From: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> An infinite loop of PMD faults was observed when attempted to mlock() a private read-only PMD mmap'd range of a DAX file. __dax_pmd_fault() simply returns with VM_FAULT_FALLBACK when falling back to PTE on COW. However, __handle_mm_fault() returns without falling back to handle_pte_fault() because a PMD map is present in this case. Change __dax_pmd_fault() to split the PMD map, if present, before returning with VM_FAULT_FALLBACK. Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/dax.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c index 77fe5af896f3..fdd455030bf0 100644 --- a/fs/dax.c +++ b/fs/dax.c @@ -578,8 +578,10 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK; /* Fall back to PTEs if we're going to COW */ - if (write && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) + if (write && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) { + split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address); return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK; + } /* If the PMD would extend outside the VMA */ if (pmd_addr < vma->vm_start) return VM_FAULT_FALLBACK; -- 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>