arm64: Ensure VM_WRITE|VM_SHARED ptes are clean by default
Shared and writable mappings (__S.1.) should be clean (!dirty) initially and made dirty on a subsequent write either through the hardware DBM (dirty bit management) mechanism or through a write page fault. A clean pte for the arm64 kernel is one that has PTE_RDONLY set and PTE_DIRTY clear. The PAGE_SHARED{,_EXEC} attributes have PTE_WRITE set (PTE_DBM) and PTE_DIRTY clear. Prior to commit 73e86cb0 ("arm64: Move PTE_RDONLY bit handling out of set_pte_at()"), it was the responsibility of set_pte_at() to set the PTE_RDONLY bit and mark the pte clean if the software PTE_DIRTY bit was not set. However, the above commit removed the pte_sw_dirty() check and the subsequent setting of PTE_RDONLY in set_pte_at() while leaving the PAGE_SHARED{,_EXEC} definitions unchanged. The result is that shared+writable mappings are now dirty by default Fix the above by explicitly setting PTE_RDONLY in PAGE_SHARED{,_EXEC}. In addition, remove the superfluous PTE_DIRTY bit from the kernel PROT_* attributes. Fixes: 73e86cb0 ("arm64: Move PTE_RDONLY bit handling out of set_pte_at()") Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.14.x- Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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