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

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Message-ID: <20210713121408.GC3809@techsingularity.net>
Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2021 13:14:08 +0100
From:   Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
To:     "Xu, Yanfei" <yanfei.xu@...driver.com>
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 Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 02:58:02PM +0800, Xu, Yanfei wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.
> 

You're right, I'll pick this up and stage it with a series of patches
that should have gone in during the merge window but were too late.

Thanks.

-- 
Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs