* Largely same as above, but only sets the access flags (dirty,
  * accessed, and writable). Furthermore, we know it always gets set
  * to a "more permissive" setting, which allows most architectures
- * to optimize this.
+ * to optimize this. We return whether the PTE actually changed, which
+ * in turn instructs the caller to do things like update__mmu_cache.
+ * This used to be done in the caller, but sparc needs minor faults to
+ * force that call on sun4c so we changed this macro slightly
  */
 #define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry, __dirty) \
-do {                                                                     \
-       set_pte_at((__vma)->vm_mm, (__address), __ptep, __entry);         \
-       flush_tlb_page(__vma, __address);                                 \
-} while (0)
+({                                                                       \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                    \
+       if (__changed) {                                                  \
+               set_pte_at((__vma)->vm_mm, (__address), __ptep, __entry); \
+               flush_tlb_page(__vma, __address);                         \
+       }                                                                 \
+       __changed;                                                        \
+})
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_YOUNG
 
  */
 #define  __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
 #define ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, ptep, entry, dirty)                \
-do {                                                                   \
-       if (dirty) {                                                    \
+({                                                                     \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(ptep), entry);                      \
+       if (__changed && dirty) {                                       \
                (ptep)->pte_low = (entry).pte_low;                      \
                pte_update_defer((vma)->vm_mm, (address), (ptep));      \
                flush_tlb_page(vma, address);                           \
        }                                                               \
-} while (0)
+       __changed;                                                      \
+})
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_DIRTY
 #define ptep_test_and_clear_dirty(vma, addr, ptep) ({                  \
 
  * daccess_bit in ivt.S).
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-# define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __addr, __ptep, __entry, __safely_writable)      \
-do {                                                                                   \
-       if (__safely_writable) {                                                        \
-               set_pte(__ptep, __entry);                                               \
-               flush_tlb_page(__vma, __addr);                                          \
-       }                                                                               \
-} while (0)
+# define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __addr, __ptep, __entry, __safely_writable) \
+({                                                                     \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                  \
+       if (__changed && __safely_writable) {                           \
+               set_pte(__ptep, __entry);                               \
+               flush_tlb_page(__vma, __addr);                          \
+       }                                                               \
+       __changed;                                                      \
+})
 #else
-# define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __addr, __ptep, __entry, __safely_writable)      \
-       ptep_establish(__vma, __addr, __ptep, __entry)
+# define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __addr, __ptep, __entry, __safely_writable) \
+({                                                                     \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                  \
+       if (__changed)                                                  \
+               ptep_establish(__vma, __addr, __ptep, __entry);         \
+       __changed;                                                      \
+})
 #endif
 
 #  ifdef CONFIG_VIRTUAL_MEM_MAP
 
 }
 
 #define  ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry, __dirty) \
-       do {                                                               \
-               __ptep_set_access_flags(__ptep, __entry, __dirty);         \
-               flush_tlb_page_nohash(__vma, __address);                   \
-       } while(0)
+({                                                                        \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                     \
+       if (__changed) {                                                   \
+               __ptep_set_access_flags(__ptep, __entry, __dirty);         \
+               flush_tlb_page_nohash(__vma, __address);                   \
+       }                                                                  \
+       __changed;                                                         \
+})
 
 /*
  * Macro to mark a page protection value as "uncacheable".
 
        :"cc");
 }
 #define  ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry, __dirty) \
-       do {                                                               \
-               __ptep_set_access_flags(__ptep, __entry, __dirty);         \
-               flush_tlb_page_nohash(__vma, __address);                   \
-       } while(0)
+({                                                                        \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                     \
+       if (__changed) {                                                   \
+               __ptep_set_access_flags(__ptep, __entry, __dirty);         \
+               flush_tlb_page_nohash(__vma, __address);                   \
+       }                                                                  \
+       __changed;                                                         \
+})
 
 /*
  * Macro to mark a page protection value as "uncacheable".
 
 }
 
 #define  ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry, __dirty) \
-       do {                                                               \
-               __ptep_set_access_flags(__ptep, __entry, __dirty);         \
-               flush_tlb_page_nohash(__vma, __address);                   \
-       } while(0)
+({                                                                        \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                     \
+       if (__changed) {                                                   \
+               __ptep_set_access_flags(__ptep, __entry, __dirty);         \
+               flush_tlb_page_nohash(__vma, __address);                   \
+       }                                                                  \
+       __changed;                                                         \
+})
 
 /*
  * Macro to mark a page protection value as "uncacheable".
 
 }
 
 #define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry, __dirty) \
-       ptep_establish(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry)
+({                                                                       \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                    \
+       if (__changed)                                                    \
+               ptep_establish(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry);        \
+       __changed;                                                        \
+})
 
 /*
  * Test and clear dirty bit in storage key.
 
 #define GET_IOSPACE(pfn)               (pfn >> (BITS_PER_LONG - 4))
 #define GET_PFN(pfn)                   (pfn & 0x0fffffffUL)
 
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
+#define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry, __dirty) \
+({                                                                       \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                    \
+       if (__changed) {                                                  \
+               set_pte_at((__vma)->vm_mm, (__address), __ptep, __entry); \
+               flush_tlb_page(__vma, __address);                         \
+       }                                                                 \
+       (sparc_cpu_model == sun4c) || __changed;                          \
+})
+
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable.h>
 
 #endif /* !(__ASSEMBLY__) */
 
  * bit at the same time. */
 #define  __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_SET_ACCESS_FLAGS
 #define ptep_set_access_flags(__vma, __address, __ptep, __entry, __dirty) \
-       do {                                                              \
-               if (__dirty) {                                            \
-                       set_pte(__ptep, __entry);                         \
-                       flush_tlb_page(__vma, __address);                 \
-               }                                                         \
-       } while (0)
+({                                                                       \
+       int __changed = !pte_same(*(__ptep), __entry);                    \
+       if (__changed && __dirty) {                                       \
+               set_pte(__ptep, __entry);                                 \
+               flush_tlb_page(__vma, __address);                         \
+       }                                                                 \
+       __changed;                                                        \
+})
 
 /* Encode and de-code a swap entry */
 #define __swp_type(x)                  (((x).val >> 1) & 0x3f)
 
        pte_t entry;
 
        entry = pte_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(*ptep));
-       ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, ptep, entry, 1);
-       update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
-       lazy_mmu_prot_update(entry);
+       if (ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, ptep, entry, 1)) {
+               update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
+               lazy_mmu_prot_update(entry);
+       }
 }
 
 
 
                flush_cache_page(vma, address, pte_pfn(orig_pte));
                entry = pte_mkyoung(orig_pte);
                entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
-               ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, page_table, entry, 1);
-               update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
-               lazy_mmu_prot_update(entry);
+               if (ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, page_table, entry,1)) {
+                       update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
+                       lazy_mmu_prot_update(entry);
+               }
                ret |= VM_FAULT_WRITE;
                goto unlock;
        }
                pte_t *pte, pmd_t *pmd, int write_access)
 {
        pte_t entry;
-       pte_t old_entry;
        spinlock_t *ptl;
 
-       old_entry = entry = *pte;
+       entry = *pte;
        if (!pte_present(entry)) {
                if (pte_none(entry)) {
                        if (vma->vm_ops) {
                entry = pte_mkdirty(entry);
        }
        entry = pte_mkyoung(entry);
-       if (!pte_same(old_entry, entry)) {
-               ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, pte, entry, write_access);
+       if (ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, pte, entry, write_access)) {
                update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
                lazy_mmu_prot_update(entry);
        } else {