On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 01:23:54PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote: >On 18.11.19 09:20, Wei Yang wrote: >> PageHuge is handled by memory_failure_hugetlb(), so this case could be >> removed. >> >> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richardw.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> mm/memory-failure.c | 5 +---- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c >> index 3151c87dff73..392ac277b17d 100644 >> --- a/mm/memory-failure.c >> +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c >> @@ -1359,10 +1359,7 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int flags) >> * page_remove_rmap() in try_to_unmap_one(). So to determine page status >> * correctly, we save a copy of the page flags at this time. >> */ >> - if (PageHuge(p)) >> - page_flags = hpage->flags; >> - else >> - page_flags = p->flags; >> + page_flags = p->flags; >> /* >> * unpoison always clear PG_hwpoison inside page lock >> > >I somewhat miss a proper explanation why this is safe to do. We access page >flags here, so why is it safe to refer to the ones of the sub-page? > Hi, David I think your comment is on this line: page_flags = p->flags; Maybe we need to use this: page_flags = hpage->flags; And use hpage in the following or even the whole function? While one thing interesting is not all "compound page" is PageCompound. For some sub-page, we can't get the correct head. This means we may just check on the sub-page. >-- > >Thanks, > >David / dhildenb -- Wei Yang Help you, Help me
