Re: [PATCH RFC v2 0/7] mm: Fix MF_DELAYED handling on memory failure

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 3/20/26 00:30, Lisa Wang wrote:
> Here's a second revision to fix MF_DELAYED handling on memory failure.
> 
> This patch series addresses an issue in the memory failure handling path
> where MF_DELAYED is incorrectly treated as an error. This issue was
> discovered while testing memory failure handling for guest_memfd.
> 
> The proposed solution involves -
> 1. Clarifying the definition of MF_DELAYED to mean that memory failure
>    handling is only partially completed, and that the metadata for the
>    memory that failed (as in struct page/folio) is still referenced.
> 2. Updating shmem’s handling to align with the clarified definition.
> 3. Updating how the result of .error_remove_folio() is interpreted.
> 
> RFC v2 is a more complete solution that includes parts 1 and 2 above to
> address David’s comment [1]. Selftests are included for all the above.

Skimmed over 2 -> 4 and they LGTM.

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Cheers,

David