From: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/memory: simplify error handling in insert_pages()
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:11:12 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dd3a672c858b38c7525541b19a919e120c4e5a0e.1788022178.git.thnkslprpt@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1788022178.git.thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
Initialize error return status to zero and then set it as needed at each
point of failure.
Assign -ENOMEM explicitly when pte_alloc() fails as the pte_alloc()
macro returns a boolean.
Signed-off-by: Avi Weiss <thnkslprpt@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
---
mm/memory.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 9cbce5c90bff..2561dc6bdde6 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -2565,20 +2565,22 @@ static int insert_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long curr_page_idx = 0;
unsigned long remaining_pages_total = *num;
unsigned long pages_to_write_in_pmd;
- int ret;
+ int err = 0;
more:
- ret = -EFAULT;
pmd = walk_to_pmd(mm, addr);
- if (!pmd)
+ if (!pmd) {
+ err = -EFAULT;
goto out;
+ }
pages_to_write_in_pmd = min_t(unsigned long,
remaining_pages_total, PTRS_PER_PTE - pte_index(addr));
/* Allocate the PTE if necessary; takes PMD lock once only. */
- ret = -ENOMEM;
- if (pte_alloc(mm, pmd))
+ if (pte_alloc(mm, pmd)) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
+ }
while (pages_to_write_in_pmd) {
int pte_idx = 0;
@@ -2586,15 +2588,14 @@ static int insert_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
start_pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &pte_lock);
if (!start_pte) {
- ret = -EFAULT;
+ err = -EFAULT;
goto out;
}
for (pte = start_pte; pte_idx < batch_size; ++pte, ++pte_idx) {
- int err = insert_page_in_batch_locked(vma, pte,
- addr, pages[curr_page_idx], prot);
+ err = insert_page_in_batch_locked(vma, pte, addr,
+ pages[curr_page_idx], prot);
if (unlikely(err)) {
pte_unmap_unlock(start_pte, pte_lock);
- ret = err;
remaining_pages_total -= pte_idx;
goto out;
}
@@ -2607,10 +2608,9 @@ static int insert_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
}
if (remaining_pages_total)
goto more;
- ret = 0;
out:
*num = remaining_pages_total;
- return ret;
+ return err;
}
/**
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-29 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-29 17:11 [PATCH v3 0/2] mm/memory: improve insert_pages() error handling Avi Weiss
2026-08-29 17:11 ` Avi Weiss [this message]
2026-08-29 17:11 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] mm/memory: return -ENOMEM for page-table allocation failure in insert_pages() Avi Weiss
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