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-rw-r--r--mm/hugetlb.c13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 82efecbab96f..ae2959bb59cb 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -302,8 +302,17 @@ free:
list_del(&page->lru);
if ((--needed) >= 0)
enqueue_huge_page(page);
- else
- update_and_free_page(page);
+ else {
+ /*
+ * Decrement the refcount and free the page using its
+ * destructor. This must be done with hugetlb_lock
+ * unlocked which is safe because free_huge_page takes
+ * hugetlb_lock before deciding how to free the page.
+ */
+ spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+ put_page(page);
+ spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
+ }
}
return ret;