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

[Xishi Qiu]

On 2012/12/10 23:38, Andi Kleen wrote:

>> 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
> 

Hi Andi,

The poisoned page is isolated in check_new_page, however the whole buddy block will
be dropped, it seems to be a waste of memory.

Can we separate the poisoned page from the buddy block, then *only* drop the poisoned
page?

Thanks
Xishi Qiu


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