linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 02/17] mm: fix mapping_set_error call in me_pagecache

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2017 14:16:14 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tytso@....edu, jack@...e.cz,
        willy@...radead.org, neilb@...e.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/17] mm: fix mapping_set_error call in
 me_pagecache_dirty

On Wed 12-04-17 08:05:59, Jeff Layton wrote:
> The error code should be negative. Since this ends up in the default
> case anyway, this is harmless, but it's less confusing to negate it.
> Also, later patches will require a negative error code here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>

Looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  mm/memory-failure.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index 27f7210e7fab..4b56e53e5378 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static int me_pagecache_dirty(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn)
>  		 * the first EIO, but we're not worse than other parts
>  		 * of the kernel.
>  		 */
> -		mapping_set_error(mapping, EIO);
> +		mapping_set_error(mapping, -EIO);
>  	}
>  
>  	return me_pagecache_clean(p, pfn);
> -- 
> 2.9.3
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR