[186/262] powerpc: gup_hugepte() avoid freeing the head page too many times

[Greg KH]

3.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit 8596468487e2062cae2aad56e973784e03959245 upstream.

We only taken "refs" pins on the head page not "*nr" pins.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <jweiner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>
Cc: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -428,10 +428,9 @@ static noinline int gup_hugepte(pte_t *p
 
 	if (unlikely(pte_val(pte) != pte_val(*ptep))) {
 		/* Could be optimized better */
-		while (*nr) {
+		*nr -= refs;
+		while (refs--)
 			put_page(head);
-			(*nr)--;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return 1;


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