The clear_refs_write is called earlier than clear_soft_dirty and it is
more natural to clear VM_SOFTDIRTY (which belongs to VMA entry but not
PTEs) that early instead of clearing it a way deeper inside call chain.
CC: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Index: linux-2.6.git/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ linux-2.6.git/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -736,9 +736,6 @@ static inline void clear_soft_dirty(stru
ptent = pte_file_clear_soft_dirty(ptent);
}
- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY)
- vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
-
set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, addr, pte, ptent);
#endif
}
@@ -843,6 +840,10 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct f
continue;
if (type == CLEAR_REFS_MAPPED && !vma->vm_file)
continue;
+ if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
+ if (vma->vm_flags & VM_SOFTDIRTY)
+ vma->vm_flags &= ~VM_SOFTDIRTY;
+ }
walk_page_range(vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
&clear_refs_walk);
}
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