Stop mprotect's pte_modify from wiping out the s390 pte_special bit, which caused oops thereafter when vm_normal_page thought X's abnormal was normal. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin --- Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h +++ linux-2.6/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h @@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ extern char empty_zero_page[PAGE_SIZE]; #define _PAGE_SPECIAL 0x004 /* SW associated with special page */ #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL +/* Set of bits not changed in pte_modify */ +#define _PAGE_CHG_MASK (PAGE_MASK | _PAGE_SPECIAL) + /* Six different types of pages. */ #define _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY 0x400 #define _PAGE_TYPE_NONE 0x401 @@ -681,7 +684,7 @@ static inline void pte_clear(struct mm_s */ static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot) { - pte_val(pte) &= PAGE_MASK; + pte_val(pte) &= _PAGE_CHG_MASK; pte_val(pte) |= pgprot_val(newprot); return pte; }