[PATCH v2 0/5] mm, kvm: add guest_memfd support for uffd minor faults

[PATCH v2 0/5] mm, kvm: add guest_memfd support for uffd minor faults

[Mike Rapoport]

From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>

Hi,

These patches allow guest_memfd to notify userspace about minor page
faults using userfaultfd and let userspace to resolve these page faults
using UFFDIO_CONTINUE.

To allow UFFDIO_CONTINUE outside of the core mm I added a get_shmem_folio()
callback to vm_ops that allows an address space backing a VMA to return a
folio that exists in it's page cache (patch 2)

In order for guest_memfd to notify userspace about page faults, there is a
new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR that a ->fault() handler can return to inform the
page fault handler that it needs to call handle_userfault() to complete the
fault (patch 3).
 
Patch 4 plumbs these new goodies into guest_memfd.

This series is the minimal change I've been able to come up with to allow
integration of guest_memfd with uffd and while refactoring uffd and making
mfill_atomic() flow more linear would have been a nice improvement, it's
way out of the scope of enabling uffd with guest_memfd.

v2 changes:
* rename ->get_shared_folio() to ->get_folio()
* hardwire VM_FAULF_UFFD_MINOR to 0 when CONFIG_USERFAULTFD=n

v1: https://patch.msgid.link/20251123102707.559422-1-rppt@kernel.org
* Introduce VM_FAULF_UFFD_MINOR to avoid exporting handle_userfault()
* Simplify vma_can_mfill_atomic()
* Rename get_pagecache_folio() to get_shared_folio() and use inode
  instead of vma as its argument

rfc: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117114631.2029447-1-rppt@kernel.org

Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) (4):
  userfaultfd: move vma_can_userfault out of line
  userfaultfd, shmem: use a VMA callback to handle UFFDIO_CONTINUE
  mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason
  guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

Nikita Kalyazin (1):
  KVM: selftests: test userfaultfd minor for guest_memfd

 include/linux/mm.h                            |   9 ++
 include/linux/mm_types.h                      |  10 +-
 include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h                 |  36 +-----
 mm/memory.c                                   |   2 +
 mm/shmem.c                                    |  20 +++-
 mm/userfaultfd.c                              |  80 +++++++++++---
 .../testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c  | 103 ++++++++++++++++++
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c                        |  28 +++++
 8 files changed, 236 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)


base-commit: 6a23ae0a96a600d1d12557add110e0bb6e32730c
-- 
2.50.1

[PATCH v2 1/5] userfaultfd: move vma_can_userfault out of line

[Mike Rapoport]

From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>

vma_can_userfault() has grown pretty big and it's not called on
performance critical path.

Move it out of line.

No functional changes.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 36 ++---------------------------------
 mm/userfaultfd.c              | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
index c0e716aec26a..e4f43e7b063f 100644
--- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
@@ -208,40 +208,8 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_armed(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	return vma->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
 }
 
-static inline bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-				     vm_flags_t vm_flags,
-				     bool wp_async)
-{
-	vm_flags &= __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
-
-	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
-		return false;
-
-	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) &&
-	    (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma)))
-		return false;
-
-	/*
-	 * If wp async enabled, and WP is the only mode enabled, allow any
-	 * memory type.
-	 */
-	if (wp_async && (vm_flags == VM_UFFD_WP))
-		return true;
-
-#ifndef CONFIG_PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP
-	/*
-	 * If user requested uffd-wp but not enabled pte markers for
-	 * uffd-wp, then shmem & hugetlbfs are not supported but only
-	 * anonymous.
-	 */
-	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP) && !vma_is_anonymous(vma))
-		return false;
-#endif
-
-	/* By default, allow any of anon|shmem|hugetlb */
-	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
-	    vma_is_shmem(vma);
-}
+bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t vm_flags,
+		       bool wp_async);
 
 static inline bool vma_has_uffd_without_event_remap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index af61b95c89e4..8dc964389b0d 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -1977,6 +1977,40 @@ ssize_t move_pages(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, unsigned long dst_start,
 	return moved ? moved : err;
 }
 
+bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t vm_flags,
+		       bool wp_async)
+{
+	vm_flags &= __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
+
+	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
+		return false;
+
+	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) &&
+	    (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma)))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * If wp async enabled, and WP is the only mode enabled, allow any
+	 * memory type.
+	 */
+	if (wp_async && (vm_flags == VM_UFFD_WP))
+		return true;
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP
+	/*
+	 * If user requested uffd-wp but not enabled pte markers for
+	 * uffd-wp, then shmem & hugetlbfs are not supported but only
+	 * anonymous.
+	 */
+	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP) && !vma_is_anonymous(vma))
+		return false;
+#endif
+
+	/* By default, allow any of anon|shmem|hugetlb */
+	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
+	    vma_is_shmem(vma);
+}
+
 static void userfaultfd_set_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				     vm_flags_t vm_flags)
 {
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] userfaultfd: move vma_can_userfault out of line

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> [251125 13:39]:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> vma_can_userfault() has grown pretty big and it's not called on
> performance critical path.
> 
> Move it out of line.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h | 36 ++---------------------------------
>  mm/userfaultfd.c              | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
> index c0e716aec26a..e4f43e7b063f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
> +++ b/include/linux/userfaultfd_k.h
> @@ -208,40 +208,8 @@ static inline bool userfaultfd_armed(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  	return vma->vm_flags & __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
>  }
>  
> -static inline bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> -				     vm_flags_t vm_flags,
> -				     bool wp_async)
> -{
> -	vm_flags &= __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
> -
> -	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
> -		return false;
> -
> -	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) &&
> -	    (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma)))
> -		return false;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * If wp async enabled, and WP is the only mode enabled, allow any
> -	 * memory type.
> -	 */
> -	if (wp_async && (vm_flags == VM_UFFD_WP))
> -		return true;
> -
> -#ifndef CONFIG_PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP
> -	/*
> -	 * If user requested uffd-wp but not enabled pte markers for
> -	 * uffd-wp, then shmem & hugetlbfs are not supported but only
> -	 * anonymous.
> -	 */
> -	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP) && !vma_is_anonymous(vma))
> -		return false;
> -#endif
> -
> -	/* By default, allow any of anon|shmem|hugetlb */
> -	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
> -	    vma_is_shmem(vma);
> -}
> +bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t vm_flags,
> +		       bool wp_async);
>  
>  static inline bool vma_has_uffd_without_event_remap(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
> diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
> index af61b95c89e4..8dc964389b0d 100644
> --- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
> +++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
> @@ -1977,6 +1977,40 @@ ssize_t move_pages(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx, unsigned long dst_start,
>  	return moved ? moved : err;
>  }
>  
> +bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t vm_flags,
> +		       bool wp_async)
> +{
> +	vm_flags &= __VM_UFFD_FLAGS;
> +
> +	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
> +		return false;
> +
> +	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) &&
> +	    (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma)))
> +		return false;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If wp async enabled, and WP is the only mode enabled, allow any
> +	 * memory type.
> +	 */
> +	if (wp_async && (vm_flags == VM_UFFD_WP))
> +		return true;
> +
> +#ifndef CONFIG_PTE_MARKER_UFFD_WP
> +	/*
> +	 * If user requested uffd-wp but not enabled pte markers for
> +	 * uffd-wp, then shmem & hugetlbfs are not supported but only
> +	 * anonymous.
> +	 */
> +	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_WP) && !vma_is_anonymous(vma))
> +		return false;
> +#endif
> +
> +	/* By default, allow any of anon|shmem|hugetlb */
> +	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ||
> +	    vma_is_shmem(vma);
> +}
> +
>  static void userfaultfd_set_vm_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  				     vm_flags_t vm_flags)
>  {
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 

[PATCH v2 2/5] userfaultfd, shmem: use a VMA callback to handle UFFDIO_CONTINUE

[Mike Rapoport]

From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>

When userspace resolves a page fault in a shmem VMA with UFFDIO_CONTINUE
it needs to get a folio that already exists in the pagecache backing
that VMA.

