linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: don't lose the SOFT

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Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:04:59 +0400
From:	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
To:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, criu@...nvz.org,
	Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: don't lose the SOFT_DIRTY flag on mprotect

The SOFT_DIRTY bit shows that the content of memory was changed
after a defined point in the past. mprotect() doesn't change the
content of memory, so it must not change the SOFT_DIRTY bit.

This patch does nothing with _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY, becase pte_modify()
is called only for present pages.

Fixes: 0f8975ec4db2 (mm: soft-dirty bits for user memory changes tracking)
Acked-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrey Vagin <avagin@...nvz.org>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index a83aa44..1aa9ccd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@
 
 /* Set of bits not changed in pte_modify */
 #define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PTE_PFN_MASK | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT |		\
-			 _PAGE_SPECIAL | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
+			 _PAGE_SPECIAL | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY |	\
+			 _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY)
 #define _HPAGE_CHG_MASK (_PAGE_CHG_MASK | _PAGE_PSE)
 
 #define _PAGE_CACHE_MASK	(_PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT)
-- 
1.8.5.3

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