Zero pages can be used only in anonymous mappings, which never have writable vma->vm_page_prot: see protection_map in mm/mmap.c and __PX1X definitions. Let's drop redundant pmd_wrprotect() in set_huge_zero_page(). Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 74c78aa8bc2f..6939c9b4a1c7 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -784,7 +784,6 @@ static bool set_huge_zero_page(pgtable_t pgtable, struct mm_struct *mm, if (!pmd_none(*pmd)) return false; entry = mk_pmd(zero_page, vma->vm_page_prot); - entry = pmd_wrprotect(entry); entry = pmd_mkhuge(entry); pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, pmd, pgtable); set_pmd_at(mm, haddr, pmd, entry); -- 2.1.1 -- 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>