Splitting THP PMD is simple: just unmap it as in DAX case. Unlike DAX, we also remove the page from rmap and drop reference. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 5975c14d66ab..729e73356b97 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -2943,10 +2943,16 @@ static void __split_huge_pmd_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, count_vm_event(THP_SPLIT_PMD); - if (vma_is_dax(vma)) { - pmd_t _pmd = pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd); + if (!vma_is_anonymous(vma)) { + _pmd = pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd); if (is_huge_zero_pmd(_pmd)) put_huge_zero_page(); + if (vma_is_dax(vma)) + return; + page = pmd_page(_pmd); + page_remove_rmap(page, true); + put_page(page); + add_mm_counter(mm, MM_FILEPAGES, -HPAGE_PMD_NR); return; } else if (is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd)) { return __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(vma, haddr, pmd); -- 2.8.0.rc3 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>