Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Would you be willing to try the patch below in your environment? > It addresses the stall I can create with a file that has a VERY large hole. > In addition, it passes libhugetlbfs tests and has run for a while in my > truncate/page fault race stress test. However, it is very early code. > It would be nice to see if it addresses the issue in your environment. Yes, that fixes the issue for me. I added some debugging yesterday evening after sending the initial report, and the end value in the loop was indeed quite large - i didn't record the exact number, but it was something like 0xffffffffff800001. Feel free to add my Tested-by. Thanks Sven