We never request for protection update with ditry_accountable set and prot_numa set. Hence mark the pte with mkwrite instead mk_savedwrite. Found this when running stress-ng test with debug check enabled. This trigger the VM_BUG_ON in pte_mk_savedwrite() Fixes: http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-autonuma-let-architecture-override-how-the-write-bit-should-be-stashed-in-a-protnone-pte.patch Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mprotect.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c index 15f5c174a7c1..bccccc73080d 100644 --- a/mm/mprotect.c +++ b/mm/mprotect.c @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd, if (dirty_accountable && pte_dirty(ptent) && (pte_soft_dirty(ptent) || !(vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY))) { - ptent = pte_mk_savedwrite(ptent); + ptent = pte_mkwrite(ptent); } ptep_modify_prot_commit(mm, addr, pte, ptent); pages++; -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>