Re: [PATCH] mm: mmap: Check all failures before set values

[Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>]

On Mon 24-08-15 21:34:25, Chen Gang wrote:
> On 8/24/15 19:32, Michal Hocko wrote:
> > On Mon 24-08-15 00:59:39, gang.chen.5i5j@qq.com wrote:
> >>> From: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>> When failure occurs and return, vma->vm_pgoff is already set, which is
> >>> not a good idea.
> > Why? The vma is not inserted anywhere and the failure path is supposed
> > to simply free the vma.
> >
> 
> It can save several insns when failure occurs.

The failure is quite unlikely, though.

> It is always a little better to let the external function suppose fewer
> callers' behalf.

I am sorry but I do not understand what you are saying here.

> It can save the code readers' (especially new readers') time resource
> to avoid to analyze why set 'vma->vm_pgoff' before checking '-ENOMEM'
> (may it cause issue? or is 'vm_pgoff' related with the next checking?).

Then your changelog should be specific about these reasons. "not a good
idea" is definitely not a good justification for a patch. I am not
saying the patch is incorrect I just do not sure it is worth it. The
code is marginally better. But others might think otherwise. The
changelog needs some more work for sure.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs