Re: [PATCH v1] mm/userfaultfd: enable writenotify while userfaultfd-wp is enabled for a VMA

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 08.12.22 21:21, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 03:06:06PM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
>> On Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 05:44:35PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>> I'll wait for some more (+retest) before I resend tomorrow.
>>
>> One more thing just to double check:
>>
>> It's 6a56ccbcf6c6 ("mm/autonuma: use can_change_(pte|pmd)_writable() to
>> replace savedwrite", 2022-11-30) that just started to break uffd-wp on
>> numa, am I right?
>>
>> With the old code, pte_modify() will persist uffd-wp bit, afaict, and we
>> used to do savedwrite for numa hints.  That all look correct to me until
>> the savedwrite removal patchset with/without vm_page_prot changes.
>>
>> If that's the case, we'd better also mention that in the commit message and
>> has another Fixes: for that one to be clear.
> 
> Nah, never mind.  I think the savedwrite will not guarantee pte write
> protected just like the migration path.  The commit message is correct.

Right, the problem is not the uffd-wp bit getting lost, but the write 
bit getting set, which is independent of 6a56ccbcf6c6. Thanks for 
double-checking 6a56ccbcf6c6.

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb