linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] gpu: drm: armada: Adding new typedef vm_fault

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Message-ID: <CAFqt6zbQxx+20SNT8r1q2ZjtQZLTh=CC50s4LkHExkBju-1KJA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 4 Jun 2018 10:46:26 +0530
From:   Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
To:     Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@...linux.org.uk>, airlied@...ux.ie
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gpu: drm: armada: Adding new typedef vm_fault_t

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 3:09 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
>> <linux@...linux.org.uk> wrote:
>>> On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 08:34:48PM +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.
>>>>
>>>> commit 1c8f422059ae ("mm: change return type to vm_fault_t")
>>>>
>>>> Previously vm_insert_pfn() returns err which driver
>>>> mapped into VM_FAULT_* type. The new function
>>>> vmf_insert_pfn() will replace this inefficiency by
>>>> returning VM_FAULT_* type.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>
>>>
>>> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> If no further comment, we would like to get this patch in queue
>> for 4.18.
>
> We would like to get this patch in queue
> for 4.18.

We  would like to get this patch in 4.18.