Re: [PATCH] put_dirty_page doesn't dirty page
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@transmeta.com)
29 Dec 1999 11:38:59 -0800
In article <199912291815.NAA01657@ccure.karaya.com>,
Jeff Dike <jdike@karaya.com> wrote:
>This seems to me to be a definite bug. If so, the patch is this:
>
>--- orig/mm/memory.c Tue Dec 21 11:49:29 1999
>+++ um/mm/memory.c Sun Dec 26 12:08:26 1999
>@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@
> return 0;
> }
> flush_page_to_ram(page);
>- set_pte(pte, pte_mkwrite(mk_pte(page, PAGE_COPY)));
>+ set_pte(pte, pte_mkdirty(pte_mkwrite(mk_pte(page, PAGE_COPY))));
> /* no need for flush_tlb */
> return page;
> }
>
>If it's not, then I'd appreciate some advice.
Agreed, your patch looks fine..
Linus
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