The patch titled Subject: mm: thp: check pmd_trans_unstable() after split_huge_pmd() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: thp: check pmd_trans_unstable() after split_huge_pmd() split_huge_pmd() doesn't guarantee that the pmd is normal pmd pointing to pte entries, which can be checked with pmd_trans_unstable(). Some callers make this assertion and some do it differently and some not, so let's do it in a unified manner. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1464741400-12143-1-git-send-email-n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/gup.c | 2 ++ mm/mempolicy.c | 2 ++ mm/mprotect.c | 2 +- mm/mremap.c | 3 +-- 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/gup.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd mm/gup.c --- a/mm/gup.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd +++ a/mm/gup.c @@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_ spin_unlock(ptl); ret = 0; split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address); + if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd)) + ret = -EBUSY; } else { get_page(page); spin_unlock(ptl); diff -puN mm/mempolicy.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd mm/mempolicy.c --- a/mm/mempolicy.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd +++ a/mm/mempolicy.c @@ -512,6 +512,8 @@ static int queue_pages_pte_range(pmd_t * } } + if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd)) + return 0; retry: pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl); for (; addr != end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) { diff -puN mm/mprotect.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd mm/mprotect.c --- a/mm/mprotect.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd +++ a/mm/mprotect.c @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_r if (pmd_trans_huge(*pmd) || pmd_devmap(*pmd)) { if (next - addr != HPAGE_PMD_SIZE) { split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr); - if (pmd_none(*pmd)) + if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd)) continue; } else { int nr_ptes = change_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr, diff -puN mm/mremap.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd mm/mremap.c --- a/mm/mremap.c~mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd +++ a/mm/mremap.c @@ -210,9 +210,8 @@ unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm } } split_huge_pmd(vma, old_pmd, old_addr); - if (pmd_none(*old_pmd)) + if (pmd_trans_unstable(old_pmd)) continue; - VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*old_pmd)); } if (pte_alloc(new_vma->vm_mm, new_pmd, new_addr)) break; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-thp-check-pmd_trans_unstable-after-split_huge_pmd.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html