From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
index 4b921af..3d36fd7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/gup.c
@@ -66,9 +66,20 @@ static int gup_pmd_range(pud_t pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
pmd_t pmd = *pmdp;
next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (pmd_none(pmd))
+ /*
+ * The pmd_trans_splitting() check below explains why
+ * pmdp_splitting_flush has to flush the tlb, to stop
+ * this gup-fast code from running while we set the
+ * splitting bit in the pmd. Returning zero will take
+ * the slow path that will call wait_split_huge_page()
+ * if the pmd is still in splitting state. gup-fast
+ * can't because it has irq disabled and
+ * wait_split_huge_page() would never return as the
+ * tlb flush IPI wouldn't run.
+ */
+ if (pmd_none(pmd) || pmd_trans_splitting(pmd))
return 0;
- if (pmd_huge(pmd)) {
+ if (pmd_huge(pmd) || pmd_large(pmd)) {
if (!gup_hugepte((pte_t *)pmdp, PMD_SIZE, addr, next,
write, pages, nr))
return 0;
--
1.8.1.2
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