linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/page_alloc: correct return value when failing at preparing

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Message-ID: <98c83852-6745-bf57-2415-696edea89704@windriver.com>
Date:   Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:58:02 +0800
From:   "Xu, Yanfei" <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
To:     Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Cc:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/page_alloc: correct return value when failing at
 preparing



On 7/9/21 8:22 PM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> [Please note: This e-mail is from an EXTERNAL e-mail address]
> 
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 06:28:54PM +0800, Yanfei Xu wrote:
>> If the array passed in is already partially populated, we should
>> return "nr_populated" even failing at preparing arguments stage.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Yanfei Xu <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
> 
> ff4b2b4014cb ("mm/page_alloc: correct return value of populated elements if bulk array is populated")
> 

This is a different return location from you posted.

> --
> Mel Gorman
> SUSE Labs
>