[RFC PATCH 0/2] return value from shrinkers

[Oskar Andero <oskar.andero@sonymobile.com>]

Hi,

In a previous discussion on lkml it was noted that the shrinkers use the
magic value "-1" to signal that something went wrong.

This patch-set implements the suggestion of instead using errno.h values
to return something more meaningful.

The first patch simply changes the check from -1 to any negative value and
updates the comment accordingly.

The second patch updates the shrinkers to return an errno.h value instead
of -1. Since this one spans over many different areas I need input on what is
a meaningful return value. Right now I used -EBUSY on everything for consitency.

What do you say? Is this a good idea or does it make no sense at all?

Thanks!

-Oskar

Oskar Andero (2):
  mm: vmscan: let any negative return value from shrinker mean error
  Clean-up shrinker return values

 drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c     | 2 +-
 drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c | 2 +-
 fs/gfs2/glock.c                      | 2 +-
 fs/gfs2/quota.c                      | 2 +-
 fs/nfs/dir.c                         | 2 +-
 fs/ubifs/shrinker.c                  | 2 +-
 include/linux/shrinker.h             | 5 +++--
 mm/vmscan.c                          | 2 +-
 net/sunrpc/auth.c                    | 2 +-
 9 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

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1.8.1.5

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