Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] mm/huge_memory: Prevent huge zeropage refcount corruption in PMD move
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Mon Mar 02 2026 - 14:08:28 EST
On 3/2/26 18:42, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 04:17:31PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>> It doesn't make sense to leave something partially fixed in #1. It's
>> been completely broken from the start. folio_mk_pmd() should never have
>> been used.
>
> ... mk_huge_pmd() should never have been used ;-)
Heh, yes!
You made me grep for it and find some leftovers:
arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/pgtable.c: * pmd_mkhuge() and mk_huge_pmd()
when we update all the
Anybody fancy sending a cleanup? :)
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Cheers,
David