[PATCH v3 09/14] mm/mprotect: Break COW PTE before changing protection

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If the PTE table is COW-ed, break it before changing the protection.

Signed-off-by: Chih-En Lin <shiyn.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/mprotect.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index 668bfaa6ed2ae..119116ec8f5e5 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (break_cow_pte(vma, pmd, addr) < 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	/*
 	 * The pmd points to a regular pte so the pmd can't change
 	 * from under us even if the mmap_lock is only hold for
@@ -305,6 +308,12 @@ static inline int pmd_none_or_clear_bad_unless_trans_huge(pmd_t *pmd)
 		return 1;
 	if (pmd_trans_huge(pmdval))
 		return 0;
+	/*
+	 * If the entry point to COW-ed PTE, it's write protection bit
+	 * will cause pmd_bad().
+	 */
+	if (!pmd_write(pmdval))
+		return 0;
 	if (unlikely(pmd_bad(pmdval))) {
 		pmd_clear_bad(pmd);
 		return 1;
-- 
2.37.3





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