diff --git a/include/linux/huge_mm.h b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
index 7cd5c150c21d..a81a6ed609ac 100644
--- a/include/linux/huge_mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/huge_mm.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ extern bool move_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long old_addr,
 			 pmd_t *old_pmd, pmd_t *new_pmd);
 extern int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 			unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot,
-			int prot_numa);
+			unsigned long cp_flags);
 vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write);
 vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_pud(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write);
 enum transparent_hugepage_flag {
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index dcaca899e4a8..a93ac1c37940 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1708,9 +1708,21 @@ extern unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long old_addr, struct vm_area_struct *new_vma,
 		unsigned long new_addr, unsigned long len,
 		bool need_rmap_locks);
+
+/*
+ * Flags used by change_protection().  For now we make it a bitmap so
+ * that we can pass in multiple flags just like parameters.  However
+ * for now all the callers are only use one of the flags at the same
+ * time.
+ */
+/* Whether we should allow dirty bit accounting */
+#define  MM_CP_DIRTY_ACCT                  (1UL << 0)
+/* Whether this protection change is for NUMA hints */
+#define  MM_CP_PROT_NUMA                   (1UL << 1)
+
 extern unsigned long change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 			      unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot,
-			      int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa);
+			      unsigned long cp_flags);
 extern int mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			  struct vm_area_struct **pprev, unsigned long start,
 			  unsigned long end, unsigned long newflags);
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 9f8bce9a6b32..b7149a0acac1 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1903,13 +1903,14 @@ bool move_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long old_addr,
  *  - HPAGE_PMD_NR is protections changed and TLB flush necessary
  */
 int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
-		unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot, int prot_numa)
+		unsigned long addr, pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	pmd_t entry;
 	bool preserve_write;
 	int ret;
+	bool prot_numa = cp_flags & MM_CP_PROT_NUMA;
 
 	ptl = __pmd_trans_huge_lock(pmd, vma);
 	if (!ptl)
diff --git a/mm/mempolicy.c b/mm/mempolicy.c
index 01600d80ae01..dea6a49573e3 100644
--- a/mm/mempolicy.c
+++ b/mm/mempolicy.c
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ unsigned long change_prot_numa(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 {
 	int nr_updated;
 
-	nr_updated = change_protection(vma, addr, end, PAGE_NONE, 0, 1);
+	nr_updated = change_protection(vma, addr, end, PAGE_NONE, MM_CP_PROT_NUMA);
 	if (nr_updated)
 		count_vm_numa_events(NUMA_PTE_UPDATES, nr_updated);
 
diff --git a/mm/mprotect.c b/mm/mprotect.c
index bf38dfbbb4b4..ae9caa4c6562 100644
--- a/mm/mprotect.c
+++ b/mm/mprotect.c
@@ -37,12 +37,14 @@
 
 static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 		unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot,
-		int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa)
+		unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	pte_t *pte, oldpte;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	unsigned long pages = 0;
 	int target_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;
+	bool dirty_accountable = cp_flags & MM_CP_DIRTY_ACCT;
+	bool prot_numa = cp_flags & MM_CP_PROT_NUMA;
 
 	/*
 	 * Can be called with only the mmap_sem for reading by
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ static unsigned long change_pte_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pmd_t *pmd,
 
 static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
-		pgprot_t newprot, int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa)
+		pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd;
 	unsigned long next;
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				__split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr, false, NULL);
 			} else {
 				int nr_ptes = change_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, addr,
-						newprot, prot_numa);
+							      newprot, cp_flags);
 
 				if (nr_ptes) {
 					if (nr_ptes == HPAGE_PMD_NR) {
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			/* fall through, the trans huge pmd just split */
 		}
 		this_pages = change_pte_range(vma, pmd, addr, next, newprot,
-				 dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
+					      cp_flags);
 		pages += this_pages;
 next:
 		cond_resched();
@@ -226,7 +228,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pmd_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 static inline unsigned long change_pud_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
-		pgprot_t newprot, int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa)
+		pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	pud_t *pud;
 	unsigned long next;
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pud_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		if (pud_none_or_clear_bad(pud))
 			continue;
 		pages += change_pmd_range(vma, pud, addr, next, newprot,
-				 dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
+					  cp_flags);
 	} while (pud++, addr = next, addr != end);
 
 	return pages;
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_pud_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 static inline unsigned long change_p4d_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
-		pgprot_t newprot, int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa)
+		pgprot_t newprot, unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	p4d_t *p4d;
 	unsigned long next;
@@ -258,7 +260,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_p4d_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		if (p4d_none_or_clear_bad(p4d))
 			continue;
 		pages += change_pud_range(vma, p4d, addr, next, newprot,
-				 dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
+					  cp_flags);
 	} while (p4d++, addr = next, addr != end);
 
 	return pages;
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ static inline unsigned long change_p4d_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 static unsigned long change_protection_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot,
-		int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa)
+		unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	pgd_t *pgd;
@@ -283,7 +285,7 @@ static unsigned long change_protection_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		if (pgd_none_or_clear_bad(pgd))
 			continue;
 		pages += change_p4d_range(vma, pgd, addr, next, newprot,
-				 dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
+					  cp_flags);
 	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
 
 	/* Only flush the TLB if we actually modified any entries: */
@@ -296,14 +298,15 @@ static unsigned long change_protection_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 unsigned long change_protection(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
 		       unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot,
-		       int dirty_accountable, int prot_numa)
+		       unsigned long cp_flags)
 {
 	unsigned long pages;
 
 	if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
 		pages = hugetlb_change_protection(vma, start, end, newprot);
 	else
-		pages = change_protection_range(vma, start, end, newprot, dirty_accountable, prot_numa);
+		pages = change_protection_range(vma, start, end, newprot,
+						cp_flags);
 
 	return pages;
 }
@@ -431,7 +434,7 @@ mprotect_fixup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_area_struct **pprev,
 	vma_set_page_prot(vma);
 
 	change_protection(vma, start, end, vma->vm_page_prot,
-			  dirty_accountable, 0);
+			  dirty_accountable ? MM_CP_DIRTY_ACCT : 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * Private VM_LOCKED VMA becoming writable: trigger COW to avoid major
