[PATCH] powerpc: platform: cell: spufs: Change return type to vm_fault_t
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Wed Apr 18 05:43:39 AEST 2018
On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 9:20 PM, Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> Use new return type vm_fault_t for fault handler. 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.
>
> Reference id -> 1c8f422059ae ("mm: change return type to
> vm_fault_t")
>
> Previously vm_insert_pfn() returns err but driver returns
> VM_FAULT_NOPAGE as default. The new function vmf_insert_pfn()
> will replace this inefficiency by returning correct VM_FAULT_*
> type.
>
> vmf_handle_error is a inline wrapper function which
> will convert error number to vm_fault_t type err.
>
> Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux at gmail.com>
> Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox at microsoft.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
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