linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next v2] mm: hwposion: support recovery from ksm_might_need_to

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Date:   Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:36:48 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
CC:     <tony.luck@...el.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        HORIGUCHI NAOYA <naoya.horiguchi@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next v2] mm: hwposion: support recovery from
 ksm_might_need_to_copy()

On 2022/12/9 15:28, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> When the kernel copy a page from ksm_might_need_to_copy(), but runs
> into an uncorrectable error, it will crash since poisoned page is
> consumed by kernel, this is similar to Copy-on-write poison recovery,
> When an error is detected during the page copy, return VM_FAULT_HWPOISON,
> which help us to avoid system crash. Note, memory failure on a KSM
> page will be skipped, but still call memory_failure_queue() to be
> consistent with general memory failure process.

Thanks for your patch.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@...wei.com>
> ---
> v2: fix type error
> 
>  mm/ksm.c      | 8 ++++++--
>  mm/memory.c   | 3 +++
>  mm/swapfile.c | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> index dd02780c387f..83e2f74ae7da 100644
> --- a/mm/ksm.c
> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> @@ -2629,8 +2629,12 @@ struct page *ksm_might_need_to_copy(struct page *page,
>  		new_page = NULL;
>  	}
>  	if (new_page) {
> -		copy_user_highpage(new_page, page, address, vma);
> -
> +		if (copy_mc_user_highpage(new_page, page, address, vma)) {
> +			put_page(new_page);
> +			new_page = ERR_PTR(-EHWPOISON);
> +			memory_failure_queue(page_to_pfn(page), 0);
> +			return new_page;
> +		}
>  		SetPageDirty(new_page);
>  		__SetPageUptodate(new_page);
>  		__SetPageLocked(new_page);
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index aad226daf41b..5b2c137dfb2a 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3840,6 +3840,9 @@ vm_fault_t do_swap_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  		if (unlikely(!page)) {
>  			ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
>  			goto out_page;
> +		} else if (unlikely(PTR_ERR(page) == -EHWPOISON)) {
> +			ret = VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
> +			goto out_page;
>  		}
>  		folio = page_folio(page);
>  
> diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
> index 908a529bca12..d479811bc311 100644
> --- a/mm/swapfile.c
> +++ b/mm/swapfile.c
> @@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ static int unuse_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
>  
>  	swapcache = page;
>  	page = ksm_might_need_to_copy(page, vma, addr);
> -	if (unlikely(!page))
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(page))

IMHO, it might be better to install a hwpoison entry here. Or later swapoff ops will trigger
the uncorrectable error again?

Thanks,
Miaohe Lin