Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:38:05 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH V2] MCE: fix an error of mce_bad_pages statistics |
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> It is another topic, I mean since the page is poisoned, so why not isolate it > from page buddy alocator in soft_offline_page() rather than in check_new_page(). > I find soft_offline_page() only migrate the page and mark HWPoison, the poisoned > page is still managed by page buddy alocator.
Doing it in check_new_page is the only way if the page is currently allocated by someone. Since that's not uncommon it's simplest to always do it this way.
-Andi
-- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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