Instead of using shmem_get_folio() for that, add a get_folio() method to
'struct vm_operations_struct' that will return a folio if it exists in
the VMA's pagecache at given pgoff.

Implement get_folio() method for shmem and slightly refactor
userfaultfd's mfill_atomic() and mfill_atomic_pte_continue() to support
this new API.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/mm.h |  9 ++++++++
 mm/shmem.c         | 18 ++++++++++++++++
 mm/userfaultfd.c   | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7c79b3369b82..c8647707d75b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -690,6 +690,15 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
 	struct page *(*find_normal_page)(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					 unsigned long addr);
 #endif /* CONFIG_FIND_NORMAL_PAGE */
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
+	/*
+	 * Called by userfault to resolve UFFDIO_CONTINUE request.
+	 * Should return the folio found at pgoff in the VMA's pagecache if it
+	 * exists or ERR_PTR otherwise.
+	 * The returned folio is locked and with reference held.
+	 */
+	struct folio *(*get_folio)(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff);
+#endif
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 58701d14dd96..e16c7c8c3e1e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3263,6 +3263,18 @@ int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
 	shmem_inode_unacct_blocks(inode, 1);
 	return ret;
 }
+
+static struct folio *shmem_get_folio_noalloc(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
+{
+	struct folio *folio;
+	int err;
+
+	err = shmem_get_folio(inode, pgoff, 0, &folio, SGP_NOALLOC);
+	if (err)
+		return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+	return folio;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_USERFAULTFD */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
@@ -5295,6 +5307,9 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_vm_ops = {
 	.set_policy     = shmem_set_policy,
 	.get_policy     = shmem_get_policy,
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
+	.get_folio	= shmem_get_folio_noalloc,
+#endif
 };
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_anon_vm_ops = {
@@ -5304,6 +5319,9 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_anon_vm_ops = {
 	.set_policy     = shmem_set_policy,
 	.get_policy     = shmem_get_policy,
 #endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
+	.get_folio	= shmem_get_folio_noalloc,
+#endif
 };
 
 int shmem_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
index 8dc964389b0d..9f0f879b603a 100644
--- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
@@ -388,15 +388,12 @@ static int mfill_atomic_pte_continue(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
 	struct page *page;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = shmem_get_folio(inode, pgoff, 0, &folio, SGP_NOALLOC);
+	folio = dst_vma->vm_ops->get_folio(inode, pgoff);
 	/* Our caller expects us to return -EFAULT if we failed to find folio */
-	if (ret == -ENOENT)
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-	if (ret)
-		goto out;
-	if (!folio) {
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-		goto out;
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio)) {
+		if (PTR_ERR(folio) == -ENOENT || !folio)
+			return -EFAULT;
+		return PTR_ERR(folio);
 	}
 
 	page = folio_file_page(folio, pgoff);
@@ -411,13 +408,12 @@ static int mfill_atomic_pte_continue(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
 		goto out_release;
 
 	folio_unlock(folio);
-	ret = 0;
-out:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
+
 out_release:
 	folio_unlock(folio);
 	folio_put(folio);
-	goto out;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Handles UFFDIO_POISON for all non-hugetlb VMAs. */
@@ -694,6 +690,15 @@ static __always_inline ssize_t mfill_atomic_pte(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static __always_inline bool vma_can_mfill_atomic(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+						 uffd_flags_t flags)
+{
+	if (uffd_flags_mode_is(flags, MFILL_ATOMIC_CONTINUE))
+		return vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->get_folio;
+
+	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || vma_is_shmem(vma);
+}
+
 static __always_inline ssize_t mfill_atomic(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 					    unsigned long dst_start,
 					    unsigned long src_start,
@@ -766,10 +771,7 @@ static __always_inline ssize_t mfill_atomic(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
 		return  mfill_atomic_hugetlb(ctx, dst_vma, dst_start,
 					     src_start, len, flags);
 
-	if (!vma_is_anonymous(dst_vma) && !vma_is_shmem(dst_vma))
-		goto out_unlock;
-	if (!vma_is_shmem(dst_vma) &&
-	    uffd_flags_mode_is(flags, MFILL_ATOMIC_CONTINUE))
+	if (!vma_can_mfill_atomic(dst_vma, flags))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	while (src_addr < src_start + len) {
@@ -1985,9 +1987,21 @@ bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t vm_flags,
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
 		return false;
 
-	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) &&
-	    (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma)))
-		return false;
+	if (vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) {
+		/*
+		 * If only MINOR mode is requested and we can request an
+		 * existing folio from VMA's page cache, allow it
+		 */
+		if (vm_flags == VM_UFFD_MINOR && vma->vm_ops &&
+		    vma->vm_ops->get_folio)
+			return true;
+		/*
+		 * Only hugetlb and shmem can support MINOR mode in combination
+		 * with other modes
+		 */
+		if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma))
+			return false;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If wp async enabled, and WP is the only mode enabled, allow any
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] userfaultfd, shmem: use a VMA callback to handle UFFDIO_CONTINUE

[David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)]

On 11/25/25 19:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> When userspace resolves a page fault in a shmem VMA with UFFDIO_CONTINUE
> it needs to get a folio that already exists in the pagecache backing
> that VMA.
> 
> Instead of using shmem_get_folio() for that, add a get_folio() method to
> 'struct vm_operations_struct' that will return a folio if it exists in
> the VMA's pagecache at given pgoff.
> 
> Implement get_folio() method for shmem and slightly refactor
> userfaultfd's mfill_atomic() and mfill_atomic_pte_continue() to support
> this new API.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>

-- 
Cheers

David

Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] userfaultfd, shmem: use a VMA callback to handle UFFDIO_CONTINUE

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> [251125 13:39]:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> When userspace resolves a page fault in a shmem VMA with UFFDIO_CONTINUE
> it needs to get a folio that already exists in the pagecache backing
> that VMA.
> 
> Instead of using shmem_get_folio() for that, add a get_folio() method to
> 'struct vm_operations_struct' that will return a folio if it exists in
> the VMA's pagecache at given pgoff.
> 
> Implement get_folio() method for shmem and slightly refactor
> userfaultfd's mfill_atomic() and mfill_atomic_pte_continue() to support
> this new API.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

