Hi Roberto. Identical patch has been floated earlier via : https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/CAMZfGtUp6dkT4OWzLhL8whqNnXAbfVw5c6AQogHzY3bbM_k2Qw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#m2189d135b9293de9b4a11362f0179c17b254d5ab Thanks and Regards, Ajay On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 6:15 PM Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Check the hwpoison page flag only if the page is valid in > shmem_read_mapping_page_gfp(). The PageHWPoison() macro tries to access > the page flags and cannot work on an error pointer. > > Signed-off-by: Roberto Sassu <roberto.sassu@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/shmem.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c > index 23c91a8beb78..427863cbf0dc 100644 > --- a/mm/shmem.c > +++ b/mm/shmem.c > @@ -4222,7 +4222,7 @@ struct page *shmem_read_mapping_page_gfp(struct address_space *mapping, > else > unlock_page(page); > > - if (PageHWPoison(page)) > + if (!IS_ERR(page) && PageHWPoison(page)) > page = ERR_PTR(-EIO); > > return page; > -- > 2.32.0 >