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-rw-r--r--mm/hugetlb.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index f904246a8fd5..619e00d82c5d 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2216,6 +2216,10 @@ static unsigned long set_max_huge_pages(struct hstate *h, unsigned long count,
* and reducing the surplus.
*/
spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+
+ /* yield cpu to avoid soft lockup */
+ cond_resched();
+
if (hstate_is_gigantic(h))
ret = alloc_fresh_gigantic_page(h, nodes_allowed);
else