2022-05-11 09:51:12

by zhenwei pi

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Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] mm/memory-failure.c: simplify num_poisoned_pages_inc/dec



On 5/11/22 16:20, HORIGUCHI NAOYA(堀口 直也) wrote:
> On Mon, May 09, 2022 at 06:56:41PM +0800, zhenwei pi wrote:
>> Originally, do num_poisoned_pages_inc() in memory failure routine,
>> use num_poisoned_pages_dec() to rollback the number if filtered/
>> cancelled.
>>
>> Suggested by Naoya, do num_poisoned_pages_inc() only in
>> action_result(), this make this clear and simple.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: zhenwei pi <[email protected]>
>
> I found that action_result(MF_MSG_UNKNOWN) in try_memory_failure_hugetlb()
> does not follow the rule, so that could break the counter.
> I don't think this is the issue in your patch, so I'm fine with this patch.
>
> I'll submit a fix later for this, which will add hugetlb_set_page_hwpoison()
> in the path. That will have a bit non-trivial change because we need do
> this in hugeltb_lock.
>
> Anyway, thank you for this work.
>
> Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <[email protected]>

A million thanks to you!

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zhenwei pi