> ---
>  include/linux/mm.h |  9 ++++++++
>  mm/shmem.c         | 18 ++++++++++++++++
>  mm/userfaultfd.c   | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  3 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
> index 7c79b3369b82..c8647707d75b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm.h
> @@ -690,6 +690,15 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
>  	struct page *(*find_normal_page)(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  					 unsigned long addr);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_FIND_NORMAL_PAGE */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +	/*
> +	 * Called by userfault to resolve UFFDIO_CONTINUE request.
> +	 * Should return the folio found at pgoff in the VMA's pagecache if it
> +	 * exists or ERR_PTR otherwise.
> +	 * The returned folio is locked and with reference held.
> +	 */
> +	struct folio *(*get_folio)(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff);
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index 58701d14dd96..e16c7c8c3e1e 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -3263,6 +3263,18 @@ int shmem_mfill_atomic_pte(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
>  	shmem_inode_unacct_blocks(inode, 1);
>  	return ret;
>  }
> +
> +static struct folio *shmem_get_folio_noalloc(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
> +{
> +	struct folio *folio;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	err = shmem_get_folio(inode, pgoff, 0, &folio, SGP_NOALLOC);
> +	if (err)
> +		return ERR_PTR(err);
> +
> +	return folio;
> +}
>  #endif /* CONFIG_USERFAULTFD */
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS
> @@ -5295,6 +5307,9 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_vm_ops = {
>  	.set_policy     = shmem_set_policy,
>  	.get_policy     = shmem_get_policy,
>  #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +	.get_folio	= shmem_get_folio_noalloc,
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_anon_vm_ops = {
> @@ -5304,6 +5319,9 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct shmem_anon_vm_ops = {
>  	.set_policy     = shmem_set_policy,
>  	.get_policy     = shmem_get_policy,
>  #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +	.get_folio	= shmem_get_folio_noalloc,
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  int shmem_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
> diff --git a/mm/userfaultfd.c b/mm/userfaultfd.c
> index 8dc964389b0d..9f0f879b603a 100644
> --- a/mm/userfaultfd.c
> +++ b/mm/userfaultfd.c
> @@ -388,15 +388,12 @@ static int mfill_atomic_pte_continue(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
>  	struct page *page;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	ret = shmem_get_folio(inode, pgoff, 0, &folio, SGP_NOALLOC);
> +	folio = dst_vma->vm_ops->get_folio(inode, pgoff);
>  	/* Our caller expects us to return -EFAULT if we failed to find folio */
> -	if (ret == -ENOENT)
> -		ret = -EFAULT;
> -	if (ret)
> -		goto out;
> -	if (!folio) {
> -		ret = -EFAULT;
> -		goto out;
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio)) {
> +		if (PTR_ERR(folio) == -ENOENT || !folio)
> +			return -EFAULT;
> +		return PTR_ERR(folio);
>  	}
>  
>  	page = folio_file_page(folio, pgoff);
> @@ -411,13 +408,12 @@ static int mfill_atomic_pte_continue(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
>  		goto out_release;
>  
>  	folio_unlock(folio);
> -	ret = 0;
> -out:
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
> +
>  out_release:
>  	folio_unlock(folio);
>  	folio_put(folio);
> -	goto out;
> +	return ret;

I really like this part.

>  }
>  
>  /* Handles UFFDIO_POISON for all non-hugetlb VMAs. */
> @@ -694,6 +690,15 @@ static __always_inline ssize_t mfill_atomic_pte(pmd_t *dst_pmd,
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> +static __always_inline bool vma_can_mfill_atomic(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +						 uffd_flags_t flags)
> +{
> +	if (uffd_flags_mode_is(flags, MFILL_ATOMIC_CONTINUE))
> +		return vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->get_folio;
> +
> +	return vma_is_anonymous(vma) || vma_is_shmem(vma);
> +}
> +
>  static __always_inline ssize_t mfill_atomic(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
>  					    unsigned long dst_start,
>  					    unsigned long src_start,
> @@ -766,10 +771,7 @@ static __always_inline ssize_t mfill_atomic(struct userfaultfd_ctx *ctx,
>  		return  mfill_atomic_hugetlb(ctx, dst_vma, dst_start,
>  					     src_start, len, flags);
>  
> -	if (!vma_is_anonymous(dst_vma) && !vma_is_shmem(dst_vma))
> -		goto out_unlock;
> -	if (!vma_is_shmem(dst_vma) &&
> -	    uffd_flags_mode_is(flags, MFILL_ATOMIC_CONTINUE))
> +	if (!vma_can_mfill_atomic(dst_vma, flags))
>  		goto out_unlock;
>  
>  	while (src_addr < src_start + len) {
> @@ -1985,9 +1987,21 @@ bool vma_can_userfault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t vm_flags,
>  	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_DROPPABLE)
>  		return false;
>  
> -	if ((vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) &&
> -	    (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma)))
> -		return false;
> +	if (vm_flags & VM_UFFD_MINOR) {
> +		/*
> +		 * If only MINOR mode is requested and we can request an
> +		 * existing folio from VMA's page cache, allow it
> +		 */
> +		if (vm_flags == VM_UFFD_MINOR && vma->vm_ops &&
> +		    vma->vm_ops->get_folio)
> +			return true;
> +		/*
> +		 * Only hugetlb and shmem can support MINOR mode in combination
> +		 * with other modes
> +		 */
> +		if (!is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) && !vma_is_shmem(vma))
> +			return false;
> +	}
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * If wp async enabled, and WP is the only mode enabled, allow any
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 

[PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[Mike Rapoport]

From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>

When a VMA is registered with userfaulfd in minor mode, its ->fault()
method should check if a folio exists in the page cache and if yes
->fault() should call handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING).

Instead of calling handle_userfault() directly from a specific ->fault()
implementation introduce new fault reason VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR that will
notify the core page fault handler that it should call
handle_userfaultfd(VM_UFFD_MISSING) to complete a page fault.

Replace a call to handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING) in shmem and use the
new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR there instead.

For configurations that don't enable CONFIG_USERFAULTFD,
VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR is set to 0.

Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 include/linux/mm_types.h | 10 +++++++++-
 mm/memory.c              |  2 ++
 mm/shmem.c               |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 90e5790c318f..df71b057111b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -1523,6 +1523,8 @@ typedef __bitwise unsigned int vm_fault_t;
  *				fsync() to complete (for synchronous page faults
  *				in DAX)
  * @VM_FAULT_COMPLETED:		->fault completed, meanwhile mmap lock released
+ * @VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR:	->fault did not modify page tables and needs
+ *				handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MINOR) to complete
  * @VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK:	mask HINDEX value
  *
  */
@@ -1540,6 +1542,11 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
 	VM_FAULT_DONE_COW       = (__force vm_fault_t)0x001000,
 	VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x002000,
 	VM_FAULT_COMPLETED      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x004000,
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
+	VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR	= (__force vm_fault_t)0x008000,
+#else
+	VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR	= (__force vm_fault_t)0x000000,
+#endif
 	VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK    = (__force vm_fault_t)0x0f0000,
 };
 
@@ -1564,7 +1571,8 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
 	{ VM_FAULT_FALLBACK,            "FALLBACK" },	\
 	{ VM_FAULT_DONE_COW,            "DONE_COW" },	\
 	{ VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC,           "NEEDDSYNC" },	\
-	{ VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" }
+	{ VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" },	\
+	{ VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR,		"UFFD_MINOR" },	\
 
 struct vm_special_mapping {
 	const char *name;	/* The name, e.g. "[vdso]". */
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index b59ae7ce42eb..94acbac8cefb 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -5279,6 +5279,8 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	}
 
 	ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
+	if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR))
+		return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
 	if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
 			    VM_FAULT_DONE_COW)))
 		return ret;
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index e16c7c8c3e1e..a9a31c0b5979 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ static int shmem_get_folio_gfp(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
 	if (folio && vma && userfaultfd_minor(vma)) {
 		if (!xa_is_value(folio))
 			folio_put(folio);
-		*fault_type = handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
+		*fault_type = VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[Peter Xu]

Hi, Mike,

On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 08:38:38PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> When a VMA is registered with userfaulfd in minor mode, its ->fault()
> method should check if a folio exists in the page cache and if yes
> ->fault() should call handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING).

s/MISSING/MINOR/

> 
> Instead of calling handle_userfault() directly from a specific ->fault()
> implementation introduce new fault reason VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR that will
> notify the core page fault handler that it should call
> handle_userfaultfd(VM_UFFD_MISSING) to complete a page fault.

Same.

> 
> Replace a call to handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING) in shmem and use the

Same.

> new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR there instead.

