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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h b/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
index 77ee207623a9..1b76d508400c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rseq.h
@@ -114,22 +114,37 @@ struct rseq {
/*
* Restartable sequences flags field.
*
- * This field should only be updated by the thread which
- * registered this data structure. Read by the kernel.
- * Mainly used for single-stepping through rseq critical sections
- * with debuggers.
- *
- * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_PREEMPT
- * Inhibit instruction sequence block restart on preemption
- * for this thread.
- * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_SIGNAL
- * Inhibit instruction sequence block restart on signal
- * delivery for this thread.
- * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_MIGRATE
- * Inhibit instruction sequence block restart on migration for
- * this thread.
+ * This field was initially intended to allow event masking for
+ * single-stepping through rseq critical sections with debuggers.
+ * The kernel does not support this anymore and the relevant bits
+ * are checked for being always false:
+ * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_PREEMPT
+ * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_SIGNAL
+ * - RSEQ_CS_FLAG_NO_RESTART_ON_MIGRATE
*/
__u32 flags;
+
+ /*
+ * Restartable sequences node_id field. Updated by the kernel. Read by
+ * user-space with single-copy atomicity semantics. This field should
+ * only be read by the thread which registered this data structure.
+ * Aligned on 32-bit. Contains the current NUMA node ID.
+ */
+ __u32 node_id;
+
+ /*
+ * Restartable sequences mm_cid field. Updated by the kernel. Read by
+ * user-space with single-copy atomicity semantics. This field should
+ * only be read by the thread which registered this data structure.
+ * Aligned on 32-bit. Contains the current thread's concurrency ID
+ * (allocated uniquely within a memory map).
+ */
+ __u32 mm_cid;
+
+ /*
+ * Flexible array member at end of structure, after last feature field.
+ */
+ char end[];
} __attribute__((aligned(4 * sizeof(__u64))));
#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_RSEQ_H */