From: "Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)" <kas@kernel.org>
To: akpm@linux-foundation.org, rppt@kernel.org, peterx@redhat.com,
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Cc: ljs@kernel.org, surenb@google.com, vbabka@kernel.org,
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Subject: [PATCH v6 05/15] mm: add VM_UFFD_RWP VMA flag
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 18:26:34 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529172716.357179-6-kas@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529172716.357179-1-kas@kernel.org>
Preparatory patch for userfaultfd read-write protection (RWP). RWP
extends userfaultfd protection from plain write-protection (WP) to
full read-write protection: accesses to an RWP-protected range --
reads as well as writes -- trap through userfaultfd.
Reserve VM_UFFD_RWP, add the userfaultfd_rwp() and
userfaultfd_protected() helpers, and wire up the smaps "ur" entry and
the trace-flag table the rest of the series will use. The flag is
gated on CONFIG_USERFAULTFD_RWP, which is introduced together with the
UAPI in a later patch; until then VM_UFFD_RWP aliases VM_NONE and
every downstream check folds to dead code.
Nothing sets or queries the flag yet.
Signed-off-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Reviewed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org>
---
Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst | 1 +
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 3 +++
include/linux/mm.h | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 32 +++++++++++++++++++----
include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 7 +++++
5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
index db6167befb7b..db28207c5290 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/proc.rst
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ encoded manner. The codes are the following:
um userfaultfd missing tracking
uw userfaultfd wr-protect tracking
ui userfaultfd minor fault
+ ur userfaultfd read-write-protect tracking
ss shadow/guarded control stack page
sl sealed
lf lock on fault pages
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 939657aa334a..ca0f69b347e8 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -1237,6 +1237,9 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
[ilog2(VM_UFFD_MINOR)] = "ui",
#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD_RWP
+ [ilog2(VM_UFFD_RWP)] = "ur",
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK
[ilog2(VM_SHADOW_STACK)] = "ss",
#endif
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 485df9c2dbdd..5ac31fbadeef 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ enum {
#endif
DECLARE_VMA_BIT(UFFD_MINOR, 41),
DECLARE_VMA_BIT(SEALED, 42),
+ DECLARE_VMA_BIT(UFFD_RWP, 43),
/* Flags that reuse flags above. */
DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(PKEY_BIT0, HIGH_ARCH_0),
DECLARE_VMA_BIT_ALIAS(PKEY_BIT1, HIGH_ARCH_1),
@@ -496,12 +497,17 @@ enum {
#else
#define VM_UFFD_MINOR VM_NONE
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD_RWP
+#define VM_UFFD_RWP INIT_VM_FLAG(UFFD_RWP)
+#else
+#define VM_UFFD_RWP VM_NONE
+#endif
/*
- * vma_flags_t masks for the userfaultfd VMA flags. VMA_UFFD_MINOR is gated on
- * the same config as VM_UFFD_MINOR -- which implies 64BIT, where the bit fits
- * -- so an out-of-range bit is never fed to mk_vma_flags() on a build whose
- * bitmap cannot hold it.
+ * vma_flags_t masks for the userfaultfd VMA flags. The two high-bit modes are
+ * gated on the same configs as their VM_* flags above -- both of which imply
+ * 64BIT -- so an out-of-range bit is never fed to mk_vma_flags() on a build
+ * whose bitmap cannot hold it.
*/
#define VMA_UFFD_MISSING mk_vma_flags(VMA_UFFD_MISSING_BIT)
#define VMA_UFFD_WP mk_vma_flags(VMA_UFFD_WP_BIT)
@@ -510,6 +516,11 @@ enum {
#else
#define VMA_UFFD_MINOR EMPTY_VMA_FLAGS
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD_RWP
+#define VMA_UFFD_RWP mk_vma_flags(VMA_UFFD_RWP_BIT)
+#else
+#define VMA_UFFD_RWP EMPTY_VMA_FLAGS
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
#define VM_ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED INIT_VM_FLAG(ALLOW_ANY_UNCACHED)
@@ -648,22 +659,24 @@ enum {
* reconsistuted upon page fault, so necessitate page table copying upon fork.
*
* Note that these flags should be compared with the DESTINATION VMA not the
- * source, as VM_UFFD_WP may not be propagated to destination, while all other
- * flags will be.
+ * source: VM_UFFD_WP and VM_UFFD_RWP may be cleared on the destination
+ * (dup_userfaultfd() -> userfaultfd_reset_ctx() when the parent context did
+ * not negotiate UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK), while all other flags propagate.
*
* VM_PFNMAP / VM_MIXEDMAP - These contain kernel-mapped data which cannot be
* reasonably reconstructed on page fault.
*
* VM_UFFD_WP - Encodes metadata about an installed uffd
- * write protect handler, which cannot be
- * reconstructed on page fault.
+ * VM_UFFD_RWP write- or read-write-protect handler, which
+ * cannot be reconstructed on page fault.
*
- * We always copy pgtables when dst_vma has uffd-wp
- * enabled even if it's file-backed
- * (e.g. shmem). Because when uffd-wp is enabled,
- * pgtable contains uffd-wp protection information,
- * that's something we can't retrieve from page cache,
- * and skip copying will lose those info.
