From: Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: hugetlb: avoid bogus counter of surplus huge page
If we have to hand back the newly allocated huge page to page allocator,
for any reason, the changed counter should be recovered.
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx>
Cc: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c Tue Dec 20 21:26:30 2011
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c Fri Dec 23 21:18:06 2011
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ static struct page *alloc_buddy_huge_pag
if (page && arch_prepare_hugepage(page)) {
__free_pages(page, huge_page_order(h));
- return NULL;
+ page = NULL;
}
spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
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