Subject: put_page: recheck PageHead after releasing the compound_lock From: Andrea Arcangeli After releasing the compound_lock split_huge_page can still run and release the page before put_page_testzero runs. Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli --- diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c --- a/mm/swap.c +++ b/mm/swap.c @@ -131,8 +191,12 @@ static void put_compound_page(struct pag atomic_dec(&page->_count); VM_BUG_ON(atomic_read(&page_head->_count) <= 0); compound_unlock_irqrestore(page_head, flags); - if (put_page_testzero(page_head)) - __put_compound_page(page_head); + if (put_page_testzero(page_head)) { + if (PageHead(page_head)) + __put_compound_page(page_head); + else + __put_single_page(page_head); + } } else { /* page_head is a dangling pointer */ VM_BUG_ON(PageTail(page));