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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 6ccecc03f56a..30d7d2482eea 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -149,14 +149,18 @@ static void move_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *old_pmd,
if (pte_none(*old_pte))
continue;
+ pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, old_addr, old_pte);
/*
- * We are remapping a dirty PTE, make sure to
- * flush TLB before we drop the PTL for the
+ * If we are remapping a dirty PTE, make sure
+ * to flush TLB before we drop the PTL for the
* old PTE or we may race with page_mkclean().
+ *
+ * This check has to be done after we removed the
+ * old PTE from page tables or another thread may
+ * dirty it after the check and before the removal.
*/
- if (pte_present(*old_pte) && pte_dirty(*old_pte))
+ if (pte_present(pte) && pte_dirty(pte))
force_flush = true;
- pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, old_addr, old_pte);
pte = move_pte(pte, new_vma->vm_page_prot, old_addr, new_addr);
pte = move_soft_dirty_pte(pte);
set_pte_at(mm, new_addr, new_pte, pte);
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