1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index b9ce574827c8..36d6ea2b6340 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ static long madvise_willneed(struct vm_area_struct * vma,
         if (!file)
                 return -EBADF;
 
+        /*
+         * Page cache readahead assumes page cache pages are order-0 which
+         * is not the case for hugetlbfs. Do not give a bad return value
+         * but ignore the advice.
+         */
+        if (vma->vm_flags & VM_HUGETLB)
+                return 0;
+
         if (file->f_mapping->a_ops->get_xip_mem) {
                 /* no bad return value, but ignore advice */
                 return 0;