Re: userfaultfd: two-step UFFDIO_API always gives -EINVAL

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26.11.2024 01:42, Axel Rasmussen пишет:
> For what it's worth, I still don't like the two-step handshake design,
> my preference is still an API like this:
>
> 1. userspace asks for the features it wants
> 2. kernel responds with the (possibly subset of) features it actually supports
> 3. userspace is free to carry on with perhaps limited features, or
> exit with error, or ...

4. pass the needed features to
UFFDIO_REGISTER, correct?

> But, I think at that point the ship has already sailed. I think to
> maintain compatibility with existing programs there isn't much we can
> do at this point.
Please, just why do you have that UFFD_API
const? Only to call every screw-up like this
one, a sailed ship? :)
Why not to add UFFD_API_v2?
Then UFFD_API_v3?
Full binary and source compatibility is
therefore preserved, you only need to
update the man page to document the
latest one.