Re: [PATCH 6/11] ksm: remove old stable nodes more thoroughly

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon Jan 28 2013 - 18:44:00 EST


On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:01:59 -0800 (PST)
Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +static int remove_all_stable_nodes(void)
> +{
> + struct stable_node *stable_node;
> + int nid;
> + int err = 0;
> +
> + for (nid = 0; nid < nr_node_ids; nid++) {
> + while (root_stable_tree[nid].rb_node) {
> + stable_node = rb_entry(root_stable_tree[nid].rb_node,
> + struct stable_node, node);
> + if (remove_stable_node(stable_node)) {
> + err = -EBUSY;

It's a bit rude to overwrite remove_stable_node()'s return value.

> + break; /* proceed to next nid */
> + }
> + cond_resched();

Why is this here?

> + }
> + }
> + return err;
> +}

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