linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] mm/rmap: remove duplicated exit code in pagewalk loop

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Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:27:15 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Barry Song <21cnbao@...il.com>, Lance Yang <ioworker0@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] mm/rmap: remove duplicated exit code in pagewalk
 loop

On 13.06.24 09:52, Barry Song wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 12:02 AM Lance Yang <ioworker0@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> Introduce the labels walk_done and walk_done_err as exit points to
>> eliminate duplicated exit code in the pagewalk loop.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
>> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Lance Yang <ioworker0@...il.com>
> 
> I don't think "return false" necessarily indicates an error, so
> "walk_done_err" doesn't seem like an appropriate name.
> However, this is a minor issue.

Agreed. As we only have a single walk_done user, should we instead 
remove "walk_done", keep the "page_vma_mapped_walk_done" for that single 
user, and rename "walk_done_err" to "abort_walk" ?


-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb