On Thu, 2 Jun 2016, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 02, 2016 at 05:21:41PM +0200, Gerald Schaefer wrote:
> >
> > The following quick hack fixed the issue:
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/swap_state.c b/mm/swap_state.c
> > index 0d457e7..c99463a 100644
> > --- a/mm/swap_state.c
> > +++ b/mm/swap_state.c
> > @@ -252,7 +252,10 @@ static inline void free_swap_cache(struct page *page)
> > void free_page_and_swap_cache(struct page *page)
> > {
> > free_swap_cache(page);
> > - put_page(page);
> > + if (is_huge_zero_page(page))
> > + put_huge_zero_page();
> > + else
> > + put_page(page);
> > }
> >
> > /*
>
> The fix looks good to me.
Is there a good reason why the refcount of the huge_zero_page is
huge_zero_refcount, instead of the refcount of the huge_zero_page?
Wouldn't the latter avoid such is_huge_zero_page() special-casing?
Hugh
