Re: [PATCH 0/6] mm: fix pfn walker races with memory offline
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Tue Oct 27 2026 - 04:58:09 EST
On 10/27/26 05:21, Gregory Price (Meta) wrote:
> Several pfn walkers check that a struct page is online, then use it
> after memory offline has poisoned it (CONFIG_DEBUG_VM) or removal has
> freed the vmemmap. Five of the races crash the kernel; the sixth leaves
> an offline spinning with the device hotplug lock held.
I have roughly the exact same list of AI garbage fixes here from a certain company.
And I consider this all extremely low priority.
So this is something to discuss throughout the next months and do it properly.
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Cheers,
David