linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/4] mm: Dont forget to set softdirty on file mapped fault

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:27:58 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, hughd@...gle.com,
	xemul@...allels.com
Subject: Re: [patch 2/4] mm: Dont forget to set softdirty on file mapped
 fault

On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:28:40 +0400 Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...nvz.org> wrote:

> Otherwise we may not notice that pte was softdirty.
> 
> --- linux-2.6.git.orig/mm/memory.c
> +++ linux-2.6.git/mm/memory.c
> @@ -3422,7 +3422,7 @@ static int __do_fault(struct mm_struct *
>  		if (flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
>  			entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
>  		else if (pte_file(orig_pte) && pte_file_soft_dirty(orig_pte))
> -			pte_mksoft_dirty(entry);
> +			entry = pte_mksoft_dirty(entry);
>  		if (anon) {
>  			inc_mm_counter_fast(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
>  			page_add_new_anon_rmap(page, vma, address);

This will need to be redone for current kernels, please.  New patch, new
title, new changelog, retest.
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