linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Add MREMAP

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:13:02 +0100
From:   Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>
To:     Brian Geffon <bgeffon@...gle.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...gle.com>,
        Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>, Jesse Barnes <jsbarnes@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mm: Add MREMAP_DONTUNMAP to mremap().

* Brian Geffon:

> When remapping an anonymous, private mapping, if MREMAP_DONTUNMAP is
> set, the source mapping will not be removed. Instead it will be
> cleared as if a brand new anonymous, private mapping had been created
> atomically as part of the mremap() call.  If a userfaultfd was watching
> the source, it will continue to watch the new mapping.  For a mapping
> that is shared or not anonymous, MREMAP_DONTUNMAP will cause the
> mremap() call to fail. MREMAP_DONTUNMAP implies that MREMAP_FIXED is
> also used. The final result is two equally sized VMAs where the
> destination contains the PTEs of the source.

What will be the protection flags of the source mapping?  Will they
remain unchanged?  Or PROT_NONE?

Thanks,
Florian