We don't need to grab a page_table_lock when we try to release a page. So, defer to grab a page_table_lock. Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@xxxxxxx> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c index 35ccdad..255bd9e 100644 --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -2630,10 +2630,11 @@ retry_avoidcopy: } spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock); mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, mmun_start, mmun_end); - /* Caller expects lock to be held */ - spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); page_cache_release(new_page); page_cache_release(old_page); + + /* Caller expects lock to be held */ + spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock); return 0; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- 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>