linux-kernel - [RFC][PATCH v1 05/11] mm: hwpoison-inject: don't pin for hwpoison

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Date:   Fri,  9 Nov 2018 15:47:09 +0900
From:   Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        xishi.qiuxishi@...baba-inc.com,
        Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [RFC][PATCH v1 05/11] mm: hwpoison-inject: don't pin for hwpoison_filter()

Another memory error injection interface debugfs:hwpoison/corrupt-pfn
also takes bogus refcount for hwpoison_filter(). It's justified
because this does a coarse filter, expecting that memory_failure()
redoes the check for sure.

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
---
 mm/hwpoison-inject.c | 18 +++++-------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git v4.19-mmotm-2018-10-30-16-08/mm/hwpoison-inject.c v4.19-mmotm-2018-10-30-16-08_patched/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
index b6ac706..766062c 100644
--- v4.19-mmotm-2018-10-30-16-08/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
+++ v4.19-mmotm-2018-10-30-16-08_patched/mm/hwpoison-inject.c
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@ static int hwpoison_inject(void *data, u64 val)
 
 	p = pfn_to_page(pfn);
 	hpage = compound_head(p);
-	/*
-	 * This implies unable to support free buddy pages.
-	 */
-	if (!get_hwpoison_page(p))
-		return 0;
 
 	if (!hwpoison_filter_enable)
 		goto inject;
@@ -39,23 +34,20 @@ static int hwpoison_inject(void *data, u64 val)
 	 * This implies unable to support non-LRU pages.
 	 */
 	if (!PageLRU(hpage) && !PageHuge(p))
-		goto put_out;
+		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * do a racy check with elevated page count, to make sure PG_hwpoison
-	 * will only be set for the targeted owner (or on a free page).
+	 * do a racy check to make sure PG_hwpoison will only be set for
+	 * the targeted owner (or on a free page).
 	 * memory_failure() will redo the check reliably inside page lock.
 	 */
 	err = hwpoison_filter(hpage);
 	if (err)
-		goto put_out;
+		return 0;
 
 inject:
 	pr_info("Injecting memory failure at pfn %#lx\n", pfn);
-	return memory_failure(pfn, MF_COUNT_INCREASED);
-put_out:
-	put_hwpoison_page(p);
-	return 0;
+	return memory_failure(pfn, 0);
 }
 
 static int hwpoison_unpoison(void *data, u64 val)
-- 
2.7.0