linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 06/24] HWPOISON: abort on failed unmap

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:11:50 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/24] HWPOISON: abort on failed unmap

>  	 * Now take care of user space mappings.
> +	 * Abort on fail: __remove_from_page_cache() assumes unmapped page.
>  	 */
> -	hwpoison_user_mappings(p, pfn, trapno);
> +	if (hwpoison_user_mappings(p, pfn, trapno) != SWAP_SUCCESS) {
> +		res = -EBUSY;
> +		goto out;

It would be good to print something in this case.

Did you actually see it during testing?

Or maybe loop forever in the unmapper.

-Andi
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