The normal expectation for ERR_PTR() is to put a negative errno into a
pointer. oom_kill puts the magic -1 in the result (and has since
pre-git), which is probably clearer with an explicit cast.
Cc: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <ru...@rustcorp.com.au>
---
mm/oom_kill.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/oom_kill.c b/mm/oom_kill.c
index 79e451a..f9b9cd7 100644
--- a/mm/oom_kill.c
+++ b/mm/oom_kill.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ enum oom_scan_t oom_scan_process_thread(struct task_struct
*task,
/*
* Simple selection loop. We chose the process with the highest
- * number of 'points'.
+ * number of 'points'. Returns -1 on scan abort.
*
* (not docbooked, we don't want this one cluttering up the manual)
*/
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static struct task_struct *select_bad_process(unsigned int
*ppoints,
continue;
case OOM_SCAN_ABORT:
rcu_read_unlock();
- return ERR_PTR(-1UL);
+ return (void *)(-1UL);
case OOM_SCAN_OK:
break;
};
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ void out_of_memory(struct zonelist *zonelist, gfp_t
gfp_mask,
dump_header(NULL, gfp_mask, order, NULL, mpol_mask);
panic("Out of memory and no killable processes...\n");
}
- if (PTR_ERR(p) != -1UL) {
+ if (p != (void *)-1UL) {
oom_kill_process(p, gfp_mask, order, points, totalpages, NULL,
nodemask, "Out of memory");
killed = 1;
--
1.8.1.2
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