thp: implement splitting pmd for huge zero page
authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:51:00 +0000 (13:51 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:38:31 +0000 (17:38 -0800)
We can't split huge zero page itself (and it's bug if we try), but we
can split the pmd which points to it.

On splitting the pmd we create a table with all ptes set to normal zero
page.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix build error]
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
mm/huge_memory.c

Simple merge