change_huge_pmd() has assert which is not relvant for file page. For shared mapping it's perfectly fine to have page table entry writable, without explicit mkwrite. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 8866f87bd011..0bc92cb18f0e 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1792,7 +1792,8 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, entry = pmd_mkwrite(entry); ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR; set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, entry); - BUG_ON(!preserve_write && pmd_write(entry)); + BUG_ON(vma_is_anonymous(vma) && !preserve_write && + pmd_write(entry)); } spin_unlock(ptl); } -- 2.8.1 -- 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>