mm: page_counter: let page_counter_try_charge() return bool
page_counter_try_charge() currently returns 0 on success and -ENOMEM on
failure, which is surprising behavior given the function name.
Make it follow the expected pattern of try_stuff() functions that return a
boolean true to indicate success, or false for failure.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Vladimir Davydov <vdavydov@virtuozzo.com
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/page_counter.c b/mm/page_counter.c
index 11b4bed..7c6a63d 100644
--- a/mm/page_counter.c
+++ b/mm/page_counter.c
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@
* @nr_pages: number of pages to charge
* @fail: points first counter to hit its limit, if any
*
- * Returns 0 on success, or -ENOMEM and @fail if the counter or one of
- * its ancestors has hit its configured limit.
+ * Returns %true on success, or %false and @fail if the counter or one
+ * of its ancestors has hit its configured limit.
*/
-int page_counter_try_charge(struct page_counter *counter,
- unsigned long nr_pages,
- struct page_counter **fail)
+bool page_counter_try_charge(struct page_counter *counter,
+ unsigned long nr_pages,
+ struct page_counter **fail)
{
struct page_counter *c;
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@
if (new > c->watermark)
c->watermark = new;
}
- return 0;
+ return true;
failed:
for (c = counter; c != *fail; c = c->parent)
page_counter_cancel(c, nr_pages);
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return false;
}
/**