Re: [PATCH man-pages v1 0/6] userfaultfd: document read-write protect mode
Mike Rapoport <[email protected]> Tue, 26 May 2026 12:30:58 +0300
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-man,org.kvack.linux-mm |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 01:28:10PM +0100, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> This series documents userfaultfd read-write protection tracking
> (UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP), a working-set tracking mechanism for VM
> guest memory landing in Linux 7.2.
>
> The matching kernel series ("userfaultfd: working set tracking for VM
> guest memory") was sent against the mm tree:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/
The content of the docs looks fine to me.
Leaving groff and organization to Alex :)
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <[email protected]>
> == New UAPI documented ==
>
> UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP registration-mode bit (UFFDIO_REGISTER.2const)
> UFFD_FEATURE_RWP capability bit (UFFDIO_API.2const)
> UFFD_FEATURE_RWP_ASYNC async resolution (UFFDIO_API.2const)
> UFFDIO_RWPROTECT install/remove RWP (new page)
> UFFDIO_SET_MODE runtime mode toggle (new page)
> UFFD_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_RWP new pagefault.flags bit (userfaultfd.2)
> PAGE_IS_ACCESSED PAGEMAP_SCAN bit (kernel docs only)
>
> == Series layout ==
>
> 1. userfaultfd.2: overview, registration mode entry, new pagefault
> flag, VERSIONS line, and an "Userfaultfd read-write protect mode"
> section.
> 2-3. New UFFDIO_RWPROTECT.2const and UFFDIO_SET_MODE.2const pages.
> 4. UFFDIO_API.2const: UFFD_FEATURE_RWP, UFFD_FEATURE_RWP_ASYNC,
> and 1 << _UFFDIO_SET_MODE.
> 5. UFFDIO_REGISTER.2const: UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP and
> 1 << _UFFDIO_RWPROTECT.
> 6. ioctl_userfaultfd.2: reference the two new ioctls.
>
> Order: new pages first so the cross-references in patches 4-6 link
> to pages that already exist.
>
> Kiryl Shutsemau (5):
> UFFDIO_RWPROTECT.2const: New page
> UFFDIO_SET_MODE.2const: New page
> UFFDIO_API.2const: Document UFFD_FEATURE_RWP{,_ASYNC} and 1 <<
> _UFFDIO_SET_MODE
> UFFDIO_REGISTER.2const: Document UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP and 1 <<
> _UFFDIO_RWPROTECT
> ioctl_userfaultfd.2: Reference UFFDIO_RWPROTECT and UFFDIO_SET_MODE
>
> Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) (1):
> userfaultfd.2: Add read-write protect mode
>
> man/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 | 4 +
> man/man2/userfaultfd.2 | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> man/man2const/UFFDIO_API.2const | 29 +++++
> man/man2const/UFFDIO_REGISTER.2const | 21 ++++
> man/man2const/UFFDIO_RWPROTECT.2const | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++
> man/man2const/UFFDIO_SET_MODE.2const | 95 ++++++++++++++++
> 6 files changed, 414 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 man/man2const/UFFDIO_RWPROTECT.2const
> create mode 100644 man/man2const/UFFDIO_SET_MODE.2const
>
>
> base-commit: 9a4bfd0e50745c2649b6291db40b58e37c9c1c6b
> --
> 2.54.0
>
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.