As a debugging aid, huge_pmd_share should make sure i_mmap_rwsem is held if necessary. To clarify the 'if necessary', expand the comment block at the beginning of huge_pmd_share. No functional change. The added i_mmap_assert_locked() call is only enabled if CONFIG_LOCKDEP. Ideally, this should have been included with commit 34ae204f1851 ("hugetlbfs: remove call to huge_pte_alloc without i_mmap_rwsem"). Signed-off-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/hugetlb.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c index 81a41aa080a5..61469fd3ad92 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -5337,10 +5337,16 @@ void adjust_range_if_pmd_sharing_possible(struct vm_area_struct *vma, * !shared pmd case because we can allocate the pmd later as well, it makes the * code much cleaner. * - * This routine must be called with i_mmap_rwsem held in at least read mode. - * For hugetlbfs, this prevents removal of any page table entries associated - * with the address space. This is important as we are setting up sharing - * based on existing page table entries (mappings). + * This routine must be called with i_mmap_rwsem held in at least read mode if + * sharing is possible. For hugetlbfs, this prevents removal of any page + * table entries associated with the address space. This is important as we + * are setting up sharing based on existing page table entries (mappings). + * + * NOTE: This routine is only called from huge_pte_alloc. Some callers of + * huge_pte_alloc know that sharing is not possible and do not take + * i_mmap_rwsem as a performance optimization. This is handled by the + * if !vma_shareable check at the beginning of the routine. i_mmap_rwsem is + * only required for subsequent processing. */ pte_t *huge_pmd_share(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pud_t *pud) { @@ -5357,6 +5363,7 @@ pte_t *huge_pmd_share(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pud_t *pud) if (!vma_shareable(vma, addr)) return (pte_t *)pmd_alloc(mm, pud, addr); + i_mmap_assert_locked(mapping); vma_interval_tree_foreach(svma, &mapping->i_mmap, idx, idx) { if (svma == vma) continue; -- 2.25.4