linux-kernel - [PATCH] arm64/mm: Set only the PTE_DIRTY bit while preserving the HW dirty state

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Message-Id: <20230713071518.628440-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Date:   Thu, 13 Jul 2023 12:45:18 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     david@...hat.com, Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Set only the PTE_DIRTY bit while preserving the HW dirty state

pte_mkdirty() creates dirty states both in SW and HW bits, which is really
not required, either in pte_wrprotect() or pte_modify() for preserving the
HW dirty state. Because pte_mkdirty() sets PTE_DIRTY and clears PTE_RDONLY
as pte_write() always evaluates to be true - otherwise pte_hw_dirty() will
not test out in the first place. Clearing PTE_RDONLY again is not required
here because the pte is already in pte_hw_dirty() but might soon loose its
dirty state thus requiring preservation in SW dirty bit i.e PTE_DIRTY.

Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
---
This applies on v6.5-rc1

 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 0bd18de9fd97..171d6d7f8087 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)
 	 * clear), set the PTE_DIRTY bit.
 	 */
 	if (pte_hw_dirty(pte))
-		pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
+		pte = set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_DIRTY));
 
 	pte = clear_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
 	pte = set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_RDONLY));
@@ -823,7 +823,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
 			      PTE_ATTRINDX_MASK;
 	/* preserve the hardware dirty information */
 	if (pte_hw_dirty(pte))
-		pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
+		pte = set_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_DIRTY));
+
 	pte_val(pte) = (pte_val(pte) & ~mask) | (pgprot_val(newprot) & mask);
 	return pte;
 }
-- 
2.30.2