7a77e22fde
commit e37e7b0b3bd52ec4f8ab71b027bcec08f57f1b3b upstream.
When a memory error hits a tail page of a free hugepage,
__page_handle_poison() is expected to be called to isolate the error in
4kB unit, but it's not called due to the outdated if-condition in
memory_failure_hugetlb(). This loses the chance to isolate the error in
the finer unit, so it's not optimal. Drop the condition.
This "(p != head && TestSetPageHWPoison(head)" condition is based on the
old semantics of PageHWPoison on hugepage (where PG_hwpoison flag was
set on the subpage), so it's not necessray any more. By getting to set
PG_hwpoison on head page for hugepages, concurrent error events on
different subpages in a single hugepage can be prevented by
TestSetPageHWPoison(head) at the beginning of memory_failure_hugetlb().
So dropping the condition should not reopen the race window originally
mentioned in commit b985194c8c0a ("hwpoison, hugetlb:
lock_page/unlock_page does not match for handling a free hugepage")
[naoya.horiguchi@linux.dev: fix "HardwareCorrupted" counter]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211220084851.GA1460264@u2004
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20211210110208.879740-1-naoya.horiguchi@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@nec.com>
Reported-by: Fei Luo <luofei@unicloud.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> [5.14+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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