linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] hugetlb, HWPOISON: soft offlining for hugepage

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Date:	Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:28:44 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Jun'ichi Nomura <j-nomura@...jp.nec.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] hugetlb, HWPOISON: soft offlining for hugepage

> +void isolate_hwpoisoned_huge_page(struct page *hpage)
> +{
> +	lock_page(hpage);
> +	__isolate_hwpoisoned_huge_page(hpage);
> +	unlock_page(hpage);
> +}

This assumes all other users (even outside this file)
who lock always do so on the head page too.  Needs some double-checking?

>  	} else {
>  		pr_debug("soft offline: %#lx: isolation failed: %d, page count %d, type %lx\n",
>  				pfn, ret, page_count(page), page->flags);
> @@ -1351,8 +1380,8 @@ int soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags)
>  		return ret;
>  
>  done:
> -	atomic_long_add(1, &mce_bad_pages);
> -	SetPageHWPoison(page);
> +	atomic_long_add(1 << compound_order(hpage), &mce_bad_pages);

Probably should add a separate counter too?

-Andi
-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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