Personally I'd keep the fault path as simple as possible, because that's
the more frequently used path (rather than when userfaultfd is armed). I
also see it slightly a pity that even with flags introduced, it only solves
the MINOR problem, not MISSING.

If it's me, I'd simply export handle_userfault()..  I confess I still don't
know why exporting it is a problem, but maybe I missed something.

Only my two cents.  Feel free to go with whatever way you prefer.

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu

Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[Mike Rapoport]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 02:21:16PM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> Hi, Mike,
> 
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 08:38:38PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > 
> > When a VMA is registered with userfaulfd in minor mode, its ->fault()
> > method should check if a folio exists in the page cache and if yes
> > ->fault() should call handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING).
> 
> s/MISSING/MINOR/

Thanks, fixed. 

> > new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR there instead.
> 
> Personally I'd keep the fault path as simple as possible, because that's
> the more frequently used path (rather than when userfaultfd is armed). I
> also see it slightly a pity that even with flags introduced, it only solves
> the MINOR problem, not MISSING.

With David's suggestion the likely path remains unchanged.

As for MISSING, let's take it baby steps. We have enough space in
vm_fault_reason for UFFD_MISSING if we'd want to pull handle_userfault()
from shmem and hugetlb.
 
> If it's me, I'd simply export handle_userfault()..  I confess I still don't
> know why exporting it is a problem, but maybe I missed something.

It's not only about export, it's also about not requiring ->fault()
methods for pte-mapped memory call handle_userfault().

> Only my two cents.  Feel free to go with whatever way you prefer.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- 
> Peter Xu
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[Peter Xu]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 01:18:10PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 02:21:16PM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> > Hi, Mike,
> > 
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 08:38:38PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > > 
> > > When a VMA is registered with userfaulfd in minor mode, its ->fault()
> > > method should check if a folio exists in the page cache and if yes
> > > ->fault() should call handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING).
> > 
> > s/MISSING/MINOR/
> 
> Thanks, fixed. 
> 
> > > new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR there instead.
> > 
> > Personally I'd keep the fault path as simple as possible, because that's
> > the more frequently used path (rather than when userfaultfd is armed). I
> > also see it slightly a pity that even with flags introduced, it only solves
> > the MINOR problem, not MISSING.
> 
> With David's suggestion the likely path remains unchanged.

It is not about the likely, it's about introducing flags into core path
that makes the core path harder to follow, when it's not strictly required.

Meanwhile, personally I'm also not sure if we should have "unlikely" here..
My gut feeling is in reality we will only have two major use cases:

  (a) when userfaultfd minor isn't in the picture

  (b) when userfaultfd minor registered and actively being used (e.g. in a
      postcopy process)

Then without likely, IIUC the hardware should optimize path selected hence
both a+b performs almost equally well.

My guessing is after adding unlikely, (a) works well, but (b) works badly.
We may need to measure it, IIUC it's part of the reason why we sometimes do
not encourage "likely/unlikely".  But that's only my guess, some numbers
would be more helpful.

One thing we can try is if we add "unlikely" then compare a sequential
MINOR fault trapping on shmem and measure the time it takes, we need to
better make sure we don't regress perf there.  I wonder if James / Axel
would care about it - QEMU doesn't yet support minor, but will soon, and we
will also prefer better perf since the start.

> 
> As for MISSING, let's take it baby steps. We have enough space in
> vm_fault_reason for UFFD_MISSING if we'd want to pull handle_userfault()
> from shmem and hugetlb.

Yep.

>  
> > If it's me, I'd simply export handle_userfault()..  I confess I still don't
> > know why exporting it is a problem, but maybe I missed something.
> 
> It's not only about export, it's also about not requiring ->fault()
> methods for pte-mapped memory call handle_userfault().

I also don't see it a problem.. as what shmem used to do.  Maybe it's a
personal preference?  If so, I don't have a strong opinion.

Just to mention, if we want, I think we have at least one more option to do
the same thing, but without even introducing a new flag to ->fault()
retval.

That is, when we have get_folio() around, we can essentially do two faults
in sequence, one lighter then the real one, only for minor vmas, something
like (I didn't think deeper, so only a rough idea shown):

__do_fault():
  if (uffd_minor(vma)) {
    ...
    folio = vma->get_folio(...);
    if (folio)
       return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
    // fallthrough, which imply a cache miss
  }
  ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
  ...

The risk of above is also perf-wise, but it's another angle where it might
slow down page cache miss case where MINOR is registered only (hence, when
cache missing we'll need to call both get_folio() and fault() now).
However that's likely a less critical case than the unlikely, and I'm also
guessing due to the shared code of get_folio() / fault(), codes will be
preheated and it may not be measureable even if we write it like that.

Then maybe we can avoid this new flag completely but also achieve the same
goal.

Thanks,

-- 
Peter Xu

Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[Mike Rapoport]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 09:10:56AM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 01:18:10PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 02:21:16PM -0500, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > Hi, Mike,
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 08:38:38PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > > > 
> > > > When a VMA is registered with userfaulfd in minor mode, its ->fault()
> > > > method should check if a folio exists in the page cache and if yes
> > > > ->fault() should call handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING).
> > > 
> > > s/MISSING/MINOR/
> > 
> > Thanks, fixed. 
> > 
> > > > new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR there instead.
> > > 
> > > Personally I'd keep the fault path as simple as possible, because that's
> > > the more frequently used path (rather than when userfaultfd is armed). I
> > > also see it slightly a pity that even with flags introduced, it only solves
> > > the MINOR problem, not MISSING.
> > 
> > With David's suggestion the likely path remains unchanged.
> 
> It is not about the likely, it's about introducing flags into core path
> that makes the core path harder to follow, when it's not strictly required.
 
	ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
	if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
			    VM_FAULT_DONE_COW | VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR))) {
		if (ret & VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR)
			return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
		return ret;
	}

isn't hard to follow and it's cleaner than adding EXPORT_SYMBOL that is not
strictly required.

> Meanwhile, personally I'm also not sure if we should have "unlikely" here..
> My gut feeling is in reality we will only have two major use cases:
> 
>   (a) when userfaultfd minor isn't in the picture
> 
>   (b) when userfaultfd minor registered and actively being used (e.g. in a
>       postcopy process)
> 
> Then without likely, IIUC the hardware should optimize path selected hence
> both a+b performs almost equally well.

unlikely() adds a branch that hardware will predict correctly if
UFFD_MINOR is actively used.

But even misspredicted branch is nothing compared to putting a task on a
wait queue and waiting for userspace to react to the fault notification
before handle_userfault() returns the control to the fault handler.
 
> Just to mention, if we want, I think we have at least one more option to do
> the same thing, but without even introducing a new flag to ->fault()
> retval.
> 
> That is, when we have get_folio() around, we can essentially do two faults
> in sequence, one lighter then the real one, only for minor vmas, something
> like (I didn't think deeper, so only a rough idea shown):
> 
> __do_fault():
>   if (uffd_minor(vma)) {
>     ...
>     folio = vma->get_folio(...);
>     if (folio)
>        return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
>     // fallthrough, which imply a cache miss
>   }
>   ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);

That's something to consider for the future, especially if we'd be able to
pull out MISSING handling as well from ->fault() handlers.

