From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@linux.alibaba.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH 0/6] userfaultfd: decouple uffd mode from VMA flags
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:17:37 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260823-uffd-vm-flags-v1-v1-0-3086981b33cf@kernel.org> (raw)
Currently userfault related VMA flags have multiple meanings:
* identify VMAs that are registered with userfaultfd
* and also how exactly VMA is registered with uffd
* and also communicate kind of user fault between the page fault handler
and handle_userfault()
Introduce an enum for user fault reasons and move the registration mode
into per VMA vm_uffd_state structure today known as vm_userfaultfd_ctx.
---
Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) (6):
mm/gup: move gup_can_follow_protnone() to gup.c
userfaultfd: constify VMA parameter of userfaultfd_*() helpers
userfaultfd: use userfaultfd_*() helpers instead of open coded flag tests
userfaultfd: rename vm_userfaultfd_ctx to vm_uffd_state
userfaultfd: decouple fault reason from VMA flags
userfaultfd: collapse VM_UFFD_{MISSING,WP,MINOR,RWP} into single VM_UFFD
Documentation/mm/process_addrs.rst | 4 +-
fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 18 +--
include/linux/mm.h | 105 +++--------------
include/linux/mm_types.h | 11 +-
include/linux/pgtable.h | 4 +-
include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 155 ++++++++++++++-----------
include/trace/events/mmflags.h | 17 +--
include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h | 6 +-
mm/gup.c | 39 +++++++
mm/huge_memory.c | 6 +-
mm/hugetlb.c | 12 +-
mm/khugepaged.c | 2 +-
mm/memory.c | 16 +--
mm/mprotect.c | 2 +-
mm/mremap.c | 4 +-
mm/shmem.c | 6 +-
mm/userfaultfd.c | 225 +++++++++++++++++++------------------
mm/vma.c | 4 +-
mm/vma.h | 6 +-
mm/vma_init.c | 4 +-
tools/testing/vma/include/dup.h | 20 ++--
tools/testing/vma/include/stubs.h | 6 +-
22 files changed, 323 insertions(+), 349 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: 4b2ae13f3393ef4b4bce0021e8762790354f369f
change-id: 20260823-uffd-vm-flags-v1-ee3e131b381d
--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.
next reply other threads:[~2026-08-23 12:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-23 12:17 Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) [this message]
2026-08-23 12:17 ` [PATCH 1/6] mm/gup: move gup_can_follow_protnone() to gup.c Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-23 21:03 ` Barry Song
2026-08-24 14:42 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-25 10:10 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-24 14:59 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-25 2:03 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-23 12:17 ` [PATCH 2/6] userfaultfd: constify VMA parameter of userfaultfd_*() helpers Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-23 21:03 ` Barry Song
2026-08-24 15:03 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-25 2:03 ` Zi Yan
2026-08-23 12:17 ` [PATCH 3/6] userfaultfd: use userfaultfd_*() helpers instead of open coded flag tests Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-23 21:14 ` Barry Song
2026-08-24 15:10 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-23 12:17 ` [PATCH 4/6] userfaultfd: rename vm_userfaultfd_ctx to vm_uffd_state Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-24 14:43 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-24 15:42 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-23 12:17 ` [PATCH 5/6] userfaultfd: decouple fault reason from VMA flags Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-24 8:12 ` Muchun Song
2026-08-24 14:46 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-24 16:28 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-08-25 10:37 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-25 11:08 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-08-23 12:17 ` [PATCH 6/6] userfaultfd: collapse VM_UFFD_{MISSING,WP,MINOR,RWP} into single VM_UFFD Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2026-08-24 7:11 ` Lance Yang
2026-08-24 8:17 ` Mike Rapoport
2026-08-24 8:27 ` Lance Yang
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