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SubjectRe: [PATCH v11 2/3] mm: memory-failure: move return value documentation to function declaration
On Sun, Feb 04, 2024 at 04:01:43PM +0800, Shuai Xue wrote:
> Part of return value comments for memory_failure() were originally
> documented at the call site. Move those comments to the function
> declaration to improve code readability and to provide developers with
> immediate access to function usage and return information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shuai Xue <xueshuai@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c | 9 +--------
> mm/memory-failure.c | 9 ++++++---
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> index bc39252bc54f..822b21eb48ad 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mce/core.c
> @@ -1365,17 +1365,10 @@ static void kill_me_maybe(struct callback_head *cb)
> return;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * -EHWPOISON from memory_failure() means that it already sent SIGBUS
> - * to the current process with the proper error info,
> - * -EOPNOTSUPP means hwpoison_filter() filtered the error event,
> - *
> - * In both cases, no further processing is required.
> - */
> if (ret == -EHWPOISON || ret == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> return;
>
> - pr_err("Memory error not recovered");
> + pr_err("Sending SIGBUS to current task due to memory error not recovered");

Unrelated change.

> kill_me_now(cb);
> }
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index 636280d04008..d33729c48eff 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -2175,9 +2175,12 @@ static int memory_failure_dev_pagemap(unsigned long pfn, int flags,
> * Must run in process context (e.g. a work queue) with interrupts
> * enabled and no spinlocks held.
> *
> - * Return: 0 for successfully handled the memory error,
> - * -EOPNOTSUPP for hwpoison_filter() filtered the error event,
> - * < 0(except -EOPNOTSUPP) on failure.
> + * Return values:
> + * 0 - success
> + * -EOPNOTSUPP - hwpoison_filter() filtered the error event.
> + * -EHWPOISON - sent SIGBUS to the current process with the proper
> + * error info by kill_accessing_process().

kill_accessing_process() is not the only one returning -EHWPOISON.

And if you look at the code, it should be:

-EHWPOISON - the page was already poisoned, potentially
kill process

or so.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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