[dm-devel] [PATCH RESEND v6 3/9] mm: factor helpers for memory_failure_dev_pagemap

[Jane Chu]

On 7/30/2021 3:01 AM, Shiyang Ruan wrote:
> -	/*
> -	 * Prevent the inode from being freed while we are interrogating
> -	 * the address_space, typically this would be handled by
> -	 * lock_page(), but dax pages do not use the page lock. This
> -	 * also prevents changes to the mapping of this pfn until
> -	 * poison signaling is complete.
> -	 */
> -	cookie = dax_lock_page(page);
> -	if (!cookie)
> -		goto out;
> -
>   	if (hwpoison_filter(page)) {
>   		rc = 0;
> -		goto unlock;
> +		goto out;
>   	}

why isn't dax_lock_page() needed for hwpoison_filter() check?

thanks,
-jane