@@ -1230,6 +1230,16 @@ out_unlock:
return ret;
}
+/*
+ * FOLL_FORCE can write to even unwritable pmd's, but only
+ * after we've gone through a COW cycle and they are dirty.
+ */
+static inline bool can_follow_write_pmd(pmd_t pmd, unsigned int flags)
+{
+ return pmd_write(pmd) ||
+ ((flags & FOLL_FORCE) && (flags & FOLL_COW) && pmd_dirty(pmd));
+}
+
struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr,
pmd_t *pmd,
@@ -1240,7 +1250,7 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
assert_spin_locked(pmd_lockptr(mm, pmd));
- if (flags & FOLL_WRITE && !pmd_write(*pmd))
+ if (flags & FOLL_WRITE && !can_follow_write_pmd(*pmd, flags))
goto out;
/* Avoid dumping huge zero page */