Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/memory-failure: add panic_on_unrecoverable_memory_failure sysctl

[Miaohe Lin]

On 2026/3/31 19:00, Breno Leitao wrote:
> Add a sysctl that allows the system to panic when an unrecoverable
> memory failure is detected. This covers kernel pages, high-order
> kernel pages, and unknown page types that cannot be recovered.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memory-failure.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
> index 6ff80e01b91a..d0d911c54ff1 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
> @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ static int sysctl_memory_failure_recovery __read_mostly = 1;
>  
>  static int sysctl_enable_soft_offline __read_mostly = 1;
>  
> +static int sysctl_panic_on_unrecoverable_mf __read_mostly;
> +
>  atomic_long_t num_poisoned_pages __read_mostly = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0);
>  
>  static bool hw_memory_failure __read_mostly = false;
> @@ -155,6 +157,15 @@ static const struct ctl_table memory_failure_table[] = {
>  		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
>  		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
>  		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
> +	},
> +	{
> +		.procname	= "panic_on_unrecoverable_memory_failure",
> +		.data		= &sysctl_panic_on_unrecoverable_mf,
> +		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_panic_on_unrecoverable_mf),
> +		.mode		= 0644,
> +		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
> +		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
> +		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
>  	}
>  };
>  
> @@ -1298,6 +1309,11 @@ static int action_result(unsigned long pfn, enum mf_action_page_type type,
>  	pr_err("%#lx: recovery action for %s: %s\n",
>  		pfn, action_page_types[type], action_name[result]);
>  
> +	if (sysctl_panic_on_unrecoverable_mf && result == MF_IGNORED &&
> +	    (type == MF_MSG_KERNEL || type == MF_MSG_KERNEL_HIGH_ORDER ||
> +	     type == MF_MSG_UNKNOWN))
> +		panic("Memory failure: %#lx: unrecoverable page", pfn);

Will it be better to add a helper here?

Thanks.
.