On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 11:59:24AM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:

 int pud_free_pmd_page(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	pmd_t *pmd;
+	pmd_t *pmd, *pmd_sv;
+	pte_t *pte;
 	int i;
 
 	if (pud_none(*pud))
 		return 1;
 
 	pmd = (pmd_t *)pud_page_vaddr(*pud);
+	pmd_sv = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);

So you need to allocate a page to free a page? It is better to put the
pages into a list with a list_head on the stack.

I am still on favour of just reverting the broken commit and do a
correct and working fix for the/a merge window.


	Joerg