Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] userfaultfd: add /dev/userfaultfd for fine grained access control
From: Peter Xu
Date: Tue Apr 26 2022 - 16:33:26 EST
Axel,
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 02:29:41PM -0700, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
> @@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ struct userfaultfd_ctx {
> unsigned int flags;
> /* features requested from the userspace */
> unsigned int features;
> + /* whether or not to handle kernel faults */
> + bool handle_kernel_faults;
Could you help explain why we need this bool? I failed to figure out
myself on the difference against "!(ctx->flags & UFFD_USER_MODE_ONLY)".
Thanks,
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Peter Xu