vma->vm_page_prot is read lockless from the rmap_walk, it may be updated concurrently. Using READ_ONCE to prevent the risk of reading intermediate values. Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index fd6da053a13e..83fb6c3442ff 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -3202,7 +3202,7 @@ void remove_migration_pmd(struct page_vma_mapped_walk *pvmw, struct page *new) entry = pmd_to_swp_entry(*pvmw->pmd); get_page(new); - pmde = pmd_mkold(mk_huge_pmd(new, vma->vm_page_prot)); + pmde = pmd_mkold(mk_huge_pmd(new, READ_ONCE(vma->vm_page_prot))); if (pmd_swp_soft_dirty(*pvmw->pmd)) pmde = pmd_mksoft_dirty(pmde); if (is_writable_migration_entry(entry)) -- 2.23.0