mm/vmscan: fix error number for failed kthread
authorGavin Shan <shangw@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 8 Oct 2012 23:29:27 +0000 (16:29 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 9 Oct 2012 07:22:24 +0000 (16:22 +0900)
Fix the return value while failing to create the kswapd kernel thread.
Also, the error message is prioritized as KERN_ERR.

Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <shangw@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/vmscan.c

index f6fdae7..d16bf5a 100644 (file)
@@ -3126,9 +3126,9 @@ int kswapd_run(int nid)
        if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kswapd)) {
                /* failure at boot is fatal */
                BUG_ON(system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING);
-               printk("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n",nid);
                pgdat->kswapd = NULL;
-               ret = -1;
+               pr_err("Failed to start kswapd on node %d\n", nid);
+               ret = PTR_ERR(pgdat->kswapd);
        }
        return ret;
 }