- return hmm_vma_fault(addr, end, required_fault, walk);
+ hugetlb_vma_unlock_read(vma);
+ /*
+ * Avoid deadlock: drop the vma lock before calling
+ * hmm_vma_fault(), which will itself potentially take and
+ * drop the vma lock. This is also correct from a
+ * protection point of view, because there is no further
+ * use here of either pte or ptl after dropping the vma
+ * lock.
+ */
+ ret = hmm_vma_fault(addr, end, required_fault, walk);
+ hugetlb_vma_lock_read(vma);
+ return ret;