mm/migrate: preserve exact soft-dirty state

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pte_mkdirty() sets both _PAGE_DIRTY and _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY bits.  The
_PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY can get set even if it wasn't set on original page before
migration.  This makes non-soft-dirty pages soft-dirty just because of
migration/compaction.  Clear the _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY flag if it wasn't set on
original page.

By definition of soft-dirty feature, there can be spurious soft-dirty
pages because of kernel's internal activity such as VMA merging or
migration/compaction.  This patch is eliminating the spurious soft-dirty
pages because of migration/compaction.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240206084838.34560-1-usama.anjum@collabora.com
Signed-off-by: Paul Gofman <pgofman@codeweavers.com>
Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com>
Acked-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Cc: Michał Mirosław <emmir@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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