+
+ /*
+ * We should make sure that the page is already on the free list
+ * when it is dissolved.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(!PageHugeFreed(head))) {
+ spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
+ cond_resched();
+
+ /*
+ * Theoretically, we should return -EBUSY when we
+ * encounter this race. In fact, we have a chance
+ * to successfully dissolve the page if we do a
+ * retry. Because the race window is quite small.
+ * If we seize this opportunity, it is an optimization
+ * for increasing the success rate of dissolving page.
+ */
+ goto retry;
+ }
+