linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [7/16] POISON: Add basic support for poisoned pages in fault handler

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 21:55:26 +0900
From:	Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org,
	Satoshi OSHIMA <satoshi.oshima.fk@...achi.com>,
	Taketoshi Sakuraba <taketoshi.sakuraba.hc@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [7/16] POISON: Add basic support for poisoned pages in
    fault handler

Andi Kleen wrote:

> - Add a new VM_FAULT_POISON error code to handle_mm_fault. Right now
> architectures have to explicitely enable poison page support, so
> this is forward compatible to all architectures. They only need
> to add it when they enable poison page support.
> - Add poison page handling in swap in fault code
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h |    3 ++-
>  mm/memory.c        |   17 ++++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Index: linux/mm/memory.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/mm/memory.c	2009-04-07 16:39:24.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux/mm/memory.c	2009-04-07 16:43:06.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1315,7 +1315,8 @@
>  				if (ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) {
>  					if (ret & VM_FAULT_OOM)
>  						return i ? i : -ENOMEM;
> -					else if (ret & VM_FAULT_SIGBUS)
> +					if (ret &
> +					    (VM_FAULT_POISON|VM_FAULT_SIGBUS))
>  						return i ? i : -EFAULT;
>  					BUG();
>  				}
> @@ -2426,8 +2427,15 @@
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	entry = pte_to_swp_entry(orig_pte);
> -	if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> -		migration_entry_wait(mm, pmd, address);
> +	if (unlikely(non_swap_entry(entry))) {
> +		if (is_migration_entry(entry)) {
> +			migration_entry_wait(mm, pmd, address);
> +		} else if (is_poison_entry(entry)) {
> +			ret = VM_FAULT_POISON;
> +		} else {
> +			print_bad_pte(vma, address, pte, NULL);
> +			ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
> +		}
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  	delayacct_set_flag(DELAYACCT_PF_SWAPIN);
> @@ -2451,6 +2459,9 @@
>  		/* Had to read the page from swap area: Major fault */
>  		ret = VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
>  		count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
> +	} else if (PagePoison(page)) {
> +		ret = VM_FAULT_POISON;

delayacct_clear_flag(DELAYACCT_PF_SWAPIN) would be needed here.

> +		goto out;
>  	}
>  
>  	lock_page(page);

Regards,
-- 
Hidehiro Kawai
Hitachi, Systems Development Laboratory
Linux Technology Center

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