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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.com Signed-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>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.