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authorAxel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com>2021-07-01 04:49:27 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-07-01 06:47:27 +0300
commit964ab0040ff9598783bf37776b5e31b27b50e293 (patch)
treed29c5a511788be3adbb108d4d072b4112759b583 /Documentation/admin-guide
parent153132571f0204dc5844faf6b0f8096c6c29d277 (diff)
downloadlinux-964ab0040ff9598783bf37776b5e31b27b50e293.tar.xz
userfaultfd/shmem: advertise shmem minor fault support
Now that the feature is fully implemented (the faulting path hooks exist so userspace is notified, and the ioctl to resolve such faults is available), advertise this as a supported feature. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210503180737.2487560-6-axelrasmussen@google.com Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@google.com> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Acked-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com> Cc: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com> Cc: "Dr . David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com> Cc: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name> Cc: Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@google.com> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Mina Almasry <almasrymina@google.com> Cc: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com> Cc: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au> Cc: Wang Qing <wangqing@vivo.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ events, except page fault notifications, may be generated:
- ``UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS`` indicates that the kernel supports
``UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR`` registration for hugetlbfs virtual memory
- areas.
+ areas. ``UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM`` is the analogous feature indicating
+ support for shmem virtual memory areas.
The userland application should set the feature flags it intends to use
when invoking the ``UFFDIO_API`` ioctl, to request that those features be