> Thanks,
> -- 
> Peter Xu

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)]

> @@ -1564,7 +1571,8 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
>   	{ VM_FAULT_FALLBACK,            "FALLBACK" },	\
>   	{ VM_FAULT_DONE_COW,            "DONE_COW" },	\
>   	{ VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC,           "NEEDDSYNC" },	\
> -	{ VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" }
> +	{ VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" },	\
> +	{ VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR,		"UFFD_MINOR" },	\
>   
>   struct vm_special_mapping {
>   	const char *name;	/* The name, e.g. "[vdso]". */
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index b59ae7ce42eb..94acbac8cefb 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -5279,6 +5279,8 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>   	}
>   
>   	ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
> +	if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR))
> +		return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
>   	if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
>   			    VM_FAULT_DONE_COW)))

If we want to reduce the overhead on the fast path, we can simply do

if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
		    VM_FAULT_DONE_COW | VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR))) {
	if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR))
		return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
	return ret;
}

Maybe the compiler already does that to improve the likely case.

LGTM

-- 
Cheers

David

Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> [251125 13:39]:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> When a VMA is registered with userfaulfd in minor mode, its ->fault()
> method should check if a folio exists in the page cache and if yes
> ->fault() should call handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING).
> 
> Instead of calling handle_userfault() directly from a specific ->fault()
> implementation introduce new fault reason VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR that will
> notify the core page fault handler that it should call
> handle_userfaultfd(VM_UFFD_MISSING) to complete a page fault.
> 
> Replace a call to handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING) in shmem and use the
> new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR there instead.
> 
> For configurations that don't enable CONFIG_USERFAULTFD,
> VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR is set to 0.
> 
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

Same nit as David, but the rest looks good.

> ---
>  include/linux/mm_types.h | 10 +++++++++-
>  mm/memory.c              |  2 ++
>  mm/shmem.c               |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index 90e5790c318f..df71b057111b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -1523,6 +1523,8 @@ typedef __bitwise unsigned int vm_fault_t;
>   *				fsync() to complete (for synchronous page faults
>   *				in DAX)
>   * @VM_FAULT_COMPLETED:		->fault completed, meanwhile mmap lock released
> + * @VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR:	->fault did not modify page tables and needs
> + *				handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MINOR) to complete
>   * @VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK:	mask HINDEX value
>   *
>   */
> @@ -1540,6 +1542,11 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
>  	VM_FAULT_DONE_COW       = (__force vm_fault_t)0x001000,
>  	VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x002000,
>  	VM_FAULT_COMPLETED      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x004000,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +	VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR	= (__force vm_fault_t)0x008000,
> +#else
> +	VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR	= (__force vm_fault_t)0x000000,
> +#endif
>  	VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK    = (__force vm_fault_t)0x0f0000,
>  };
>  
> @@ -1564,7 +1571,8 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
>  	{ VM_FAULT_FALLBACK,            "FALLBACK" },	\
>  	{ VM_FAULT_DONE_COW,            "DONE_COW" },	\
>  	{ VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC,           "NEEDDSYNC" },	\
> -	{ VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" }
> +	{ VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" },	\
> +	{ VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR,		"UFFD_MINOR" },	\
>  
>  struct vm_special_mapping {
>  	const char *name;	/* The name, e.g. "[vdso]". */
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index b59ae7ce42eb..94acbac8cefb 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -5279,6 +5279,8 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	}
>  
>  	ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
> +	if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR))
> +		return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
>  	if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
>  			    VM_FAULT_DONE_COW)))

I have the same concern as David here with adding instructions to the
faults that are not UFFD_MINOR.. I suspect the compiler will remove the
statement completely when UFFD is disabled (and thus ret & 0 in the
check), but it might be worth looking at this closer in the case where
uffd is enabled?  It won't be as clean looking but might make the
assembly better.

>  		return ret;
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index e16c7c8c3e1e..a9a31c0b5979 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ static int shmem_get_folio_gfp(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>  	if (folio && vma && userfaultfd_minor(vma)) {
>  		if (!xa_is_value(folio))
>  			folio_put(folio);
> -		*fault_type = handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
> +		*fault_type = VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR;
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] mm: introduce VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR fault reason

[Nikita Kalyazin]

On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> When a VMA is registered with userfaulfd in minor mode, its ->fault()
> method should check if a folio exists in the page cache and if yes
> ->fault() should call handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING).
> 
> Instead of calling handle_userfault() directly from a specific ->fault()
> implementation introduce new fault reason VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR that will
> notify the core page fault handler that it should call
> handle_userfaultfd(VM_UFFD_MISSING) to complete a page fault.
> 
> Replace a call to handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MISSING) in shmem and use the
> new VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR there instead.
> 
> For configurations that don't enable CONFIG_USERFAULTFD,
> VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR is set to 0.
> 
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
>   include/linux/mm_types.h | 10 +++++++++-
>   mm/memory.c              |  2 ++
>   mm/shmem.c               |  2 +-
>   3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> index 90e5790c318f..df71b057111b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
> @@ -1523,6 +1523,8 @@ typedef __bitwise unsigned int vm_fault_t;
>    *                             fsync() to complete (for synchronous page faults
>    *                             in DAX)
>    * @VM_FAULT_COMPLETED:                ->fault completed, meanwhile mmap lock released
> + * @VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR:       ->fault did not modify page tables and needs
> + *                             handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MINOR) to complete
>    * @VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK:      mask HINDEX value
>    *
>    */
> @@ -1540,6 +1542,11 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
>          VM_FAULT_DONE_COW       = (__force vm_fault_t)0x001000,
>          VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x002000,
>          VM_FAULT_COMPLETED      = (__force vm_fault_t)0x004000,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +       VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR     = (__force vm_fault_t)0x008000,
> +#else
> +       VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR     = (__force vm_fault_t)0x000000,
> +#endif
>          VM_FAULT_HINDEX_MASK    = (__force vm_fault_t)0x0f0000,
>   };
> 
> @@ -1564,7 +1571,8 @@ enum vm_fault_reason {
>          { VM_FAULT_FALLBACK,            "FALLBACK" },   \
>          { VM_FAULT_DONE_COW,            "DONE_COW" },   \
>          { VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC,           "NEEDDSYNC" },  \
> -       { VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" }
> +       { VM_FAULT_COMPLETED,           "COMPLETED" },  \
> +       { VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR,          "UFFD_MINOR" }, \

It looks like we have to keep the last element comma-less, otherwise I'm 
seeing compile errors somewhere in fs/dax.c.

> 
>   struct vm_special_mapping {
>          const char *name;       /* The name, e.g. "[vdso]". */
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index b59ae7ce42eb..94acbac8cefb 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -5279,6 +5279,8 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>          }
> 
>          ret = vma->vm_ops->fault(vmf);
> +       if (unlikely(ret & VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR))
> +               return handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
>          if (unlikely(ret & (VM_FAULT_ERROR | VM_FAULT_NOPAGE | VM_FAULT_RETRY |
>                              VM_FAULT_DONE_COW)))
>                  return ret;
> diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
> index e16c7c8c3e1e..a9a31c0b5979 100644
> --- a/mm/shmem.c
> +++ b/mm/shmem.c
> @@ -2461,7 +2461,7 @@ static int shmem_get_folio_gfp(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index,
>          if (folio && vma && userfaultfd_minor(vma)) {
>                  if (!xa_is_value(folio))
>                          folio_put(folio);
> -               *fault_type = handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MINOR);
> +               *fault_type = VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR;
>                  return 0;
>          }
> 
> --
> 2.50.1
> 

[PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[Mike Rapoport]

From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>

userfaultfd notifications about minor page faults used for live migration
and snapshotting of VMs with memory backed by shared hugetlbfs or tmpfs
mappings as described in detail in commit 7677f7fd8be7 ("userfaultfd: add
minor fault registration mode").

To use the same mechanism for VMs that use guest_memfd to map their memory,
guest_memfd should support userfaultfd minor mode.

