Re: [PATCH 09/22] HWPOISON: Handle hardware poisoned pages intry_to_unmap

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Tue Jun 16 2009 - 20:28:55 EST


On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:49:44 +0800
Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 08:03:08AM +0800, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:26:12 +0800
> > Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 09:09:03PM +0800, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Wu Fengguang<fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > When a page has the poison bit set replace the PTE with a poison entry.
> > > > > This causes the right error handling to be done later when a process runs
> > > > > into it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Also add a new flag to not do that (needed for the memory-failure handler
> > > > > later)
> > > > >
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Âinclude/linux/rmap.h | Â Â1 +
> > > > > Âmm/rmap.c      Â|  Â9 ++++++++-
> > > > > Â2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > --- sound-2.6.orig/mm/rmap.c
> > > > > +++ sound-2.6/mm/rmap.c
> > > > > @@ -958,7 +958,14 @@ static int try_to_unmap_one(struct page
> > > > > Â Â Â Â/* Update high watermark before we lower rss */
> > > > > Â Â Â Âupdate_hiwater_rss(mm);
> > > > >
> > > > > - Â Â Â if (PageAnon(page)) {
> > > > > + Â Â Â if (PageHWPoison(page) && !(flags & TTU_IGNORE_HWPOISON)) {
> > > > > + Â Â Â Â Â Â Â if (PageAnon(page))
> > > > > + Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â dec_mm_counter(mm, anon_rss);
> > > > > + Â Â Â Â Â Â Â else if (!is_migration_entry(pte_to_swp_entry(*pte)))
> > > >
> > > > Isn't it straightforward to use !is_hwpoison_entry ?
> > >
> > > Good catch! It looks like a redundant check: the
> > > page_check_address() at the beginning of the function guarantees that
> > > !is_migration_entry() or !is_migration_entry() tests will all be TRUE.
> > > So let's do this?
> > It seems you expand my sight :)
> >
> > I don't know migration well.
> > How page_check_address guarantee it's not migration entry ?
>
> page_check_address() calls pte_present() which returns the
> (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE) bits. While x86-64 defines
>
> #define __swp_entry(type, offset) ((swp_entry_t) { \
> ((type) << (_PAGE_BIT_PRESENT + 1)) \
> | ((offset) << SWP_OFFSET_SHIFT) })
>
> where SWP_OFFSET_SHIFT is defined to the bigger one of
> max(_PAGE_BIT_PROTNONE + 1, _PAGE_BIT_FILE + 1) = max(8+1, 6+1) = 9.
>
> So __swp_entry(type, offset) := (type << 1) | (offset << 9)
>
> We know that the swap type is 5 bits. So the bit 0 _PAGE_PRESENT and bit 8
> _PAGE_PROTNONE will all be zero for swap entries.
>

Thanks for kind explanation :)

>
> > In addtion, If the page is poison while we are going to
> > migration((PAGE_MIGRATION && migration) == TRUE), we should decrease
> > file_rss ?
>
> It will die on trying to migrate the poisoned page so we don't care
> the accounting. But normally the poisoned page shall already be


Okay. then, how about this ?
We should not increase file_rss on trying to migrate the poisoned page

- Â Â Â Â Â Â Â else if (!is_migration_entry(pte_to_swp_entry(*pte)))
+ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â else if (!(PAGE_MIGRATION && migration))

> isolated so we don't care that die either.
> Thanks,
> Fengguang
>
> > >
> > > - Â Â Â Â Â Â Â else if (!is_migration_entry(pte_to_swp_entry(*pte)))
> > > + Â Â Â Â Â Â Â else
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Fengguang
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kinds Regards
> > Minchan Kim


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Kinds Regards
Minchan Kim
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