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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c index 8a828d773e5..193350b51f9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void pgd_dtor(pgd_t *pgd) * against pageattr.c; it is the unique case in which a valid change * of kernel pagetables can't be lazily synchronized by vmalloc faults. * vmalloc faults work because attached pagetables are never freed. - * -- wli + * -- nyc */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE @@ -301,6 +301,13 @@ void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd) free_page((unsigned long)pgd); } +/* + * Used to set accessed or dirty bits in the page table entries + * on other architectures. On x86, the accessed and dirty bits + * are tracked by hardware. However, do_wp_page calls this function + * to also make the pte writeable at the same time the dirty bit is + * set. In that case we do actually need to write the PTE. + */ int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep, pte_t entry, int dirty) @@ -310,7 +317,6 @@ int ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma, if (changed && dirty) { *ptep = entry; pte_update_defer(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep); - flush_tlb_page(vma, address); } return changed; |