[RFC PATCH] mm: Fetch the dirty bit before we reset the pte

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

In copy_present_page, after we mark the pte non-writable, we should
check for previous dirty bit updates and make sure we don't lose the dirty
bit on reset.

Also, avoid marking the pte write-protected again if copy_present_page
already marked it write-protected.

Cc: Peter Xu <peterx at redhat.com>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg at ziepe.ca>
Cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard at nvidia.com>
Cc: linux-mm at kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm at linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack at suse.cz>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko at suse.com>
Cc: Kirill Shutemov <kirill at shutemov.name>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd at google.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds at linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
---
 mm/memory.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index bfe202ef6244..f57b1f04d50a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -848,6 +848,9 @@ copy_present_page(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 	if (likely(!page_maybe_dma_pinned(page)))
 		return 1;
 
+	if (pte_dirty(*src_pte))
+		pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
+
 	/*
 	 * Uhhuh. It looks like the page might be a pinned page,
 	 * and we actually need to copy it. Now we can set the
@@ -904,6 +907,11 @@ copy_present_pte(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm,
 		if (retval <= 0)
 			return retval;
 
+		/*
+		 * Fetch the src pte value again, copy_present_page
+		 * could modify it.
+		 */
+		pte = *src_pte;
 		get_page(page);
 		page_dup_rmap(page, false);
 		rss[mm_counter(page)]++;
-- 
2.26.2