Extend ->fault() method of guest_memfd with ability to notify core page
fault handler that a page fault requires handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MINOR) to
complete and add implementation of ->get_shared_folio() to guest_memfd
vm_ops.

Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index ffadc5ee8e04..2a2b076293f9 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
+#include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
 
 #include "kvm_mm.h"
 
@@ -369,6 +370,12 @@ static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		return vmf_error(err);
 	}
 
+	if (userfaultfd_minor(vmf->vma)) {
+		folio_unlock(folio);
+		folio_put(folio);
+		return VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR;
+	}
+
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_large(folio))) {
 		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
 		goto out_folio;
@@ -390,8 +397,29 @@ static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
+static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
+{
+	struct folio *folio;
+
+	folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(inode, pgoff);
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio))
+		return folio;
+
+	if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
+		clear_highpage(folio_page(folio, 0));
+		kvm_gmem_mark_prepared(folio);
+	}
+
+	return folio;
+}
+#endif
+
 static const struct vm_operations_struct kvm_gmem_vm_ops = {
 	.fault = kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping,
+#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
+	.get_folio	= kvm_gmem_get_folio,
+#endif
 };
 
 static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)]

On 11/25/25 19:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> userfaultfd notifications about minor page faults used for live migration
> and snapshotting of VMs with memory backed by shared hugetlbfs or tmpfs
> mappings as described in detail in commit 7677f7fd8be7 ("userfaultfd: add
> minor fault registration mode").
> 
> To use the same mechanism for VMs that use guest_memfd to map their memory,
> guest_memfd should support userfaultfd minor mode.
> 
> Extend ->fault() method of guest_memfd with ability to notify core page
> fault handler that a page fault requires handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MINOR) to
> complete and add implementation of ->get_shared_folio() to guest_memfd
> vm_ops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---

No exports and still looks clean to me, nice. :)

-- 
Cheers

David

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> [251125 13:39]:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> userfaultfd notifications about minor page faults used for live migration
> and snapshotting of VMs with memory backed by shared hugetlbfs or tmpfs
> mappings as described in detail in commit 7677f7fd8be7 ("userfaultfd: add
> minor fault registration mode").
> 
> To use the same mechanism for VMs that use guest_memfd to map their memory,
> guest_memfd should support userfaultfd minor mode.
> 
> Extend ->fault() method of guest_memfd with ability to notify core page
> fault handler that a page fault requires handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MINOR) to
> complete and add implementation of ->get_shared_folio() to guest_memfd
> vm_ops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

> ---
>  virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> index ffadc5ee8e04..2a2b076293f9 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
>  #include <linux/pagemap.h>
>  #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
> +#include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
>  
>  #include "kvm_mm.h"
>  
> @@ -369,6 +370,12 @@ static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  		return vmf_error(err);
>  	}
>  
> +	if (userfaultfd_minor(vmf->vma)) {
> +		folio_unlock(folio);
> +		folio_put(folio);
> +		return VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_large(folio))) {
>  		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
>  		goto out_folio;
> @@ -390,8 +397,29 @@ static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
> +{
> +	struct folio *folio;
> +
> +	folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(inode, pgoff);
> +	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio))
> +		return folio;
> +
> +	if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
> +		clear_highpage(folio_page(folio, 0));
> +		kvm_gmem_mark_prepared(folio);
> +	}
> +
> +	return folio;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>  static const struct vm_operations_struct kvm_gmem_vm_ops = {
>  	.fault = kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +	.get_folio	= kvm_gmem_get_folio,
> +#endif
>  };
>  
>  static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[Nikita Kalyazin]

On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> 
> userfaultfd notifications about minor page faults used for live migration
> and snapshotting of VMs with memory backed by shared hugetlbfs or tmpfs
> mappings as described in detail in commit 7677f7fd8be7 ("userfaultfd: add
> minor fault registration mode").
> 
> To use the same mechanism for VMs that use guest_memfd to map their memory,
> guest_memfd should support userfaultfd minor mode.
> 
> Extend ->fault() method of guest_memfd with ability to notify core page
> fault handler that a page fault requires handle_userfault(VM_UFFD_MINOR) to
> complete and add implementation of ->get_shared_folio() to guest_memfd
> vm_ops.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
>   virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> index ffadc5ee8e04..2a2b076293f9 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>   #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
>   #include <linux/pagemap.h>
>   #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
> +#include <linux/userfaultfd_k.h>
> 
>   #include "kvm_mm.h"
> 
> @@ -369,6 +370,12 @@ static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>                  return vmf_error(err);
>          }
> 
> +       if (userfaultfd_minor(vmf->vma)) {
> +               folio_unlock(folio);
> +               folio_put(folio);
> +               return VM_FAULT_UFFD_MINOR;
> +       }
> +
>          if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_large(folio))) {
>                  ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
>                  goto out_folio;
> @@ -390,8 +397,29 @@ static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
>          return ret;
>   }
> 
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)

We have to name it differently, otherwise it clashes with the existing 
one in this file.

> +{
> +       struct folio *folio;
> +
> +       folio = kvm_gmem_get_folio(inode, pgoff);

                   ^^

> +       if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(folio))
> +               return folio;
> +
> +       if (!folio_test_uptodate(folio)) {
> +               clear_highpage(folio_page(folio, 0));
> +               kvm_gmem_mark_prepared(folio);
> +       }
> +
> +       return folio;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
>   static const struct vm_operations_struct kvm_gmem_vm_ops = {
>          .fault = kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping,
> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> +       .get_folio      = kvm_gmem_get_folio,
> +#endif
>   };
> 
>   static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> --
> 2.50.1
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[Mike Rapoport]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 04:49:31PM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
> On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > 
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> > +static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
> 
> We have to name it differently, otherwise it clashes with the existing one
> in this file.

It's all David's fault! ;-P
How about kvm_gmem_get_prepared_folio() ?

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[Nikita Kalyazin]

On 27/11/2025 10:36, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 04:49:31PM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
>> On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>>> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
>>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
>>> +static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
>>
>> We have to name it differently, otherwise it clashes with the existing one
>> in this file.
> 
> It's all David's fault! ;-P
> How about kvm_gmem_get_prepared_folio() ?

I'm afraid it may not be ideal due to preparedness tracking being 
removed from guest_memfd at some point [1].  Would it be too bad to add 
an indication to userfaultfd in the name somehow given that it's already 
guarded by the config?

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-coco/20251113230759.1562024-1-michael.roth@amd.com

> 
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[Mike Rapoport]

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 11:19:35AM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
> 
> 
> On 27/11/2025 10:36, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 04:49:31PM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
> > > On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
> > > > 
> > > > +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
> > > > +static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
> > > 
> > > We have to name it differently, otherwise it clashes with the existing one
> > > in this file.
> > 
> > It's all David's fault! ;-P
> > How about kvm_gmem_get_prepared_folio() ?
> 
> I'm afraid it may not be ideal due to preparedness tracking being removed
> from guest_memfd at some point [1].  Would it be too bad to add an
> indication to userfaultfd in the name somehow given that it's already
> guarded by the config?

Hmm, shmem also has this clash. There I picked shmem_get_folio_noalloc()
because that describes well what it does: lookup folio in the page cache,
grab it if it's there or return -ENOENT if it's missing.
That's also what hugetlb does for uffd minor fault.

The guest_memfd implementation I copied from one of the older postings
allocates the folio if it's not in the page cache and it seems to me that
it also should only look up existing folios to keep uffd minor semantics
uniform.
 
Then it makes sense also to name the vm_ops method get_folio_noalloc().

