Re: [PATCH v3] mm/ksm: keep soft-dirty when merging a page

["David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>]

On 10/21/26 20:21, Samarth Narang wrote:
> replace_page() maps the KSM page with a PTE built from scratch, so the
> soft-dirty bit of the PTE it replaces is lost. A page written since
> "clear_refs 4" then no longer shows as soft-dirty once it is merged, and
> a soft-dirty based dumper treats it as unchanged.
> 
> Copy the soft-dirty bit from the original PTE to the new PTE.
> 
> Fixes: 0f8975ec4db2 ("mm: soft-dirty bits for user memory changes tracking")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Signed-off-by: Samarth Narang <samarth.colleges@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20261019010934.697895-1-samarth.colleges@gmail.com/
>     
>     Changes since v2:
>     - Keep only the soft-dirty fix, as David suggested; Lance will be handling
>       the uffd-wp/RWP part.
>     - Fixes tag reduced to the soft-dirty commit.
>     - Dropped the Tested-by tag, since the patch changed.
> 
>  mm/ksm.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c
> index dbfb8f98b189..910a1307ac9f 100644
> --- a/mm/ksm.c
> +++ b/mm/ksm.c
> @@ -1463,6 +1463,10 @@ static int replace_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
>  		dec_mm_counter(mm, MM_ANONPAGES);
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Preserve soft-dirty when replacing the page. */
> +	if (pte_soft_dirty(orig_pte))
> +		newpte = pte_mksoft_dirty(newpte);
> +

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>

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Cheers,

David