On 08/07, Song Liu wrote: > > @@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ static struct page *follow_pmd_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > spin_unlock(ptl); > return follow_page_pte(vma, address, pmd, flags, &ctx->pgmap); > } > - if (flags & FOLL_SPLIT) { > + if (flags & (FOLL_SPLIT | FOLL_SPLIT_PMD)) { > int ret; > page = pmd_page(*pmd); > if (is_huge_zero_page(page)) { > @@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ static struct page *follow_pmd_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address); > if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd)) > ret = -EBUSY; > - } else { > + } else if (flags & FOLL_SPLIT) { > if (unlikely(!try_get_page(page))) { > spin_unlock(ptl); > return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > @@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ static struct page *follow_pmd_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > put_page(page); > if (pmd_none(*pmd)) > return no_page_table(vma, flags); > + } else { /* flags & FOLL_SPLIT_PMD */ > + spin_unlock(ptl); > + split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address); > + ret = pte_alloc(mm, pmd) ? -ENOMEM : 0; > } Can't resist, let me repeat that I do not like this patch because imo it complicates this code for no reason. But I can't insist and of course I could miss something. Oleg.