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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 6/25/25 09:25, Adrian Hunter wrote: >> IIUC, even if movdir64b stores contents on hwpoisoned pages, it's not >> going to cause any trouble. > No. PageHWPoison(page) means the page should not be touched. It must > be freed back to the allocator where it will never be allocated again. What's the end-user-visible effect if the page is touched in this specific function in this specific way (with movdir64b)? In other words, what does this patch do for end users?