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 0/2] mm/memory: improve insert_pages() error handling
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:11:11 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <cover.1788022178.git.thnkslprpt@gmail.com> (raw)
Improve insert_pages() error handling.
The first patch simplifies error handling by initializing the error
status to zero and assigning error codes at their respective failure
sites.
The second patch returns -ENOMEM when walk_to_pmd() fails. A NULL
return from walk_to_pmd() indicates failure to allocate an upper
page-table level, so -ENOMEM is more appropriate than -EFAULT and is
consistent with the subsequent pte_alloc() failure.
Changes in v3:
* drop the walk_to_pmd() rename following review
* use the mm/memory: prefix consistently across the series
* carry review tags from v2
* rebase onto current mm-new
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/cover.1785847364.git.thnkslprpt@gmail.com/
Avi Weiss (2):
mm/memory: simplify error handling in insert_pages()
mm/memory: return -ENOMEM for page-table allocation failure in
insert_pages()
mm/memory.c | 22 +++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
base-commit: d2aad7fdcda7ae8a726926f2d6de7fe9e8ee7563
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2.43.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-29 17:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-29 17:11 Avi Weiss [this message]
2026-08-29 17:11 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] mm/memory: simplify error handling in insert_pages() Avi Weiss
2026-09-10 15:33 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-29 17:11 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] mm/memory: return -ENOMEM for page-table allocation failure " Avi Weiss
2026-09-10 10:06 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] mm/memory: improve insert_pages() error handling David Hildenbrand (Arm)
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