# \[PATCH 1/4\] mm: thp: Return the correct value for change\_huge\_pmd

- From: Mel Gorman \<mgorman@suse.de\>
- Date: 2015-03-07 15:21:23 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2015/03/4445592
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-mm/2015/03/4445591/t.md

```text
The wrong value is being returned by change_huge_pmd since commit
10c1045f28e8 ("mm: numa: avoid unnecessary TLB flushes when setting
NUMA hinting entries") which allows a fallthrough that tries to adjust
non-existent PTEs. This patch corrects it.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index fc00c8cb5a82..194c0f019774 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1482,6 +1482,7 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 
 	if (__pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma, &ptl) == 1) {
 		pmd_t entry;
+		ret = 1;
 
 		/*
 		 * Avoid trapping faults against the zero page. The read-only
@@ -1490,11 +1491,10 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		 */
 		if (prot_numa && is_huge_zero_pmd(*pmd)) {
 			spin_unlock(ptl);
-			return 0;
+			return ret;
 		}
 
 		if (!prot_numa || !pmd_protnone(*pmd)) {
-			ret = 1;
 			entry = pmdp_get_and_clear_notify(mm, addr, pmd);
 			entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot);
 			ret = HPAGE_PMD_NR;
-- 
2.1.2
```