MIPS: Don't clear _PAGE_SPECIAL in _PAGE_CHG_MASK
In the special case where p = mmap(NULL, ALLOC_SIZE, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_POPULATE, -1, 0); is followed by rc = mprotect(p, ALLOC_SIZE, PROT_NONE); the _PAGE_SPECIAL bit in the page tables will be cleared by mistake and the later unmapped operations will incorrectly modify the struct page for the the zero page. This sequence occurs in the madvise05 test of the Linux Test Project suite of tests. This was discovered while testing an older version of the kernel (5.4.17) on a MIPS device. Unfortunately, support for this device is not available in newer kernels, so I can't test this with the latest Linux kernel code. It looks like the problem exists in newer kernels, but I can't verify it. Except for the LTP test, this sequence of calls is probably not common. Passing it along in the hope it will be useful to someone. Signed-off-by: Henry Willard <henry.willard@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
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