linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] man2: udpate mm/userfaultfd manpages to latest

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Date:   Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:31:31 +0200
From:   Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-man@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@...il.com>,
        Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] man2: udpate mm/userfaultfd manpages to latest

On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 06:08:44PM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> v4:
> - Fixed a few "subordinate clauses" (SC) cases [Alex]
> - Reword in ioctl_userfaultfd.2 to use bold font for the two modes referenced,
>   so as to be clear on what is "both" referring to [Alex]
> 
> v3:
> - Don't use "Currently", instead add "(since x.y)" mark where proper [Alex]
> - Always use semantic newlines across the whole patchset [Alex]
> - Use quote when possible, rather than escapes [Alex]
> - Fix one missing replacement of ".BR" -> ".B" [Alex]
> - Some other trivial rephrases here and there when fixing up above
> 
> v2 changes:
> - Fix wordings as suggested [MikeR]
> - convert ".BR" to ".B" where proper for the patchset [Alex]
> - rearrange a few lines in the last two patches where they got messed up
> - document more things, e.g. UFFDIO_COPY_MODE_WP; and also on how to resolve a
>   wr-protect page fault.
> 
> There're two features missing in current manpage, namely:
> 
>   (1) Userfaultfd Thread-ID feature
>   (2) Userfaultfd write protect mode
> 
> There's also a 3rd one which was just contributed from Axel - Axel, I think it
> would be great if you can add that part too, probably after the whole
> hugetlbfs/shmem minor mode reaches the linux master branch.
> 
> Please review, thanks.
> 
> Peter Xu (4):
>   userfaultfd.2: Add UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID docs
>   userfaultfd.2: Add write-protect mode
>   ioctl_userfaultfd.2: Add UFFD_FEATURE_THREAD_ID docs
>   ioctl_userfaultfd.2: Add write-protect mode docs
> 
>  man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 |  89 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  man2/userfaultfd.2       | 117 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 201 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>

> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.