From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> If the filesystem supports THPs, then do not split them before removing them from the page cache; remove them as a unit. --- mm/vmscan.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 17934e03b3aa..0db62c1001f7 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1277,9 +1277,9 @@ static unsigned int shrink_page_list(struct list_head *page_list, /* Adding to swap updated mapping */ mapping = page_mapping(page); } - } else if (unlikely(PageTransHuge(page))) { - /* Split file THP */ - if (split_huge_page_to_list(page, page_list)) + } else if (PageTransHuge(page)) { + if ((!mapping || !mapping_thp_support(mapping)) && + split_huge_page_to_list(page, page_list)) goto keep_locked; } -- 2.26.2