Duplicate memory errors can be reported by multiple sources. Passing an already poisoned page to action_result() causes issues: * The amount of hardware corrupted memory is incorrectly updated. * Per NUMA node MF stats are incorrectly updated. * Redundant "already poisoned" messages are printed. Avoid those issues by: * Skipping hardware corrupted memory updates for already poisoned pages. * Skipping per NUMA node MF stats updates for already poisoned pages. * Dropping redundant "already poisoned" messages. Make MF_MSG_ALREADY_POISONED consistent with other action_page_types and make calls to action_result() consistent for already poisoned normal pages and huge pages. Fixes: b8b9488d50b7 ("mm/memory-failure: improve memory failure action_result messages") Signed-off-by: Kyle Meyer --- v1 -> v2: * Continue passing poisoned pages to action_result() with MF_FAILED but don't update anything. * https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250821164445.14467-1-kyle.meyer@hpe.com --- mm/memory-failure.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c index fc30ca4804bf..10b3c281c2ae 100644 --- a/mm/memory-failure.c +++ b/mm/memory-failure.c @@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ static const char * const action_page_types[] = { [MF_MSG_BUDDY] = "free buddy page", [MF_MSG_DAX] = "dax page", [MF_MSG_UNSPLIT_THP] = "unsplit thp", - [MF_MSG_ALREADY_POISONED] = "already poisoned", + [MF_MSG_ALREADY_POISONED] = "already poisoned page", [MF_MSG_UNKNOWN] = "unknown page", }; @@ -1349,9 +1349,10 @@ static int action_result(unsigned long pfn, enum mf_action_page_type type, { trace_memory_failure_event(pfn, type, result); - num_poisoned_pages_inc(pfn); - - update_per_node_mf_stats(pfn, result); + if (type != MF_MSG_ALREADY_POISONED) { + num_poisoned_pages_inc(pfn); + update_per_node_mf_stats(pfn, result); + } pr_err("%#lx: recovery action for %s: %s\n", pfn, action_page_types[type], action_name[result]); @@ -2094,12 +2095,11 @@ static int try_memory_failure_hugetlb(unsigned long pfn, int flags, int *hugetlb *hugetlb = 0; return 0; } else if (res == -EHWPOISON) { - pr_err("%#lx: already hardware poisoned\n", pfn); if (flags & MF_ACTION_REQUIRED) { folio = page_folio(p); res = kill_accessing_process(current, folio_pfn(folio), flags); - action_result(pfn, MF_MSG_ALREADY_POISONED, MF_FAILED); } + action_result(pfn, MF_MSG_ALREADY_POISONED, MF_FAILED); return res; } else if (res == -EBUSY) { if (!(flags & MF_NO_RETRY)) { @@ -2285,7 +2285,6 @@ int memory_failure(unsigned long pfn, int flags) goto unlock_mutex; if (TestSetPageHWPoison(p)) { - pr_err("%#lx: already hardware poisoned\n", pfn); res = -EHWPOISON; if (flags & MF_ACTION_REQUIRED) res = kill_accessing_process(current, pfn, flags); -- 2.50.1