tree c0a245eb875c5399b8c02b6ddcb9d10e303d9e0b
parent 09f7298100ea9767324298ab0c7979f6d7463183
author Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> 1442959152 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1442959793 -0700

mm, dax: VMA with vm_ops->pfn_mkwrite wants to be write-notified

For VM_PFNMAP and VM_MIXEDMAP we use vm_ops->pfn_mkwrite instead of
vm_ops->page_mkwrite to notify abort write access.  This means we want
vma->vm_page_prot to be write-protected if the VMA provides this vm_ops.

A theoretical scenario that will cause these missed events is:

  On writable mapping with vm_ops->pfn_mkwrite, but without
  vm_ops->page_mkwrite: read fault followed by write access to the pfn.
  Writable pte will be set up on read fault and write fault will not be
  generated.

I found it examining Dave's complaint on generic/080:

	http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150831233803.GO3902@dastard

Although I don't think it's the reason.

It shouldn't be a problem for ext2/ext4 as they provide both pfn_mkwrite
and page_mkwrite.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: add local vm_ops to avoid 80-cols mess]
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Yigal Korman <yigal@plexistor.com>
Acked-by: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>