tree 8a8617590f6bc9842c28a0fc4e5e5fbc93e95780
parent 79f4b7bf393e67bbffec807cc68caaefc72b82ee
author Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> 1231281606 -0800
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1231286347 -0800

badpage: keep any bad page out of circulation

Until now the bad_page() checkers have special-cased PageReserved, keeping
those pages out of circulation thereafter.  Now extend the special case to
all: we want to keep ANY page with bad state out of circulation - the
"free" page may well be in use by something.

Leave the bad state of those pages untouched, for examination by
debuggers; except for PageBuddy - leaving that set would risk bringing the
page back.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>