+ * We always copy pgtables when dst_vma has the
+ * uffd PTE bit in use even if it's file-backed
+ * (e.g. shmem). Because when the uffd bit is
+ * in use, the pgtable contains the protection
+ * information, that's something we can't
+ * retrieve from page cache, and skip copying
+ * will lose those info.
*
* VM_MAYBE_GUARD - Could contain page guard region markers which
* by design are a property of the page tables
diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
index c4f2cc6dfcf0..f3b2db27989b 100644
--- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
#include <linux/hugetlb_inline.h>
/* The set of all possible UFFD-related VM flags. */
-#define __VM_UFFD_FLAGS (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_MINOR)
+#define __VM_UFFD_FLAGS (VM_UFFD_MISSING | VM_UFFD_MINOR | \
+ VM_UFFD_WP | VM_UFFD_RWP)
#define __VMA_UFFD_FLAGS mk_vma_flags_from_masks(VMA_UFFD_MISSING, VMA_UFFD_WP, \
- VMA_UFFD_MINOR)
+ VMA_UFFD_MINOR, VMA_UFFD_RWP)
/*
* CAREFUL: Check include/uapi/asm-generic/fcntl.h when defining
@@ -179,7 +180,8 @@ static inline bool is_mergeable_vm_userfaultfd_ctx(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
static inline bool uffd_disable_huge_pmd_share(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
{
return vma_test_any_mask(vma,
- mk_vma_flags_from_masks(VMA_UFFD_WP, VMA_UFFD_MINOR));
+ mk_vma_flags_from_masks(VMA_UFFD_WP, VMA_UFFD_MINOR,
+ VMA_UFFD_RWP));
}
/*
@@ -210,6 +212,16 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_minor(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return vma_test_any_mask(vma, VMA_UFFD_MINOR);
}
+static inline bool userfaultfd_rwp(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return vma_test_any_mask(vma, VMA_UFFD_RWP);
+}
+
+static inline bool userfaultfd_protected(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return userfaultfd_wp(vma) || userfaultfd_rwp(vma);
+}
+
static inline bool userfaultfd_pte_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pte_t pte)
{
@@ -330,6 +342,16 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_minor(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return false;
}
+static inline bool userfaultfd_rwp(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
+static inline bool userfaultfd_protected(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline bool userfaultfd_pte_wp(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pte_t pte)
{
@@ -423,8 +445,8 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_wp_use_markers(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
}
/*
- * Returns true if this is a swap pte and was uffd-wp wr-protected in either
- * forms (pte marker or a normal swap pte), false otherwise.
+ * Returns true if this swap pte carries uffd-tracked state in either
+ * form (pte marker or a normal swap pte), false otherwise.
*/
static inline bool pte_swp_uffd_any(pte_t pte)
{
diff --git a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
index a6e5a44c9b42..bfface3d0203 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_3(arch_3)
# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(flag, name)
#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD_RWP
+# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_RWP(flag, name) {flag, name},
+#else
+# define IF_HAVE_UFFD_RWP(flag, name)
+#endif
+
#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) || defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
# define IF_HAVE_VM_DROPPABLE(flag, name) {flag, name},
#else
@@ -215,6 +221,7 @@ IF_HAVE_UFFD_MINOR(VM_UFFD_MINOR, "uffd_minor" ) \
{VM_PFNMAP, "pfnmap" }, \
{VM_MAYBE_GUARD, "maybe_guard" }, \
{VM_UFFD_WP, "uffd_wp" }, \
+IF_HAVE_UFFD_RWP(VM_UFFD_RWP, "uffd_rwp" ) \
{VM_LOCKED, "locked" }, \
{VM_IO, "io" }, \
{VM_SEQ_READ, "seqread" }, \
--
2.54.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-29 17:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-29 17:26 [PATCH v6 00/15] userfaultfd: working set tracking for VM guest memory Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 01/15] mm: decouple protnone helpers from CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 02/15] mm: rename uffd-wp PTE bit macros to uffd Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 03/15] mm: rename uffd-wp PTE accessors " Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 04/15] userfaultfd: test uffd VMA flags through the vma_flags_t API Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) [this message]
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 06/15] mm: add MM_CP_UFFD_RWP change_protection() flag Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 07/15] mm: preserve RWP marker across PTE rewrites Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 08/15] mm: handle VM_UFFD_RWP in khugepaged, rmap, and GUP Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 09/15] userfaultfd: add UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP and UFFDIO_RWPROTECT plumbing Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 10/15] mm/userfaultfd: add RWP fault delivery and expose UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_RWP Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 11/15] mm/pagemap: add PAGE_IS_ACCESSED for RWP tracking Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 12/15] userfaultfd: add UFFD_FEATURE_RWP_ASYNC for async fault resolution Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 13/15] userfaultfd: add UFFDIO_SET_MODE for runtime sync/async toggle Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 14/15] selftests/mm: add userfaultfd RWP tests Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
2026-05-29 17:26 ` [PATCH v6 15/15] Documentation/userfaultfd: document RWP working set tracking Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta)
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