linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Always call kill_me_maybe() to handle memory failure in user mode

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 10:47:25 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     luofei <luofei@...cloud.com>
Cc:     tony.luck@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
        linux-edac@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mce: Always call kill_me_maybe() to handle memory
 failure in user mode

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 03:15:01AM -0500, luofei wrote:
> Just killing the current process is not enough, it is necessory
> to offload the faulty page.
> 
> In the virtualization scenario, qemu does not set MCG_STATUS_RIPV by
> default.

Yes, we've had this before. Fix qemu.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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