linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/ext4: Convert fault handler to use vm_fault

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Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:21:13 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, darrick.wong@...cle.com,
        axboe@...nel.dk, nborisov@...e.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, kemi.wang@...el.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, ebiggers@...gle.com,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/ext4: Convert fault handler to use vm_fault_t type

On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 09:16:12PM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> Return type of ext4_page_mkwrite and ext4_filemap_fault are
> changed to use vm_fault_t type.
> 
> With this patch all the callers of block_page_mkwrite_return()
> are changed to handle vm_fault_t. So converting the return type
> of block_page_mkwrite_return() to vm_fault_t.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>

This looks like the straight-forward conversion I was hoping to see.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>