In __collapse_huge_page_swapin(), we just use the ptl for pte_same() check in do_swap_page(). In other places, we directly use pte_offset_map_lock(), so convert it to using pte_offset_map_ro_nolock(). Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/khugepaged.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c index f9c39898eaff6..6498721d4783a 100644 --- a/mm/khugepaged.c +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c @@ -1011,7 +1011,11 @@ static int __collapse_huge_page_swapin(struct mm_struct *mm, }; if (!pte++) { - pte = pte_offset_map_nolock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl); + /* + * Here the ptl is only used to check pte_same() in + * do_swap_page(), so readonly version is enough. + */ + pte = pte_offset_map_ro_nolock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl); if (!pte) { mmap_read_unlock(mm); result = SCAN_PMD_NULL; -- 2.20.1