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[Nikita Kalyazin]

On 27/11/2025 19:04, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 11:19:35AM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 27/11/2025 10:36, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 04:49:31PM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
>>>> On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>>>>> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
>>>>>
>>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
>>>>> +static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
>>>>
>>>> We have to name it differently, otherwise it clashes with the existing one
>>>> in this file.
>>>
>>> It's all David's fault! ;-P
>>> How about kvm_gmem_get_prepared_folio() ?
>>
>> I'm afraid it may not be ideal due to preparedness tracking being removed
>> from guest_memfd at some point [1].  Would it be too bad to add an
>> indication to userfaultfd in the name somehow given that it's already
>> guarded by the config?
> 
> Hmm, shmem also has this clash. There I picked shmem_get_folio_noalloc()
> because that describes well what it does: lookup folio in the page cache,
> grab it if it's there or return -ENOENT if it's missing.
> That's also what hugetlb does for uffd minor fault.
> 
> The guest_memfd implementation I copied from one of the older postings
> allocates the folio if it's not in the page cache and it seems to me that
> it also should only look up existing folios to keep uffd minor semantics
> uniform.

I can't see a reason for guest_memfd to deviate from shmem and hugetlb 
here so makes sense to me.

> 
> Then it makes sense also to name the vm_ops method get_folio_noalloc().
> 
> --
> Sincerely yours,
> Mike.

Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] guest_memfd: add support for userfaultfd minor mode

[David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)]

On 11/27/25 11:36, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 04:49:31PM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
>> On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
>>> From: "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" <rppt@kernel.org>
>>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_USERFAULTFD
>>> +static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t pgoff)
>>
>> We have to name it differently, otherwise it clashes with the existing one
>> in this file.
> 
> It's all David's fault! ;-P

As usual :)

> How about kvm_gmem_get_prepared_folio() ?

Or maybe just spell out that it is for vm_ops

kvm_gmem_vm_ops_get_folio()

-- 
Cheers

David

[PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: selftests: test userfaultfd minor for guest_memfd

[Mike Rapoport]

From: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>

The test demonstrates that a minor userfaultfd event in guest_memfd can
be resolved via a memcpy followed by a UFFDIO_CONTINUE ioctl.

Signed-off-by: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>
Co-developed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
---
 .../testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c  | 103 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
index e7d9aeb418d3..a5d3ed21d7bb 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
@@ -10,13 +10,17 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/falloc.h>
 #include <linux/sizes.h>
+#include <linux/userfaultfd.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
 
 #include "kvm_util.h"
 #include "test_util.h"
@@ -254,6 +258,104 @@ static void test_guest_memfd_flags(struct kvm_vm *vm)
 	}
 }
 
+struct fault_args {
+	char *addr;
+	volatile char value;
+};
+
+static void *fault_thread_fn(void *arg)
+{
+	struct fault_args *args = arg;
+
+	/* Trigger page fault */
+	args->value = *args->addr;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void test_uffd_minor(int fd, size_t total_size)
+{
+	struct uffdio_api uffdio_api = {
+		.api = UFFD_API,
+		.features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_GENERIC,
+	};
+	struct uffdio_register uffd_reg;
+	struct uffdio_continue uffd_cont;
+	struct uffd_msg msg;
+	struct fault_args args;
+	pthread_t fault_thread;
+	void *mem, *mem_nofault, *buf = NULL;
+	int uffd, ret;
+	off_t offset = page_size;
+	void *fault_addr;
+
+	ret = posix_memalign(&buf, page_size, total_size);
+	TEST_ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
+
+	memset(buf, 0xaa, total_size);
+
+	uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC);
+	TEST_ASSERT(uffd != -1, "userfaultfd creation should succeed");
+
+	ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &uffdio_api);
+	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_API) should succeed");
+
+	mem = mmap(NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(mem != MAP_FAILED, "mmap should succeed");
+
+	mem_nofault = mmap(NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+	TEST_ASSERT(mem_nofault != MAP_FAILED, "mmap should succeed");
+
+	uffd_reg.range.start = (unsigned long)mem;
+	uffd_reg.range.len = total_size;
+	uffd_reg.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR;
+	ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_REGISTER, &uffd_reg);
+	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_REGISTER) should succeed");
+
+	ret = fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE,
+			offset, page_size);
+	TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE) should succeed");
+
+	fault_addr = mem + offset;
+	args.addr = fault_addr;
+
+	ret = pthread_create(&fault_thread, NULL, fault_thread_fn, &args);
+	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "pthread_create should succeed");
+
+	ret = read(uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg));
+	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "read from userfaultfd should succeed");
+	TEST_ASSERT(msg.event == UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT, "event type should be pagefault");
+	TEST_ASSERT((void *)(msg.arg.pagefault.address & ~(page_size - 1)) == fault_addr,
+		    "pagefault should occur at expected address");
+
+	memcpy(mem_nofault + offset, buf + offset, page_size);
+
+	uffd_cont.range.start = (unsigned long)fault_addr;
+	uffd_cont.range.len = page_size;
+	uffd_cont.mode = 0;
+	ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_CONTINUE, &uffd_cont);
+	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_CONTINUE) should succeed");
+
+	/*
+	 * wait for fault_thread to finish to make sure fault happened and was
+	 * resolved before we verify the values
+	 */
+	ret = pthread_join(fault_thread, NULL);
+	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "pthread_join should succeed");
+
+	TEST_ASSERT(args.value == *(char *)(mem_nofault + offset),
+		    "memory should contain the value that was copied");
+	TEST_ASSERT(args.value == *(char *)(mem + offset),
+		    "no further fault is expected");
+
+	ret = munmap(mem_nofault, total_size);
+	TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "munmap should succeed");
+
+	ret = munmap(mem, total_size);
+	TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "munmap should succeed");
+	free(buf);
+	close(uffd);
+}
+
 #define gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags)				\
 do {									\
 	int fd = vm_create_guest_memfd(__vm, page_size * 4, __flags);	\
@@ -273,6 +375,7 @@ static void __test_guest_memfd(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint64_t flags)
 		if (flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED) {
 			gmem_test(mmap_supported, vm, flags);
 			gmem_test(fault_overflow, vm, flags);
+			gmem_test(uffd_minor, vm, flags);
 		} else {
 			gmem_test(fault_private, vm, flags);
 		}
-- 
2.50.1

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: selftests: test userfaultfd minor for guest_memfd

[Liam R. Howlett]

* Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> [251125 13:39]:
> From: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>
> 
> The test demonstrates that a minor userfaultfd event in guest_memfd can
> be resolved via a memcpy followed by a UFFDIO_CONTINUE ioctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>
> Co-developed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>

