mm/migrate: preserve exact soft-dirty state
pte_mkdirty() sets both _PAGE_DIRTY and _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY bits. The _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY can get set even if it wasn't set on original page before migration. This makes non-soft-dirty pages soft-dirty just because of migration/compaction. Clear the _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY flag if it wasn't set on original page. By definition of soft-dirty feature, there can be spurious soft-dirty pages because of kernel's internal activity such as VMA merging or migration/compaction. This patch is eliminating the spurious soft-dirty pages because of migration/compaction. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240206084838.34560-1-usama.anjum@collabora.comSigned-off-by: Paul Gofman <pgofman@codeweavers.com> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com> Acked-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com> Cc: Michał Mirosław <emmir@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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