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[v4,12/14] fs/proc: Support COW PTE with clear_refs_write

Message ID 20230207035139.272707-13-shiyn.lin@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Introduce Copy-On-Write to Page Table | expand

Commit Message

Chih-En Lin Feb. 7, 2023, 3:51 a.m. UTC 
Before clearing the entry in COW-ed PTE, break COW PTE first.

Signed-off-by: Chih-En Lin <shiyn.lin@gmail.com>
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 fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index af1c49ae11b1..94958422aede 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1196,6 +1196,11 @@  static int clear_refs_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
 	if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* Only break COW when we modify the soft-dirty bit. */
+	if (cp->type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY &&
+	    break_cow_pte(vma, pmd, addr))
+		return 0;
+
 	pte = pte_offset_map_lock(vma->vm_mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
 	for (; addr != end; pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
 		ptent = *pte;