1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index a2718e1ed585..6bef67d74adf 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -430,6 +430,19 @@ static inline void set_compound_order(struct page *page, unsigned long order)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Do pte_mkwrite, but only if the vma says VM_WRITE.  We do this when
+ * servicing faults for write access.  In the normal case, do always want
+ * pte_mkwrite.  But get_user_pages can cause write faults for mappings
+ * that do not have writing enabled, when used by access_process_vm.
+ */
+static inline pte_t maybe_mkwrite(pte_t pte, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+        if (likely(vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE))
+                pte = pte_mkwrite(pte);
+        return pte;
+}
+
+/*
  * Multiple processes may "see" the same page. E.g. for untouched
  * mappings of /dev/null, all processes see the same page full of
  * zeroes, and text pages of executables and shared libraries have