Re: [PATCH V2] MCE: fix an error of mce_bad_pages statistics

[Andi Kleen]

> It is another topic, I mean since the page is poisoned, so why not isolate it
> from page buddy alocator in soft_offline_page() rather than in check_new_page().
> I find soft_offline_page() only migrate the page and mark HWPoison, the poisoned
> page is still managed by page buddy alocator.

Doing it in check_new_page is the only way if the page is currently
allocated by someone. Since that's not uncommon it's simplest to always
do it this way.

-Andi

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