From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> For architectures like ppc64 we look at deposited pgtable when calling pmdp_get_and_clear. So do the pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw after finishing pmdp related operations. Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 84f3180..21c5ebd 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1363,9 +1363,15 @@ int zap_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page; pgtable_t pgtable; pmd_t orig_pmd; - pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(tlb->mm, pmd); + /* + * For architectures like ppc64 we look at deposited pgtable + * when calling pmdp_get_and_clear. So do the + * pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw after finishing pmdp related + * operations. + */ orig_pmd = pmdp_get_and_clear(tlb->mm, addr, pmd); tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmd, addr); + pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(tlb->mm, pmd); if (is_huge_zero_pmd(orig_pmd)) { tlb->mm->nr_ptes--; spin_unlock(&tlb->mm->page_table_lock); -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>