When pmd is non-present, pmd_pfn returns an insane value. So we should check pmd_present first to avoid acquiring such insane value and also avoid touching possible cold huge_zero_pfn cache line when pmd isn't present. Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/huge_mm.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h index ae3d8e2fd9e2..12b297f9951d 100644 --- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h +++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static inline bool is_huge_zero_page(struct page *page) static inline bool is_huge_zero_pmd(pmd_t pmd) { - return READ_ONCE(huge_zero_pfn) == pmd_pfn(pmd) && pmd_present(pmd); + return pmd_present(pmd) && READ_ONCE(huge_zero_pfn) == pmd_pfn(pmd); } static inline bool is_huge_zero_pud(pud_t pud) -- 2.23.0