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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst index bd2226299583..7c304e432205 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/mm/userfaultfd.rst @@ -236,6 +236,14 @@ newer kernels, one can also detect the feature UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED and set the feature bit in advance to make sure none ptes will also be write protected even upon anonymous memory. +When using ``UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_WP`` in combination with either +``UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING`` or ``UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR``, when +resolving missing / minor faults with ``UFFDIO_COPY`` or ``UFFDIO_CONTINUE`` +respectively, it may be desirable for the new page / mapping to be +write-protected (so future writes will also result in a WP fault). These ioctls +support a mode flag (``UFFDIO_COPY_MODE_WP`` or ``UFFDIO_CONTINUE_MODE_WP`` +respectively) to configure the mapping this way. + QEMU/KVM ======== |