On Oct 3, 2022, at 3:28 PM, Edgecombe, Rick P <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2022-10-03 at 11:11 -0700, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> Did you have a look at ptep_set_access_flags() and friends and
>> checked they
>> do not need to be changed too?
>
> ptep_set_access_flags() doesn't actually set any additional dirty bits
> on x86, so I think it's ok.
Are you sure about that? (lost my confidence today so I am hesitant).
Looking on insert_pfn(), I see:
entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
if (ptep_set_access_flags(vma, addr, pte, entry, 1)) ...
This appears to set the dirty bit while potentially leaving the write-bit
clear. This is the scenario you want to avoid, no?
>> Perhaps you should at least add some
>> assertion just to ensure nothing breaks.
>
> You mean in ptep_set_access_flags()? I think some assertions would be
> really great, I'm just not sure where.
Yes, on x86’s version of the function.
