mm: softdirty: clear VM_SOFTDIRTY flag inside clear_refs_write() instead of clear_sof...
authorCyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Wed, 4 Jun 2014 23:06:43 +0000 (16:06 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 4 Jun 2014 23:53:56 +0000 (16:53 -0700)
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.

Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@ah.jp.nec.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/proc/task_mmu.c

index 442177b1119a4528b08210a56f5188b3ef1f2a20..2101ce46a5d2b7c07f61acfa5d3bacaf157ed7bd 100644 (file)
@@ -737,9 +737,6 @@ static inline void clear_soft_dirty(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
                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
 }
@@ -807,8 +804,9 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
        if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) {
                soft_dirty_cleared = true;
-               pr_warn_once("The pagemap bits 55-60 has changed their meaning! "
-                               "See the linux/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt for details.\n");
+               pr_warn_once("The pagemap bits 55-60 has changed their meaning!"
+                            " See the linux/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt for "
+                            "details.\n");
        }
 
        task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file));
@@ -839,11 +837,17 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
                         *
                         * Writing 3 to /proc/pid/clear_refs only affects file
                         * mapped pages.
+                        *
+                        * Writing 4 to /proc/pid/clear_refs affects all pages.
                         */
                        if (type == CLEAR_REFS_ANON && vma->vm_file)
                                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);
                }