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

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Date:   Thu, 10 May 2018 20:44:12 +0530
From:   Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
To:     Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
Cc:     jhogan@...nel.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org, paulus@...abs.org,
        benh@...nel.crashing.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        borntraeger@...ibm.com, frankja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        david@...hat.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, christoffer.dall@...aro.org,
        marc.zyngier@....com, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: Change return type to vm_fault_t

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 7:26 PM, Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:49:58 +0530
> Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Use new return type vm_fault_t for fault handler. 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.
>>
>> commit 1c8f422059ae ("mm: change return type to vm_fault_t")
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c       | 2 +-
>>  arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c | 2 +-
>>  arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c   | 2 +-
>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c         | 2 +-
>>  include/linux/kvm_host.h   | 2 +-
>>  virt/kvm/arm/arm.c         | 2 +-
>>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c        | 2 +-
>>  7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>

If no further comment, We would like to get this
patch in queue for 4.18.