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

[Jane Chu]

On 4/6/2023 12:32 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> 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()?

I think it's related to the comment about the the corrupted range of
a hwpoison caused fault - something no need to worry about now.

I will move the change to vmf_error() in a respin.

Thanks!
-jane