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SubjectRe: [PATCH -V4 02/10] hugetlbfs: don't use ERR_PTR with VM_FAULT* values
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Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> writes:

> On Fri 16-03-12 23:09:22, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> Using VM_FAULT_* codes with ERR_PTR will require us to make sure
>> VM_FAULT_* values will not exceed MAX_ERRNO value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> mm/hugetlb.c | 18 +++++++++++++-----
>> 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
>> index d623e71..3782da8 100644
>> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
>> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> [...]
>> @@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> page = alloc_buddy_huge_page(h, NUMA_NO_NODE);
>> if (!page) {
>> hugetlb_put_quota(inode->i_mapping, chg);
>> - return ERR_PTR(-VM_FAULT_SIGBUS);
>> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
>
> Hmm, so one error code abuse replaced by another?
> I know that ENOMEM would revert 4a6018f7 which would be unfortunate but
> ENOSPC doesn't feel right as well.
>

File systems do map ENOSPC to SIGBUS. block_page_mkwrite_return() does
that.

-aneesh



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