linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rmap: Fix compound check logic in page_remove_file

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Date:	Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:14:19 +0300
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	shijie.huang@....com, will.deacon@....com, catalin.marinas@....com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rmap: Fix compound check logic in
 page_remove_file_rmap

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 03:10:17PM +0100, Steve Capper wrote:
> In page_remove_file_rmap(.) we have the following check:
>   VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound && !PageTransHuge(page), page);
> 
> This is meant to check for either HugeTLB pages or THP when a compound
> page is passed in.
> 
> Unfortunately, if one disables CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE, then
> PageTransHuge(.) will always return false, provoking BUGs when one runs
> the libhugetlbfs test suite.
> 
> This patch replaces PageTransHuge(), with PageHead() which will work for
> both HugeTLB and THP.
> 
> Fixes: dd78fedde4b9 ("rmap: support file thp")
> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper@....com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov