FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: memory-failure: fix unexpected return value in" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] mm: memory-failure: fix unexpected return value in" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x e2c1ab070fdc81010ec44634838d24fce9ff9e53
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2023082619-rocky-strobe-5ad9@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

e2c1ab070fdc ("mm: memory-failure: fix unexpected return value in soft_offline_page()")
7adb45887c8a ("mm: memory-failure: kill soft_offline_free_page()")
2a57d83c78f8 ("mm/hwpoison: clear MF_COUNT_INCREASED before retrying get_any_page()")
dad4e5b39086 ("mm: fix page reference leak in soft_offline_page()")
8295d535e2aa ("mm,hwpoison: refactor get_any_page")

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From e2c1ab070fdc81010ec44634838d24fce9ff9e53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:28:08 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] mm: memory-failure: fix unexpected return value in
 soft_offline_page()

When page_handle_poison() fails to handle the hugepage or free page in
retry path, soft_offline_page() will return 0 while -EBUSY is expected in
this case.

Consequently the user will think soft_offline_page succeeds while it in
fact failed.  So the user will not try again later in this case.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230627112808.1275241-1-linmiaohe@huawei.com
Fixes: b94e02822deb ("mm,hwpoison: try to narrow window race for free pages")
Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@nec.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 139b31fdb678..fe121fdb05f7 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -2741,10 +2741,13 @@ int soft_offline_page(unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		ret = soft_offline_in_use_page(page);
 	} else if (ret == 0) {
-		if (!page_handle_poison(page, true, false) && try_again) {
-			try_again = false;
-			flags &= ~MF_COUNT_INCREASED;
-			goto retry;
+		if (!page_handle_poison(page, true, false)) {
+			if (try_again) {
+				try_again = false;
+				flags &= ~MF_COUNT_INCREASED;
+				goto retry;
+			}
+			ret = -EBUSY;
 		}
 	}