The wrong value is being returned by change_huge_pmd since commit 10c1045f28e8 ("mm: numa: avoid unnecessary TLB flushes when setting NUMA hinting entries") which allows a fallthrough that tries to adjust non-existent PTEs. This patch corrects it. Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index fc00c8cb5a82..194c0f019774 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1482,6 +1482,7 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, if (__pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma, &ptl) == 1) { pmd_t entry; + ret = 1; /* * Avoid trapping faults against the zero page. The read-only @@ -1490,11 +1491,10 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, */ if (prot_numa && is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd)) { spin_unlock(ptl); - return 0; + return ret; } if (!prot_numa || !pmd_protnone(*pmd)) { - ret = 1; entry = pmdp_get_and_clear_notify(mm, addr, pmd); entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot); ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR; -- 2.1.2 -- 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>