Some user who install SIGBUS handler that does longjmp out
therefore keeping the process alive is confused by the error
message
  "[188988.765862] Memory failure: 0x1840200: Killing
   cellsrv:33395 due to hardware memory corruption"
Slightly modify the error message to improve clarity.

Signed-off-by: Jane Chu <jane....@oracle.com>
---
 mm/memory-failure.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index fc8b517..14de5e2 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -216,10 +216,9 @@ static int kill_proc(struct to_kill *tk, unsigned long 
pfn, int flags)
        short addr_lsb = tk->size_shift;
        int ret;
 
-       pr_err("Memory failure: %#lx: Killing %s:%d due to hardware memory 
corruption\n",
-               pfn, t->comm, t->pid);
-
        if ((flags & MF_ACTION_REQUIRED) && t->mm == current->mm) {
+               pr_err("Memory failure: %#lx: Killing %s:%d due to hardware 
memory "
+                       "corruption\n", pfn, t->comm, t->pid);
                ret = force_sig_mceerr(BUS_MCEERR_AR, (void __user *)tk->addr,
                                       addr_lsb, current);
        } else {
@@ -229,6 +228,8 @@ static int kill_proc(struct to_kill *tk, unsigned long pfn, 
int flags)
                 * This could cause a loop when the user sets SIGBUS
                 * to SIG_IGN, but hopefully no one will do that?
                 */
+               pr_err("Memory failure: %#lx: Sending SIGBUS to %s:%d due to 
hardware "
+                       "memory corruption\n", pfn, t->comm, t->pid);
                ret = send_sig_mceerr(BUS_MCEERR_AO, (void __user *)tk->addr,
                                      addr_lsb, t);  /* synchronous? */
        }
-- 
1.8.3.1

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