We don't want to zap special page protection bits on mprotect.
Analogous to the bug fixed in c9d0bf241451a3ab7d02e1652c22b80cd7d93e8f
where vm_page_prot bits set by drivers were zapped when write
notifications were enabled on new VMAs.
Signed-off-by: Peter Feiner <pfeiner@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mprotect.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index c43d557..1c1afd4 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ success:
vm_get_page_prot(newflags));
if (vma_wants_writenotify(vma)) {
- vma->vm_page_prot = vm_get_page_prot(newflags & ~VM_SHARED);
+ vma_enable_writenotify(vma);
dirty_accountable = 1;
}
--
2.1.0.rc2.206.gedb03e5
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