Re: [PATCH] mm: gup: Re-define follow_page_mask output parameter page_mask usage

[Chen Gang]

On 7/12/16 05:17, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 01:17:05 +0800 chengang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> For a pure output parameter:
>>
>>  - When callee fails, the caller should not assume the output parameter
>>    is still valid.
>>
>>  - And callee should not assume the pure output parameter must be
>>    provided by caller -- caller has right to pass NULL when caller does
>>    not care about it.
> 
> Sorry, I don't think this one is worth merging really.
> 

OK, thanks, I can understand.

It will be better if provide more details: e.g.

 - This patch is incorrect, or the comments is not correct.

 - The patch is worthless, at present.

 - ...

By the way, this patch let the callee keep the output parameter no touch
if callee no additional outputs, callee assumes caller has initialized
the output parameter (for me, it is OK, there are many cases like this).

Thanks.
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