linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: madvise: add description for MADV_WIPEONFORK and MADV

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Date:   Sat, 23 Sep 2017 05:55:28 +0800
From:   "Yang Shi" <yang.s@...baba-inc.com>
To:     riel@...hat.com
Cc:     "Yang Shi" <yang.s@...baba-inc.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: madvise: add description for MADV_WIPEONFORK and MADV_KEEPONFORK

mm/madvise.c has the brief description about all MADV_ flags, added the
description for the newly added MADV_WIPEONFORK and MADV_KEEPONFORK.

Although man page has the similar information, but it'd better to keep the
consistency with other flags.

Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.s@...baba-inc.com>
---
 mm/madvise.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index 21261ff..c6bf572 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -749,6 +749,9 @@ static int madvise_inject_error(int behavior,
  *  MADV_DONTFORK - omit this area from child's address space when forking:
  *		typically, to avoid COWing pages pinned by get_user_pages().
  *  MADV_DOFORK - cancel MADV_DONTFORK: no longer omit this area when forking.
+ *  MADV_WIPEONFORK - present the child process with zero-filled memory in this
+ *              range after a fork.
+ *  MADV_KEEPONFORK - undo the effect of MADV_WIPEONFORK
  *  MADV_HWPOISON - trigger memory error handler as if the given memory range
  *		were corrupted by unrecoverable hardware memory failure.
  *  MADV_SOFT_OFFLINE - try to soft-offline the given range of memory.
@@ -769,7 +772,9 @@ static int madvise_inject_error(int behavior,
  *  zero    - success
  *  -EINVAL - start + len < 0, start is not page-aligned,
  *		"behavior" is not a valid value, or application
- *		is attempting to release locked or shared pages.
+ *		is attempting to release locked or shared pages,
+ *		or the specified address range includes file, Huge TLB,
+ *		MAP_SHARED or VMPFNMAP range.
  *  -ENOMEM - addresses in the specified range are not currently
  *		mapped, or are outside the AS of the process.
  *  -EIO    - an I/O error occurred while paging in data.
-- 
1.8.3.1