[PATCH 1/2] ioctl_userfaultfd.2: add UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS

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From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>

Describe the new UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS API feature.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2 b/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2
index 504f61d4b..94480158e 100644
--- a/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2
+++ b/man2/ioctl_userfaultfd.2
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ memory accesses to the regions registered with userfaultfd.
 If this feature bit is set,
 .I uffd_msg.pagefault.feat.ptid
 will be set to the faulted thread ID for each page-fault message.
+.TP
+.BR UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS " (since Linux 5.18)"
+If this feature bit is set,
+.I uffd_msg.pagefault.address
+will be set to the exact page-fault address that was reported by the hardware,
+and will not mask the offset within the page.
+Note that old Linux versions might indicate the exact address as well,
+even though the feature bit is not set.
 .PP
 The returned
 .I ioctls
-- 
2.25.1




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