Before clearing the entry in COW-ed PTE, break COW PTE first. Signed-off-by: Chih-En Lin <shiyn.lin@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c index 6a96e1713fd5..c76b74029dfd 100644 --- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c +++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c @@ -1195,6 +1195,11 @@ 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; -- 2.34.1