--- a/mm/damon/vaddr.c~mm-damon-remove-redundant-page-validation +++ a/mm/damon/vaddr.c @@ -402,9 +402,6 @@ static void damon_hugetlb_mkold(pte_t *p pte_t entry = huge_ptep_get(pte); struct page *page = pte_page(entry); - if (!page) - return; - get_page(page); if (pte_young(entry)) { @@ -564,9 +561,6 @@ static int damon_young_hugetlb_entry(pte goto out; page = pte_page(entry); - if (!page) - goto out; - get_page(page); if (pte_young(entry) || !page_is_idle(page) ||