[PATCH] userfaultfd.2: document spurious UFFD_EVENT_FORK

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Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man2/userfaultfd.2 | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man2/userfaultfd.2 b/man2/userfaultfd.2
index 1c9e64b..08c41e1 100644
--- a/man2/userfaultfd.2
+++ b/man2/userfaultfd.2
@@ -465,6 +465,16 @@ for checkpoint/restore mechanisms,
 as well as post-copy migration to allow (nearly) uninterrupted execution
 when transferring virtual machines and Linux containers
 from one host to another.
+.SH BUGS
+If the
+.B UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK
+is enabled and a system call from the
+.BR fork (2)
+family is interrupted by a signal or failed,q a stale userfaultfd descriptor
+might be created.
+In this case a spurious
+.B UFFD_EVENT_FORK
+will be delivered to the userfaultfd monitor.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 The program below demonstrates the use of the userfaultfd mechanism.
 The program creates two threads, one of which acts as the
-- 
2.7.4

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