[PATCH 03/21] userfaultfd: uAPI

Andrea Arcangeli
2015-03-05T17:17:46Z

Defines the uAPI of the userfaultfd, notably the ioctl numbers and protocol.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 82 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h

diff --git a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
index 8136e1f..be2d4a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
+++ b/Documentation/ioctl/ioctl-number.txt
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ Code Seq#(hex) Include File Comments
0xA3 80-8F Port ACL in development:
<mailto:tlewis@mindspring.com>
0xA3 90-9F linux/dtlk.h
+0xAA 00-3F linux/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
0xAB 00-1F linux/nbd.h
0xAC 00-1F linux/raw.h
0xAD 00 Netfilter device in development:
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a8cd56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * include/linux/userfaultfd.h
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_USERFAULTFD_H
+#define _LINUX_USERFAULTFD_H
+
+#define UFFD_API ((__u64)0xAA)
+/* FIXME: add "|UFFD_BIT_WP" to UFFD_API_BITS after implementing it */
+#define UFFD_API_BITS (UFFD_BIT_WRITE)
+#define UFFD_API_IOCTLS \
+ ((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER | \
+ (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER | \
+ (__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_API)
+#define UFFD_API_RANGE_IOCTLS \
+ ((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_WAKE)
+
+/*
+ * Valid ioctl command number range with this API is from 0x00 to
+ * 0x3F. UFFDIO_API is the fixed number, everything else can be
+ * changed by implementing a different UFFD_API. If sticking to the
+ * same UFFD_API more ioctl can be added and userland will be aware of
+ * which ioctl the running kernel implements through the ioctl command
+ * bitmask written by the UFFDIO_API.
+ */
+#define _UFFDIO_REGISTER (0x00)
+#define _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER (0x01)
+#define _UFFDIO_WAKE (0x02)
+#define _UFFDIO_API (0x3F)
+
+/* userfaultfd ioctl ids */
+#define UFFDIO 0xAA
+#define UFFDIO_API _IOWR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_API, \
+ struct uffdio_api)
+#define UFFDIO_REGISTER _IOWR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_REGISTER, \
+ struct uffdio_register)
+#define UFFDIO_UNREGISTER _IOR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER, \
+ struct uffdio_range)
+#define UFFDIO_WAKE _IOR(UFFDIO, _UFFDIO_WAKE, \
+ struct uffdio_range)
+
+/*
+ * Valid bits below PAGE_SHIFT in the userfault address read through
+ * the read() syscall.
+ */
+#define UFFD_BIT_WRITE (1<<0) /* this was a write fault, MISSING or WP */
+#define UFFD_BIT_WP (1<<1) /* handle_userfault() reason VM_UFFD_WP */
+#define UFFD_BITS 2 /* two above bits used for UFFD_BIT_* mask */
+
+struct uffdio_api {
+ /* userland asks for an API number */
+ __u64 api;
+
+ /* kernel answers below with the available features for the API */
+ __u64 bits;
+ __u64 ioctls;
+};
+
+struct uffdio_range {
+ __u64 start;
+ __u64 len;
+};
+
+struct uffdio_register {
+ struct uffdio_range range;
+#define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING ((__u64)1<<0)
+#define UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP ((__u64)1<<1)
+ __u64 mode;
+
+ /*
+ * kernel answers which ioctl commands are available for the
+ * range, keep at the end as the last 8 bytes aren't read.
+ */
+ __u64 ioctls;
+};
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_USERFAULTFD_H */