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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2008-07-15 15:44:51 +1000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2008-07-15 15:44:51 +1000
commit43d2548bb2ef7e6d753f91468a746784041e522d (patch)
tree77d13fcd48fd998393abb825ec36e2b732684a73 /mm/mprotect.c
parent585583d95c5660973bc0cf64add517b040acd8a4 (diff)
parent85082fd7cbe3173198aac0eb5e85ab1edcc6352c (diff)
Merge commit '85082fd7cbe3173198aac0eb5e85ab1edcc6352c' into test-build
Manual fixup of: arch/powerpc/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/mprotect.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/mprotect.c10
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index ecfaa5844b5f..360d9cc8b38c 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -47,19 +47,17 @@ static void change_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
if (pte_present(oldpte)) {
pte_t ptent;
- /* Avoid an SMP race with hardware updated dirty/clean
- * bits by wiping the pte and then setting the new pte
- * into place.
- */
- ptent = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, pte);
+ ptent = ptep_modify_prot_start(mm, addr, pte);
ptent = pte_modify(ptent, newprot);
+
/*
* Avoid taking write faults for pages we know to be
* dirty.
*/
if (dirty_accountable && pte_dirty(ptent))
ptent = pte_mkwrite(ptent);
- set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, ptent);
+
+ ptep_modify_prot_commit(mm, addr, pte, ptent);
#ifdef CONFIG_MIGRATION
} else if (!pte_file(oldpte)) {
swp_entry_t entry = pte_to_swp_entry(oldpte);