linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Add UFFD_USER_MODE

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Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2020 17:24:22 -0700
From:   Lokesh Gidra <lokeshgidra@...gle.com>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] Add UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY

On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 5:32 AM Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
<bigeasy@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> On 2020-08-21 18:40:17 [-0700], Lokesh Gidra wrote:
> > --- a/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > +++ b/fs/userfaultfd.c
> > @@ -1966,6 +1969,7 @@ static void init_once_userfaultfd_ctx(void *mem)
> >
> >  SYSCALL_DEFINE1(userfaultfd, int, flags)
> >  {
> > +     static const int uffd_flags = UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY;
> >       struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx;
> >       int fd;
> Why?

Not sure! I guess Daniel didn't want to repeat the long flag name twice.

Thanks for catching that. I'll send another version fixing this.
>
> Sebastian