From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> We should not use set_pmd_at to update pmd_t with pgtable_t pointer. set_pmd_at is used to set pmd with huge pte entries and architectures like ppc64, clear few flags from the pte when saving a new entry. Without this change we observe bad pte errors like below on ppc64 with THP enabled. BUG: Bad page map in process ld mm=0xc000001ee39f4780 pte:7fc3f37848000001 pmd:c000001ec0000000 Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 03a89a2..362c329 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -2325,7 +2325,12 @@ static void collapse_huge_page(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_unmap(pte); spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); BUG_ON(!pmd_none(*pmd)); - set_pmd_at(mm, address, pmd, _pmd); + /* + * We can only use set_pmd_at when establishing + * hugepmds and never for establishing regular pmds that + * points to regular pagetables. Use pmd_populate for that + */ + pmd_populate(mm, pmd, pmd_pgtable(_pmd)); spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock); anon_vma_unlock_write(vma->anon_vma); goto out; -- 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>