Re: [PATCH -v2 1/3] Fix splitting poisoned THP.
From: Andrea Arcangeli
Date: Fri Jan 28 2011 - 11:17:18 EST
Hello Jin,
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 02:52:48PM +0900, Jin Dongming wrote:
> + /*
> + * FIXME: if splitting THP is failed, it is better
> + * to stop the following operation rather than
> + * causing panic by unmapping. System might survive
> + * if the page is freed later.
> + */
I don't think there would be panic by unmapping. But the page has
already been freed so there's no need to kill anything.
A part from this comment which I'm uncertain about the panic, this new
series looks good to me!
Thanks,
Andrea
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