Re: [PATCH mm-hotfixes 0/2] mm/huge_memory: fix huge_zero_pfn race

From: Andrew Morton

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 20:55:35 EST


On Wed, 29 Jul 2026 09:15:08 +0100 "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> (It'd be good to get some review on the actual changes also :)

Indeed it would.

I'll add these to mm-new as there's presumably no rush to fix a 2018
bug. And add my little "acks?" note to remind that review is pending.



To simplify the dependency things I added

Fixes: 3b77e8c8cde5 ("mm/thp: make is_huge_zero_pmd() safe and quicker")

to both, as Greg applauded yesterday.



Should I be worried about
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260728-fix-refcounted-huge-zero-v1-0-3f261f5447b4@xxxxxxxxxx
?