Re: [PATCH] dax: enable dax fault handler to report VM_FAULT_HWPOISON

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Apr 06 2023 - 15:33:09 EST


On Thu, Apr 06, 2023 at 11:55:56AM -0600, Jane Chu wrote:
> static vm_fault_t dax_fault_return(int error)
> {
> if (error == 0)
> return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
> - return vmf_error(error);
> + else if (error == -ENOMEM)
> + return VM_FAULT_OOM;
> + else if (error == -EHWPOISON)
> + return VM_FAULT_HWPOISON;
> + return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
> }

Why would we want to handle it here instead of changing vmf_error()?