linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] mm/memory-failure: improve large block size folio handling.

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <74b5e3aa-114f-4b0b-85a1-81fc5432e4b3@lucifer.local>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 19:11:26 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>
Cc: linmiaohe@...wei.com, david@...hat.com, jane.chu@...cle.com,
        kernel@...kajraghav.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mcgrof@...nel.org,
        nao.horiguchi@...il.com, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
        Nico Pache <npache@...hat.com>, Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>,
        Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>, Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>,
        Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>,
        "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...il.com>, Yang Shi <shy828301@...il.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] mm/memory-failure: improve large block size folio
 handling.

On Tue, Oct 21, 2025 at 11:35:29PM -0400, Zi Yan wrote:
> Large block size (LBS) folios cannot be split to order-0 folios but
> min_order_for_folio(). Current split fails directly, but that is not
> optimal. Split the folio to min_order_for_folio(), so that, after split,
> only the folio containing the poisoned page becomes unusable instead.
>
> For soft offline, do not split the large folio if its min_order_for_folio()
> is not 0. Since the folio is still accessible from userspace and premature
> split might lead to potential performance loss.
>
> Suggested-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>

LGTM, with David's comments addressed, feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>

> Reviewed-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
> ---
>  mm/memory-failure.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index f698df156bf8..40687b7aa8be 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -1656,12 +1656,13 @@ static int identify_page_state(unsigned long pfn, struct page *p,
>   * there is still more to do, hence the page refcount we took earlier
>   * is still needed.
>   */
> -static int try_to_split_thp_page(struct page *page, bool release)
> +static int try_to_split_thp_page(struct page *page, unsigned int new_order,
> +		bool release)
>  {
>  	int ret;
>
>  	lock_page(page);
> -	ret = split_huge_page(page);
> +	ret = split_huge_page_to_order(page, new_order);
>  	unlock_page(page);
>
>  	if (ret && release)
> @@ -2280,6 +2281,9 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int flags)
>  	folio_unlock(folio);
>
>  	if (folio_test_large(folio)) {
> +		int new_order = min_order_for_split(folio);
> +		int err;
> +
>  		/*
>  		 * The flag must be set after the refcount is bumped
>  		 * otherwise it may race with THP split.
> @@ -2294,7 +2298,15 @@ 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, false) < 0) {
> +		err = try_to_split_thp_page(p, new_order, /* release= */ false);
> +		/*
> +		 * If the folio cannot be split to order-0, kill the process,
> +		 * but split the folio anyway to minimize the amount of unusable
> +		 * pages.
> +		 */
> +		if (err || new_order) {
> +			/* get folio again in case the original one is split */
> +			folio = page_folio(p);
>  			res = -EHWPOISON;
>  			kill_procs_now(p, pfn, flags, folio);
>  			put_page(p);
> @@ -2621,7 +2633,17 @@ static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page)
>  	};
>
>  	if (!huge && folio_test_large(folio)) {
> -		if (try_to_split_thp_page(page, true)) {
> +		int new_order = min_order_for_split(folio);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * If new_order (target split order) is not 0, do not split the
> +		 * folio at all to retain the still accessible large folio.
> +		 * NOTE: if minimizing the number of soft offline pages is
> +		 * preferred, split it to non-zero new_order like it is done in
> +		 * memory_failure().
> +		 */
> +		if (new_order || try_to_split_thp_page(page, /* new_order= */ 0,
> +						       /* release= */ true)) {
>  			pr_info("%#lx: thp split failed\n", pfn);
>  			return -EBUSY;
>  		}
> --
> 2.51.0
>