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-rw-r--r--include/linux/huge_mm.h18
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm.h14
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 3935428c57cf..a291552ab767 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -156,23 +156,6 @@ static inline int hpage_nr_pages(struct page *page)
return HPAGE_PMD_NR;
return 1;
}
-static inline struct page *compound_trans_head(struct page *page)
-{
- if (PageTail(page)) {
- struct page *head;
- head = page->first_page;
- smp_rmb();
- /*
- * head may be a dangling pointer.
- * __split_huge_page_refcount clears PageTail before
- * overwriting first_page, so if PageTail is still
- * there it means the head pointer isn't dangling.
- */
- if (PageTail(page))
- return head;
- }
- return page;
-}
extern int do_huge_pmd_numa_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pmd_t pmd, pmd_t *pmdp);
@@ -202,7 +185,6 @@ static inline int split_huge_page(struct page *page)
do { } while (0)
#define split_huge_page_pmd_mm(__mm, __address, __pmd) \
do { } while (0)
-#define compound_trans_head(page) compound_head(page)
static inline int hugepage_madvise(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long *vm_flags, int advice)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 648bcb007eba..073734339583 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -371,8 +371,18 @@ static inline void compound_unlock_irqrestore(struct page *page,
static inline struct page *compound_head(struct page *page)
{
- if (unlikely(PageTail(page)))
- return page->first_page;
+ if (unlikely(PageTail(page))) {
+ struct page *head = page->first_page;
+
+ /*
+ * page->first_page may be a dangling pointer to an old
+ * compound page, so recheck that it is still a tail
+ * page before returning.
+ */
+ smp_rmb();
+ if (likely(PageTail(page)))
+ return head;
+ }
return page;
}