With support for split pmd lock, we use pmd page pmd_huge_pte pointer to store the deposited page table. In those config when we move page tables we need to make sure we move the deposited page table to the correct pmd page. Otherwise this can result in crash when we withdraw of deposited page table because we can find the pmd_huge_pte NULL. eg: __split_huge_pmd+0x1070/0x1940 __split_huge_pmd+0xe34/0x1940 (unreliable) vma_adjust_trans_huge+0x110/0x1c0 __vma_adjust+0x2b4/0x9b0 __split_vma+0x1b8/0x280 __do_munmap+0x13c/0x550 sys_mremap+0x220/0x7e0 system_call+0x5c/0x70 Fixes: 675d995297d4 ("powerpc/book3s64: Enable split pmd ptlock.") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.18+ Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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