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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/gup.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/gup.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -60,6 +60,16 @@ static int follow_pfn_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, return -EEXIST; } +/* + * FOLL_FORCE can write to even unwritable pte's, but only + * after we've gone through a COW cycle and they are dirty. + */ +static inline bool can_follow_write_pte(pte_t pte, unsigned int flags) +{ + return pte_write(pte) || + ((flags & FOLL_FORCE) && (flags & FOLL_COW) && pte_dirty(pte)); +} + static struct page *follow_page_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags) { @@ -95,7 +105,7 @@ retry: } if ((flags & FOLL_NUMA) && pte_protnone(pte)) goto no_page; - if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !pte_write(pte)) { + if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !can_follow_write_pte(pte, flags)) { pte_unmap_unlock(ptep, ptl); return NULL; } @@ -409,7 +419,7 @@ static int faultin_page(struct task_struct *tsk, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * reCOWed by userspace write). */ if ((ret & VM_FAULT_WRITE) && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) - *flags &= ~FOLL_WRITE; + *flags |= FOLL_COW; return 0; } |