Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Change the return value for page isolation functions

[Baolin Wang <baolin.wang-KPsoFbNs7GizrGE5bRqYAgC/G2K4zDHf@public.gmane.org>]

On 2/15/2023 1:52 AM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 14.02.23 14:59, Baolin Wang wrote:
>> Now the page isolation functions did not return a boolean to indicate
>> success or not, instead it will return a negative error when failed
>> to isolate a page. So below code used in most places seem a boolean
>> success/failure thing, which can confuse people whether the isolation
>> is successful.
>>
>> if (folio_isolate_lru(folio))
>>          continue;
>>
>> Moreover the page isolation functions only return 0 or -EBUSY, and
>> most users did not care about the negative error except for few users,
>> thus we can convert all page isolation functions to return a boolean
>> value, which can remove the confusion to make code more clear.
>>
>> No functional changes intended in this patch series.
>>
>> Changes from v1:
>>   - Convert all isolation functions to return bool.
> 
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

Thanks.

> 
> Although it's controversial if
> 
> if (!ret)
>      ret = -EBUSY;
> else
>      ret = 0;
> 
> is really appealing to the readers eye :)
> 
> ret = ret ? 0 : -EBUSY;
> 
> It's still confusing.
> 
> would be better as
> 
> ret = isolated ? 0 : -EBUSY;
> 
> IOW, not reusing the "int ret" variable.

Yes, pretty clear. Will do in next version.