From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30264C05027 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2023 16:00:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pL4f9-0002Rq-7j; Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:59:43 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pL4f8-0002Ri-6C for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:59:42 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pL4f5-0005Rk-N6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:59:41 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1674748778; h=from:from:reply-to:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=2enrkrKo+jTHFQvhvDbVGS1IBV3o221vfKCdgUSImg0=; b=VNUYfi3Y2r6daFlaH7re9Ad6QanMCNulmbp0zblYEKuM20svb9L0JYlZEIAzSTafu0dE1G /S72JrDhe24ETRIhtFoXs41XKovAaIlD8icmC1Zw1FrGeOmOzJDmh7urB1XkLH6z/r4CqS YkQkjwmfQaj8eL6dn2mHbgV6WbqT8Aw= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-122-e1bWPa53Pva6UQ5SDv_zzQ-1; Thu, 26 Jan 2023 10:59:36 -0500 X-MC-Unique: e1bWPa53Pva6UQ5SDv_zzQ-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 858B9296A603 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:59:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (unknown [10.33.36.108]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1FA81121330; Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:59:35 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:59:33 +0000 From: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= To: Peter Xu Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" , Michal =?utf-8?B?UHLDrXZvem7DrWs=?= , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Leonardo Bras Soares Passos , Juan Quintela Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] util/userfaultfd: Support /dev/userfaultfd Message-ID: References: <20230125224016.212529-1-peterx@redhat.com> <0f8ad497-202d-ae55-e468-77bb726a2699@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/2.2.9 (2022-11-12) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.1 on 10.11.54.3 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=berrange@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Daniel =?utf-8?B?UC4gQmVycmFuZ8Op?= Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:25:05AM -0500, Peter Xu wrote: > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 02:15:11PM +0000, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote: > > * Michal Prívozník (mprivozn@redhat.com) wrote: > > > On 1/25/23 23:40, Peter Xu wrote: > > > > The new /dev/userfaultfd handle is superior to the system call with a > > > > better permission control and also works for a restricted seccomp > > > > environment. > > > > > > > > The new device was only introduced in v6.1 so we need a header update. > > > > > > > > Please have a look, thanks. > > > > > > I was wondering whether it would make sense/be possible for mgmt app > > > (libvirt) to pass FD for /dev/userfaultfd instead of QEMU opening it > > > itself. But looking into the code, libvirt would need to do that when > > > spawning QEMU because that's when QEMU itself initializes internal state > > > and queries userfaultfd caps. > > > > You also have to be careful about what the userfaultfd semantics are; I > > can't remember them - but if you open it in one process and pass it to > > another process, which processes address space are you trying to > > monitor? > > Yes it's a problem. The kernel always fetches the current mm_struct* which > represents the current context of virtual address space when creating the > uffd handle (for either the syscall or the ioctl() approach). At what point does the process address space get associated ? When the /dev/userfaultfd is opened, or only when ioctl(USERFAULTFD_IOC_NEW) is called ? If it is the former, then we have no choice, QEMU must open it. if it is the latter, then libvirt can open /dev/userfaultfd, pass it to QEMU which can then do the ioctl(USERFAULTFD_IOC_NEW). 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