linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 5/5] mm/memory-failure: send SIGBUS in the event of thp split fail

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Message-Id: <20240510062602.901510-6-jane.chu@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 00:26:02 -0600
From: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
To: linmiaohe@...wei.com, nao.horiguchi@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        osalvador@...e.de, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/5] mm/memory-failure: send SIGBUS in the event of thp split fail

When handle hwpoison in a RDMA longterm pinned thp page,
try_to_split_thp_page() will fail. And at this point, there is
little else the kernel could do except sending a SIGBUS to
the user process, thus give it a chance to recover.

Signed-off-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
---
 mm/memory-failure.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 2fa884d8b5a3..15bb1c0c42e8 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ static int identify_page_state(unsigned long pfn, struct page *p,
 	return page_action(ps, p, pfn);
 }
 
-static int try_to_split_thp_page(struct page *page)
+static int try_to_split_thp_page(struct page *page, bool release)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ static int try_to_split_thp_page(struct page *page)
 	ret = split_huge_page(page);
 	unlock_page(page);
 
-	if (unlikely(ret))
+	if (ret && release)
 		put_page(page);
 
 	return ret;
@@ -2177,6 +2177,24 @@ static int memory_failure_dev_pagemap(unsigned long pfn, int flags,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+/*
+ * The calling condition is as such: thp split failed, page might have
+ * been RDMA pinned, not much can be done for recovery.
+ * But a SIGBUS should be delivered with vaddr provided so that the user
+ * application has a chance to recover. Also, application processes'
+ * election for MCE early killed will be honored.
+ */
+static int kill_procs_now(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn, int flags,
+				struct folio *folio)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(tokill);
+
+	collect_procs(folio, p, &tokill, flags & MF_ACTION_REQUIRED);
+	kill_procs(&tokill, true, pfn, flags);
+
+	return -EHWPOISON;
+}
+
 /**
  * memory_failure - Handle memory failure of a page.
  * @pfn: Page Number of the corrupted page
@@ -2313,8 +2331,11 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 		 * page is a valid handlable page.
 		 */
 		folio_set_has_hwpoisoned(folio);
-		if (try_to_split_thp_page(p) < 0) {
-			res = action_result(pfn, MF_MSG_UNSPLIT_THP, MF_IGNORED);
+		if (try_to_split_thp_page(p, false) < 0) {
+			pr_err("%#lx: thp split failed\n", pfn);
+			res = kill_procs_now(p, pfn, flags, folio);
+			put_page(p);
+			res = action_result(pfn, MF_MSG_UNSPLIT_THP, MF_FAILED);
 			goto unlock_mutex;
 		}
 		VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!page_count(p), p);
@@ -2688,7 +2709,7 @@ static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page)
 	};
 
 	if (!huge && folio_test_large(folio)) {
-		if (try_to_split_thp_page(page)) {
+		if (try_to_split_thp_page(page, true)) {
 			pr_info("soft offline: %#lx: thp split failed\n", pfn);
 			return -EBUSY;
 		}
-- 
2.39.3