@@ -384,6 +384,10 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
if (is_user)
flags |= FAULT_FLAG_USER;
+ if (is_write)
+ flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
+ if (is_exec)
+ flags |= FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION;
/* When running in the kernel we expect faults to occur only to
* addresses in user space. All other faults represent errors in the
@@ -476,7 +480,6 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
} else if (is_write) {
if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)))
return bad_area(regs, address);
- flags |= FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
/* a read */
} else {
if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_READ | VM_EXEC | VM_WRITE))))
Move out the code that sets FAULT_FLAG_WRITE so the block that check access permissions can be extracted. While at it also set FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION which will be used for protection keys. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> --- arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)