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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] userfaultfd: non-cooperative: syncronous events
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 10:19:49 +0200 Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> These patches add ability to generate userfaultfd events so that their
> processing will be synchronized with the non-cooperative thread that caused
> the event.
>
> In the non-cooperative case userfaultfd resumes execution of the thread
> that caused an event when the notification is read() by the uffd monitor.
> In some cases, like, for example, madvise(MADV_REMOVE), it might be
> desirable to keep the thread that caused the event suspended until the
> uffd monitor had the event handled to avoid races between the thread that
> caused the and userfaultfd ioctls.
>
> Theses patches extend the userfaultfd API with an implementation of
> UFFD_EVENT_REMOVE_SYNC that allows to keep the thread that triggered
> UFFD_EVENT_REMOVE until the uffd monitor would not wake it explicitly.

"might be desirable" is a bit weak. It might not be desirable, too ;)

_Is_ it desirable? What are the use-cases and what is the end-user
benefit?

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