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SubjectRe: [PATCH -V8 02/16] hugetlb: don't use ERR_PTR with VM_FAULT* values
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Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@darnok.org> writes:

> On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 02:29:47PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> The current use of VM_FAULT_* codes with ERR_PTR requires us to ensure
>> VM_FAULT_* values will not exceed MAX_ERRNO value. Decouple the
>> VM_FAULT_* values from MAX_ERRNO.
>
> I see you using the -ENOMEM|-ENOSPC, but I don't see any reference in the
> code to MAX_ERRNO? Can you provide a comment explaining in a tad little
> bit about the interaction of MAX_ERRNO and VM_FAULT?

That comes from this

#define IS_ERR_VALUE(x) unlikely((x) >= (unsigned long)-MAX_ERRNO)


-aneesh



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