammedo@...hat.com>,
        "'Vitaly Kuznetsov'" <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "'LKML'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] mm: remove return value from init_currently_empty_zone

On March 31, 2017 2:49 PM Michal Hocko wrote: 
> On Fri 31-03-17 11:49:49, Hillf Danton wrote:
> [...]
> > > -/* Can fail with -ENOMEM from allocating a wait table with vmalloc() or
> > > - * alloc_bootmem_node_nopanic()/memblock_virt_alloc_node_nopanic() */
> > > -static int __ref ensure_zone_is_initialized(struct zone *zone,
> > > +static void __ref ensure_zone_is_initialized(struct zone *zone,
> > >  			unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long num_pages)
> > >  {
> > > -	if (zone_is_empty(zone))
> > > -		return init_currently_empty_zone(zone, start_pfn, num_pages);
> > > -
> > > -	return 0;
> > > +	if (!zone_is_empty(zone))
> > > +		init_currently_empty_zone(zone, start_pfn, num_pages);
> > >  }
> > Semantic change added?
> 
> could you be more specific?

Well, I'm wondering why you are trying to initiate a nonempty zone.

Hillf