Re: [PATCH v2] mm: hwpoison: disable memory error handling on 1GB hugepage

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Feb 08 2018 - 15:17:55 EST


On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 12:30:45 +0000 Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> >
> > So I don't think that the above test result means that errors are properly
> > handled, and the proposed patch should help for arm64.
>
> Although, the deviation of pud_huge() avoids a kernel crash the code
> would be easier to maintain and reason about if arm64 helpers are
> consistent with expectations by core code.
>
> I'll look to update the arm64 helpers once this patch gets merged. But
> it would be helpful if there was a clear expression of semantics for
> pud_huge() for various cases. Is there any version that can be used as
> reference?

Is that an ack or tested-by?

Mike keeps plaintively asking the powerpc developers to take a look,
but they remain steadfastly in hiding.

Folks, this patch fixes a BUG and is marked for -stable. Can we please
prioritize it?