From: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
To: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Naoya Horiguchi <nao.horiguchi@gmail.com>,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@meta.com,
Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Subject: [PATCH v7 4/6] mm/memory-failure: short-circuit PG_reserved before get_hwpoison_page()
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 08:39:35 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260513-ecc_panic-v7-4-be2e578e61da@debian.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260513-ecc_panic-v7-0-be2e578e61da@debian.org>
The previous patch already classifies PG_reserved pages as
MF_MSG_KERNEL through the long path: get_hwpoison_page() calls
__get_hwpoison_page() which fails HWPoisonHandlable(), get_any_page()
exhausts its shake_page() retry budget, and the resulting
-ENOTRECOVERABLE is mapped to MF_MSG_KERNEL by the switch. The
outcome is correct but the work in between is wasted: shake_page()
cannot turn a reserved page into a handlable one.
Detect PG_reserved up front in memory_failure() and report
MF_MSG_KERNEL directly. put_ref_page() releases the caller's
reference when MF_COUNT_INCREASED is set, which is important on the
MADV_HWPOISON path where get_user_pages_fast() holds a reference
across the call.
Suggested-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
mm/memory-failure.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 4b3a5d4190a07..8ba3df21d1270 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -2398,6 +2398,19 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int flags)
goto unlock_mutex;
}
+ /*
+ * PG_reserved pages are kernel-owned (memblock reservations,
+ * driver reservations, ...) and cannot be recovered. Skip the
+ * get_hwpoison_page() lifecycle dance and report MF_MSG_KERNEL
+ * straight away; HWPoisonHandlable() would just keep rejecting
+ * the page through the retry budget anyway.
+ */
+ if (PageReserved(p)) {
+ put_ref_page(pfn, flags);
+ res = action_result(pfn, MF_MSG_KERNEL, MF_IGNORED);
+ goto unlock_mutex;
+ }
+
/*
* We need/can do nothing about count=0 pages.
* 1) it's a free page, and therefore in safe hand:
--
2.53.0-Meta
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-13 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-13 15:39 [PATCH v7 0/6] mm/memory-failure: add panic option for unrecoverable pages Breno Leitao
2026-05-13 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] mm/memory-failure: drop dead error_states[] entry for reserved pages Breno Leitao
2026-05-13 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] mm/memory-failure: surface unhandlable kernel pages as -ENOTRECOVERABLE Breno Leitao
2026-05-13 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] mm/memory-failure: report MF_MSG_KERNEL for unrecoverable kernel pages Breno Leitao
2026-05-13 15:39 ` Breno Leitao [this message]
2026-05-13 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] mm/memory-failure: add panic option for unrecoverable pages Breno Leitao
2026-05-13 15:39 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] Documentation: document panic_on_unrecoverable_memory_failure sysctl Breno Leitao
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