Re: [PATCH v7 2/7] mm,compaction: Let isolate_migratepages_{range,block} return error codes

[Mike Kravetz]

On 4/13/21 3:47 AM, Oscar Salvador wrote:
> Currently, isolate_migratepages_{range,block} and their callers use
> a pfn == 0 vs pfn != 0 scheme to let the caller know whether there was
> any error during isolation.
> This does not work as soon as we need to start reporting different error
> codes and make sure we pass them down the chain, so they are properly
> interpreted by functions like e.g: alloc_contig_range.
> 
> Let us rework isolate_migratepages_{range,block} so we can report error
> codes.
> Since isolate_migratepages_block will stop returning the next pfn to be
> scanned, we reuse the cc->migrate_pfn field to keep track of that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Mike Kravetz