Now if the PTE/PMD is dirty with _PAGE_DIRTY but without _PAGE_MODIFIED,
after {pte,pmd}_modify() we lose _PAGE_DIRTY, then {pte,pmd}_dirty()
return false and lead to data loss. This can happen in certain scenarios
such as HW PTW doesn't set _PAGE_MODIFIED automatically, so here we need
_PAGE_MODIFIED to record the dirty status (_PAGE_DIRTY).
The new modification involves checking whether the original PTE/PMD has
the _PAGE_DIRTY flag. If it exists, the _PAGE_MODIFIED bit is also set,
ensuring that the {pte,pmd}_dirty() interface can always return accurate
information.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Co-developed-by: Liupu Wang <wangliupu@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Liupu Wang <wangliupu@loongson.cn>
Signed-off-by: Tianyang Zhang <zhangtianyang@loongson.cn>
static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
{
+ if (pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY)
+ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_MODIFIED;
+
return __pte((pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK) |
(pgprot_val(newprot) & ~_PAGE_CHG_MASK));
}
static inline pmd_t pmd_modify(pmd_t pmd, pgprot_t newprot)
{
- pmd_val(pmd) = (pmd_val(pmd) & _HPAGE_CHG_MASK) |
- (pgprot_val(newprot) & ~_HPAGE_CHG_MASK);
- return pmd;
+ if (pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_DIRTY)
+ pmd_val(pmd) |= _PAGE_MODIFIED;
+
+ return __pmd((pmd_val(pmd) & _HPAGE_CHG_MASK) |
+ (pgprot_val(newprot) & ~_HPAGE_CHG_MASK));
}
static inline pmd_t pmd_mkinvalid(pmd_t pmd)