preallocate_pmds will continue to preallocate pmds even if failure occurrence, and then free all the preallocate pmds if there is failure, this patch fix it by stop preallocate if failure occurrence and go to free path. Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c index dfa537a..ad3397a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c @@ -200,8 +200,10 @@ static int preallocate_pmds(pmd_t *pmds[]) for(i = 0; i < PREALLOCATED_PMDS; i++) { pmd_t *pmd = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP); - if (pmd == NULL) + if (pmd == NULL) { failed = true; + break; + } pmds[i] = pmd; } -- 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>