On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 01:15:02PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 08:10:38AM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > > + pte_t old_pte, new_pte; > > + > > + old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep); > > + do { > > + new_pte = pte_wrprotect(old_pte); > > + } while (!try_cmpxchg(&ptep->pte, &old_pte.pte, new_pte.pte)); > > I think this is wrong. You need to update old_pte on every loop iteration, > otherwise you can get in to endless loop. It is correct, please consider why the old argument is a pointer.