linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mm: Change ghes code to allow poison of non-struct pfn

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Date:   Sun, 3 Dec 2023 00:23:19 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mm: Change ghes code to allow poison of
 non-struct pfn

On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 06:05:11AM +0530, ankita@...dia.com wrote:
> -	pfn = PHYS_PFN(physical_addr);
> -	if (!pfn_valid(pfn) && !arch_is_platform_page(physical_addr)) {
> -		pr_warn_ratelimited(FW_WARN GHES_PFX
> -		"Invalid address in generic error data: %#llx\n",
> -		physical_addr);
> -		return false;
> -	}

You don't just remove a pfn valid test just because your weird device
can't stomach it - you extend it, like

  3ad6fd77a2d6 ("x86/sgx: Add check for SGX pages to ghes_do_memory_failure()")

did, for example.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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