linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: avoid gratuitous BUG_ON in hugetlb_fault() -> hugetlb

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Date:	Tue, 1 May 2012 14:47:42 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
To:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Cc:	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hugetlb: avoid gratuitous BUG_ON in hugetlb_fault() ->
 hugetlb_cow()

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 03:04:51PM -0400, Chris Metcalf wrote:
> Commit 66aebce747eaf added code to avoid a race condition by
> elevating the page refcount in hugetlb_fault() while calling
> hugetlb_cow().  However, one code path in hugetlb_cow() includes
> an assertion that the page count is 1, whereas it may now also
> have the value 2 in this path.  Consensus is that this BUG_ON
> has served its purpose, so rather than extending it to cover both
> cases, we just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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