The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.15.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x e2c1ab070fdc81010ec44634838d24fce9ff9e53 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2023082631-preacher-spousal-e0e5@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.15.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: e2c1ab070fdc ("mm: memory-failure: fix unexpected return value in soft_offline_page()") 7adb45887c8a ("mm: memory-failure: kill soft_offline_free_page()") 2a57d83c78f8 ("mm/hwpoison: clear MF_COUNT_INCREASED before retrying get_any_page()") thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From e2c1ab070fdc81010ec44634838d24fce9ff9e53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 19:28:08 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] mm: memory-failure: fix unexpected return value in soft_offline_page() When page_handle_poison() fails to handle the hugepage or free page in retry path, soft_offline_page() will return 0 while -EBUSY is expected in this case. Consequently the user will think soft_offline_page succeeds while it in fact failed. So the user will not try again later in this case. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230627112808.1275241-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx Fixes: b94e02822deb ("mm,hwpoison: try to narrow window race for free pages") Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@xxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c index 139b31fdb678..fe121fdb05f7 100644 --- a/mm/memory-failure.c +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c @@ -2741,10 +2741,13 @@ int soft_offline_page(unsigned long pfn, int flags) if (ret > 0) { ret = soft_offline_in_use_page(page); } else if (ret == 0) { - if (!page_handle_poison(page, true, false) && try_again) { - try_again = false; - flags &= ~MF_COUNT_INCREASED; - goto retry; + if (!page_handle_poison(page, true, false)) { + if (try_again) { + try_again = false; + flags &= ~MF_COUNT_INCREASED; + goto retry; + } + ret = -EBUSY; } }