linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] uio: Change return type to vm_fault

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Message-ID: <CAFqt6zbaLt6g-Np0S-7YThs4ibvnPKaa92zBbRSYX-MqnCdfEA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Apr 2018 23:50:25 +0530
From:   Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] uio: Change return type to vm_fault_t

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 8:56 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 08:24:40PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
>> Use new return type vm_fault_t for fault handler
>> in struct vm_operations_struct. For now, this is
>> just documenting that the function returns a
>> VM_FAULT value rather than an errno.  Once all
>> instances are converted, vm_fault_t will become
>> a distinct type.
>
> Odd line length to wrap at, your editor should have told you to use 72
> columns, right?

Not clear about this.