Re: [RFC][PATCH v1 11/11] mm: hwpoison: introduce clear_hwpoison_free_buddy_page()

[Anshuman Khandual]

On 11/09/2018 12:17 PM, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> The new function is a reverse operation of set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page()
> to adjust unpoison_memory() to the new semantics.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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> +
> +/*
> + * Reverse operation of set_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(), which is expected
> + * to work only on error pages isolated from buddy allocator.
> + */
> +bool clear_hwpoison_free_buddy_page(struct page *page)
> +{
> +	struct zone *zone = page_zone(page);
> +	bool unpoisoned = false;
> +
> +	spin_lock(&zone->lock);
> +	if (TestClearPageHWPoison(page)) {
> +		unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
> +		int migratetype = get_pfnblock_migratetype(page, pfn);
> +
> +		__free_one_page(page, pfn, zone, 0, migratetype);
> +		unpoisoned = true;
> +	}
> +	spin_unlock(&zone->lock);
> +	return unpoisoned;
> +}
>  #endif
> 

Though there are multiple page state checks in unpoison_memory() leading
upto clearing HWPoison flag, the page must not be in buddy already if
__free_one_page() would be called on it.