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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mmu_notifier.h')
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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h index c8672c366f67..2386e71ac1b8 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h +++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h @@ -10,6 +10,36 @@ struct mmu_notifier; struct mmu_notifier_ops; +/** + * enum mmu_notifier_event - reason for the mmu notifier callback + * @MMU_NOTIFY_UNMAP: either munmap() that unmap the range or a mremap() that + * move the range + * + * @MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR: clear page table entry (many reasons for this like + * madvise() or replacing a page by another one, ...). + * + * @MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA: update is due to protection change for the range + * ie using the vma access permission (vm_page_prot) to update the whole range + * is enough no need to inspect changes to the CPU page table (mprotect() + * syscall) + * + * @MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_PAGE: update is due to change in read/write flag for + * pages in the range so to mirror those changes the user must inspect the CPU + * page table (from the end callback). + * + * @MMU_NOTIFY_SOFT_DIRTY: soft dirty accounting (still same page and same + * access flags). User should soft dirty the page in the end callback to make + * sure that anyone relying on soft dirtyness catch pages that might be written + * through non CPU mappings. + */ +enum mmu_notifier_event { + MMU_NOTIFY_UNMAP = 0, + MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, + MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_VMA, + MMU_NOTIFY_PROTECTION_PAGE, + MMU_NOTIFY_SOFT_DIRTY, +}; + #ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER /* |