linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: event: core: Change return type to vm_fault

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Date:   Fri, 20 Apr 2018 17:18:02 +0530
From:   Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: event: core: Change return type to vm_fault_t

> I'm fine with the patch, but shouldn't this be part of a larger series /
> cocinelle script?
>

This one is trivial but many others are not.
As part of this clean up we have fixed many
existing bugs in fault handlers of drivers/
file systems. Also we are replacing existing
vm_insert_foo() with new vmf_insert_foo()
in fault handlers (wherever applicable).
Refer - 1c8f422059ae5da07db7406ab916203f9417e396
in 4.17-rc1