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* [PATCH] unless signed chg cannot become less than 0
@ 2009-01-18 12:42 Roel Kluin
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From: Roel Kluin @ 2009-01-18 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: wli; +Cc: lkml

region_chg returns long, so let vma_needs_reservation() forward this to
alloc_huge_page(). and do not store it in an unsigned, since a negative
will go unnoticed. Store it as long as well. all callers treat it as
long anyway. 

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@gmail.com>
---
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 618e983..f0eec5e 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static void return_unused_surplus_pages(struct hstate *h,
  * an instantiated the change should be committed via vma_commit_reservation.
  * No action is required on failure.
  */
-static int vma_needs_reservation(struct hstate *h,
+static long vma_needs_reservation(struct hstate *h,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ static int vma_needs_reservation(struct hstate *h,
 		return 1;
 
 	} else  {
-		int err;
+		long err;
 		pgoff_t idx = vma_hugecache_offset(h, vma, addr);
 		struct resv_map *reservations = vma_resv_map(vma);
 
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_huge_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	struct page *page;
 	struct address_space *mapping = vma->vm_file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-	unsigned int chg;
+	long chg;
 
 	/*
 	 * Processes that did not create the mapping will have no reserves and


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