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SubjectRe: [RFC Patch 0/2] mm: Add parameters to make kernel behavior at memory error on dirty cache selectable
Hi Mitsuhiro,
On 04/11/2013 08:51 PM, Mitsuhiro Tanino wrote:
> (2013/04/11 12:53), Simon Jeons wrote:
>> One question against mce instead of the patchset. ;-)
>>
>> When check memory is bad? Before memory access? Is there a process scan it period?
> Hi Simon-san,
>
> Yes, there is a process to scan memory periodically.
>
> At Intel Nehalem-EX and CPUs after Nehalem-EX generation, MCA recovery
> is supported. MCA recovery provides error detection and isolation
> features to work together with OS.
> One of the MCA Recovery features is Memory Scrubbing. It periodically
> checks memory in the background of OS.

Memory Scrubbing is a kernel thread? Where is the codes of memory scrubbing?

>
> If Memory Scrubbing find an uncorrectable error on a memory before
> OS accesses the memory bit, MCA recovery notifies SRAO error into OS

It maybe can't find memory error timely since it is sleeping when memory
error occur, can this case happened?

> and OS handles the SRAO error using hwpoison function.
>
> Regards,
> Mitsuhiro Tanino
>
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