mm/mprotect: drop pgprot_t parameter from change_protection()

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Being able to provide a custom protection opens the door for
inconsistencies and BUGs: for example, accidentally allowing for more
permissions than desired by other mechanisms (e.g., softdirty tracking). 
vma->vm_page_prot should be the single source of truth.

Only PROT_NUMA is special: there is no way we can erroneously allow
for more permissions when removing all permissions. Special-case using
the MM_CP_PROT_NUMA flag.

[david@redhat.com: PAGE_NONE might not be defined without CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING]  
  Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5084ff1c-ebb3-f918-6a60-bacabf550a88@redhat.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221223155616.297723-3-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Cc: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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David Hildenbrand 2022-12-23 16:56:16 +01:00 • committed by Andrew Morton

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include/linux/mm.h

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mm/mempolicy.c

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mm/mprotect.c

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mm/userfaultfd.c

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