linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Part2 RFC v2 10/37] x86/fault: Add support to handle the RMP fault for kernel address

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Date:   Mon, 3 May 2021 12:43:41 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...en8.de, jroedel@...e.de,
        Thomas.Lendacky@....com, pbonzini@...hat.com, mingo@...hat.com,
        rientjes@...gle.com, seanjc@...gle.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        hpa@...or.com, tony.luck@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH Part2 RFC v2 10/37] x86/fault: Add support to handle the
 RMP fault for kernel address

On 5/3/21 12:41 PM, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> Sure, I will look into all the drivers which do a walk plus kmap to make
> sure that they fail instead of going into the fault path. Should I drop
> this patch or keep it just in the case we miss something?

I think you should drop it, and just ensure that the existing page fault
oops code can produce a coherent, descriptive error message about what
went wrong.