Re: [PATCH 1/2] ioctl_userfaultfd.2: update uffdio_api.features description

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On 08/14/2017 04:51 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> There is no requirement that uffdio_api.features must be zero for newer
> kernels. This field actually defines what features user space would like to
> enable.

Thanks, Mike. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 b/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2
> index f97b3ef..14260fc 100644
> --- a/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2
> +++ b/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ structure, defined as:
>  
>  struct uffdio_api {
>      __u64 api;        /* Requested API version (input) */
> -    __u64 features;   /* Currently must be zero (input) */
> +    __u64 features;   /* Requested features (input/output) */
>      __u64 ioctls;     /* Available ioctl() operations (output) */
>  };
>  
> @@ -665,4 +665,3 @@ operation that actually enables the desired features.
>  
>  .IR Documentation/vm/userfaultfd.txt
>  in the Linux kernel source tree
> -
> 


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