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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 5d2259468d3c..4119379f80ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -870,8 +870,12 @@ void kernel_map_pages(struct page *page, int numpages, int enable)
return;
/*
- * The return value is ignored - the calls cannot fail,
- * large pages are disabled at boot time:
+ * The return value is ignored as the calls cannot fail.
+ * Large pages are kept enabled at boot time, and are
+ * split up quickly with DEBUG_PAGEALLOC. If a splitup
+ * fails here (due to temporary memory shortage) no damage
+ * is done because we just keep the largepage intact up
+ * to the next attempt when it will likely be split up:
*/
if (enable)
__set_pages_p(page, numpages);