linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 12/24] HWPOISON: make it possible to unpoison pages

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:15:30 +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 12/24] HWPOISON: make it possible to unpoison pages

> Note that it may leak pages silently - those who have been removed from
> LRU cache, but not isolated from page cache/swap cache at hwpoison time.

It would be better if we could detect that somehow and at least warn.

>  }
>  
> +static int hwpoison_forget(void *data, u64 val)
> +{
> +	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> +		return -EPERM;
> +
> +	return forget_memory_failure(val);
> +}
> +
>  DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(hwpoison_fops, NULL, hwpoison_inject, "%lli\n");
> +DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(unpoison_fops, NULL, hwpoison_forget, "%lli\n");

I'll rename it to unpoison, not forget. I think that's a more clear
name.

-Andi


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