From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH man-pages 4/5] userfaultfd.2: add note about asynchronios events delivery Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 20:33:45 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <5fb9e169-5d92-2fe8-cc59-5c68cfb6be72@gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1493617399-20897-5-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Hi Mike, On 05/01/2017 07:43 AM, Mike Rapoport wrote: > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Thanks. Applied. One question below. > --- > man2/userfaultfd.2 | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man2/userfaultfd.2 b/man2/userfaultfd.2 > index 8b89162..f177bba 100644 > --- a/man2/userfaultfd.2 > +++ b/man2/userfaultfd.2 > @@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ created for the child process, > which allows userfaultfd monitor to perform user-space paging > for the child process. > > +Unlike page faults which have to be synchronous and require > +explicit or implicit wakeup, > +all other events are delivered asynchronously and > +the non-cooperative process resumes execution as > +soon as manager executes > +.BR read(2). > +The userfaultfd manager should carefully synchronize calls > +to UFFDIO_COPY with the events processing. > + > +The current asynchronous model of the event delivery is optimal for > +single threaded non-cooperative userfaultfd manager implementations. The preceding paragraph feels incomplete. It seems like you want to make a point with that last sentence, but the point is not explicit. What's missing? > + > .\" FIXME elaborate about non-cooperating mode, describe its limitations > .\" for kernels before 4.11, features added in 4.11 > .\" and limitations remaining in 4.11 > Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
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From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-man@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH man-pages 4/5] userfaultfd.2: add note about asynchronios events delivery Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 20:33:45 +0200 [thread overview] Message-ID: <5fb9e169-5d92-2fe8-cc59-5c68cfb6be72@gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <1493617399-20897-5-git-send-email-rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Hi Mike, On 05/01/2017 07:43 AM, Mike Rapoport wrote: > Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Thanks. Applied. One question below. > --- > man2/userfaultfd.2 | 12 ++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man2/userfaultfd.2 b/man2/userfaultfd.2 > index 8b89162..f177bba 100644 > --- a/man2/userfaultfd.2 > +++ b/man2/userfaultfd.2 > @@ -112,6 +112,18 @@ created for the child process, > which allows userfaultfd monitor to perform user-space paging > for the child process. > > +Unlike page faults which have to be synchronous and require > +explicit or implicit wakeup, > +all other events are delivered asynchronously and > +the non-cooperative process resumes execution as > +soon as manager executes > +.BR read(2). > +The userfaultfd manager should carefully synchronize calls > +to UFFDIO_COPY with the events processing. > + > +The current asynchronous model of the event delivery is optimal for > +single threaded non-cooperative userfaultfd manager implementations. The preceding paragraph feels incomplete. It seems like you want to make a point with that last sentence, but the point is not explicit. What's missing? > + > .\" FIXME elaborate about non-cooperating mode, describe its limitations > .\" for kernels before 4.11, features added in 4.11 > .\" and limitations remaining in 4.11 > Cheers, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-01 18:33 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2017-05-01 5:43 [PATCH man-pages 0/5] {ioctl_}userfaultfd.2: yet another update Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` [PATCH man-pages 1/5] ioctl_userfaultfd.2: update description of shared memory areas Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 9:31 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 9:31 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 9:31 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 20:23 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 20:23 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 5:43 ` [PATCH man-pages 2/5] ioctl_userfaultfd.2: UFFDIO_COPY: add ENOENT and ENOSPC description Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 5:43 ` [PATCH man-pages 3/5] ioctl_userfaultfd.2: add BUGS section Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 9:32 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 9:32 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 9:32 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` [PATCH man-pages 4/5] userfaultfd.2: add note about asynchronios events delivery Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message] 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 9:46 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 9:46 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 20:27 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 20:27 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 5:43 ` [PATCH man-pages 5/5] userfaultfd.2: update VERSIONS section with 4.11 chanegs Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 5:43 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 18:33 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 18:34 ` [PATCH man-pages 0/5] {ioctl_}userfaultfd.2: yet another update Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-01 18:34 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 9:48 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 9:48 ` Mike Rapoport 2017-05-02 20:28 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 20:28 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) 2017-05-02 20:28 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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