From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Locking head page means locking entire compound page. If we try to lock tail page, something went wrong. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/filemap.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c index 3a03426..9ea46a4 100644 --- a/mm/filemap.c +++ b/mm/filemap.c @@ -681,6 +681,7 @@ void __lock_page(struct page *page) { DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked); + VM_BUG_ON(PageTail(page)); __wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sleep_on_page, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); } @@ -690,6 +691,7 @@ int __lock_page_killable(struct page *page) { DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked); + VM_BUG_ON(PageTail(page)); return __wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, sleep_on_page_killable, TASK_KILLABLE); } -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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>