vma_addjust_trans_huge() splits pmd if it's crossing VMA boundary. During split we munlock the huge page which requires rmap walk. rmap wants to take the lock on its own.
Let's move vma_adjust_trans_huge() outside i_mmap_rwsem to fix this. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shute...@linux.intel.com> --- mm/mmap.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index af6722385edf..2cb88eb252b8 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -677,6 +677,8 @@ again: remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end); } } + vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, start, end, adjust_next); + if (file) { mapping = file->f_mapping; root = &mapping->i_mmap; @@ -697,8 +699,6 @@ again: remove_next = 1 + (end > next->vm_end); } } - vma_adjust_trans_huge(vma, start, end, adjust_next); - anon_vma = vma->anon_vma; if (!anon_vma && adjust_next) anon_vma = next->anon_vma; -- 2.7.0