linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] mm/memory-failure: try to send SIGBUS even if unmap failed

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Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 15:01:22 +0800
From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>, <nao.horiguchi@...il.com>,
	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <osalvador@...e.de>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] mm/memory-failure: try to send SIGBUS even if
 unmap failed

On 2024/5/10 14:25, Jane Chu wrote:
> For years when it comes down to kill a process due to hwpoison,
> a SIGBUS is delivered only if unmap has been successful.
> Otherwise, a SIGKILL is delivered. And the reason for that is
> to prevent the involved process from accessing the hwpoisoned
> page again.
> 
> Since then a lot has changed, a hwpoisoned page is marked and
> upon being re-accessed, the memory-failure handler invokes
> kill_accessing_process() to kill the process immediately.
> So let's take out the '!unmap_success' factor and try to deliver
> SIGBUS if possible.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
> Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@...e.de>

LGTM. Thanks.
Acked-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Thanks.
.