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authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>2015-09-22 14:59:12 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-09-22 15:09:53 -0700
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mm, dax: VMA with vm_ops->pfn_mkwrite wants to be write-notified
For VM_PFNMAP and VM_MIXEDMAP we use vm_ops->pfn_mkwrite instead of vm_ops->page_mkwrite to notify abort write access. This means we want vma->vm_page_prot to be write-protected if the VMA provides this vm_ops. A theoretical scenario that will cause these missed events is: On writable mapping with vm_ops->pfn_mkwrite, but without vm_ops->page_mkwrite: read fault followed by write access to the pfn. Writable pte will be set up on read fault and write fault will not be generated. I found it examining Dave's complaint on generic/080: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150831233803.GO3902@dastard Although I don't think it's the reason. It shouldn't be a problem for ext2/ext4 as they provide both pfn_mkwrite and page_mkwrite. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add local vm_ops to avoid 80-cols mess] Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Yigal Korman <yigal@plexistor.com> Acked-by: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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