> ---
>  .../testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c  | 103 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 103 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
> index e7d9aeb418d3..a5d3ed21d7bb 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
> @@ -10,13 +10,17 @@
>  #include <errno.h>
>  #include <stdio.h>
>  #include <fcntl.h>
> +#include <pthread.h>
>  
>  #include <linux/bitmap.h>
>  #include <linux/falloc.h>
>  #include <linux/sizes.h>
> +#include <linux/userfaultfd.h>
>  #include <sys/mman.h>
>  #include <sys/types.h>
>  #include <sys/stat.h>
> +#include <sys/syscall.h>
> +#include <sys/ioctl.h>
>  
>  #include "kvm_util.h"
>  #include "test_util.h"
> @@ -254,6 +258,104 @@ static void test_guest_memfd_flags(struct kvm_vm *vm)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +struct fault_args {
> +	char *addr;
> +	volatile char value;
> +};
> +
> +static void *fault_thread_fn(void *arg)
> +{
> +	struct fault_args *args = arg;
> +
> +	/* Trigger page fault */
> +	args->value = *args->addr;
> +	return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void test_uffd_minor(int fd, size_t total_size)
> +{
> +	struct uffdio_api uffdio_api = {
> +		.api = UFFD_API,
> +		.features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_GENERIC,
> +	};
> +	struct uffdio_register uffd_reg;
> +	struct uffdio_continue uffd_cont;
> +	struct uffd_msg msg;
> +	struct fault_args args;
> +	pthread_t fault_thread;
> +	void *mem, *mem_nofault, *buf = NULL;
> +	int uffd, ret;
> +	off_t offset = page_size;
> +	void *fault_addr;
> +
> +	ret = posix_memalign(&buf, page_size, total_size);
> +	TEST_ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
> +
> +	memset(buf, 0xaa, total_size);
> +
> +	uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(uffd != -1, "userfaultfd creation should succeed");
> +
> +	ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &uffdio_api);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_API) should succeed");
> +
> +	mem = mmap(NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(mem != MAP_FAILED, "mmap should succeed");
> +
> +	mem_nofault = mmap(NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(mem_nofault != MAP_FAILED, "mmap should succeed");
> +
> +	uffd_reg.range.start = (unsigned long)mem;
> +	uffd_reg.range.len = total_size;
> +	uffd_reg.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR;
> +	ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_REGISTER, &uffd_reg);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_REGISTER) should succeed");
> +
> +	ret = fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE,
> +			offset, page_size);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE) should succeed");
> +
> +	fault_addr = mem + offset;
> +	args.addr = fault_addr;
> +
> +	ret = pthread_create(&fault_thread, NULL, fault_thread_fn, &args);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "pthread_create should succeed");
> +
> +	ret = read(uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg));
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "read from userfaultfd should succeed");
> +	TEST_ASSERT(msg.event == UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT, "event type should be pagefault");
> +	TEST_ASSERT((void *)(msg.arg.pagefault.address & ~(page_size - 1)) == fault_addr,
> +		    "pagefault should occur at expected address");
> +
> +	memcpy(mem_nofault + offset, buf + offset, page_size);
> +
> +	uffd_cont.range.start = (unsigned long)fault_addr;
> +	uffd_cont.range.len = page_size;
> +	uffd_cont.mode = 0;
> +	ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_CONTINUE, &uffd_cont);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_CONTINUE) should succeed");
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * wait for fault_thread to finish to make sure fault happened and was
> +	 * resolved before we verify the values
> +	 */
> +	ret = pthread_join(fault_thread, NULL);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "pthread_join should succeed");
> +
> +	TEST_ASSERT(args.value == *(char *)(mem_nofault + offset),
> +		    "memory should contain the value that was copied");
> +	TEST_ASSERT(args.value == *(char *)(mem + offset),
> +		    "no further fault is expected");
> +
> +	ret = munmap(mem_nofault, total_size);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "munmap should succeed");
> +
> +	ret = munmap(mem, total_size);
> +	TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "munmap should succeed");
> +	free(buf);
> +	close(uffd);
> +}
> +
>  #define gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags)				\
>  do {									\
>  	int fd = vm_create_guest_memfd(__vm, page_size * 4, __flags);	\
> @@ -273,6 +375,7 @@ static void __test_guest_memfd(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint64_t flags)
>  		if (flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED) {
>  			gmem_test(mmap_supported, vm, flags);
>  			gmem_test(fault_overflow, vm, flags);
> +			gmem_test(uffd_minor, vm, flags);
>  		} else {
>  			gmem_test(fault_private, vm, flags);
>  		}
> -- 
> 2.50.1
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: selftests: test userfaultfd minor for guest_memfd

[Nikita Kalyazin]

On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>
> 
> The test demonstrates that a minor userfaultfd event in guest_memfd can
> be resolved via a memcpy followed by a UFFDIO_CONTINUE ioctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>
> Co-developed-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@kernel.org>
> ---
>   .../testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c  | 103 ++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 103 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
> index e7d9aeb418d3..a5d3ed21d7bb 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c
> @@ -10,13 +10,17 @@
>   #include <errno.h>
>   #include <stdio.h>
>   #include <fcntl.h>
> +#include <pthread.h>
> 
>   #include <linux/bitmap.h>
>   #include <linux/falloc.h>
>   #include <linux/sizes.h>
> +#include <linux/userfaultfd.h>
>   #include <sys/mman.h>
>   #include <sys/types.h>
>   #include <sys/stat.h>
> +#include <sys/syscall.h>
> +#include <sys/ioctl.h>
> 
>   #include "kvm_util.h"
>   #include "test_util.h"
> @@ -254,6 +258,104 @@ static void test_guest_memfd_flags(struct kvm_vm *vm)
>          }
>   }
> 
> +struct fault_args {
> +       char *addr;
> +       volatile char value;
> +};
> +
> +static void *fault_thread_fn(void *arg)
> +{
> +       struct fault_args *args = arg;
> +
> +       /* Trigger page fault */
> +       args->value = *args->addr;
> +       return NULL;
> +}
> +
> +static void test_uffd_minor(int fd, size_t total_size)
> +{
> +       struct uffdio_api uffdio_api = {
> +               .api = UFFD_API,
> +               .features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_GENERIC,

Should it be UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM instead? 
UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_GENERIC was removed in the v1.

> +       };
> +       struct uffdio_register uffd_reg;
> +       struct uffdio_continue uffd_cont;
> +       struct uffd_msg msg;
> +       struct fault_args args;
> +       pthread_t fault_thread;
> +       void *mem, *mem_nofault, *buf = NULL;
> +       int uffd, ret;
> +       off_t offset = page_size;
> +       void *fault_addr;
> +
> +       ret = posix_memalign(&buf, page_size, total_size);
> +       TEST_ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
> +
> +       memset(buf, 0xaa, total_size);
> +
> +       uffd = syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, O_CLOEXEC);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(uffd != -1, "userfaultfd creation should succeed");
> +
> +       ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_API, &uffdio_api);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_API) should succeed");
> +
> +       mem = mmap(NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(mem != MAP_FAILED, "mmap should succeed");
> +
> +       mem_nofault = mmap(NULL, total_size, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(mem_nofault != MAP_FAILED, "mmap should succeed");
> +
> +       uffd_reg.range.start = (unsigned long)mem;
> +       uffd_reg.range.len = total_size;
> +       uffd_reg.mode = UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MINOR;
> +       ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_REGISTER, &uffd_reg);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_REGISTER) should succeed");
> +
> +       ret = fallocate(fd, FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE | FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE,
> +                       offset, page_size);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "fallocate(PUNCH_HOLE) should succeed");
> +
> +       fault_addr = mem + offset;
> +       args.addr = fault_addr;
> +
> +       ret = pthread_create(&fault_thread, NULL, fault_thread_fn, &args);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "pthread_create should succeed");
> +
> +       ret = read(uffd, &msg, sizeof(msg));
> +       TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "read from userfaultfd should succeed");
> +       TEST_ASSERT(msg.event == UFFD_EVENT_PAGEFAULT, "event type should be pagefault");
> +       TEST_ASSERT((void *)(msg.arg.pagefault.address & ~(page_size - 1)) == fault_addr,
> +                   "pagefault should occur at expected address");
> +
> +       memcpy(mem_nofault + offset, buf + offset, page_size);
> +
> +       uffd_cont.range.start = (unsigned long)fault_addr;
> +       uffd_cont.range.len = page_size;
> +       uffd_cont.mode = 0;
> +       ret = ioctl(uffd, UFFDIO_CONTINUE, &uffd_cont);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(ret != -1, "ioctl(UFFDIO_CONTINUE) should succeed");
> +
> +       /*
> +        * wait for fault_thread to finish to make sure fault happened and was
> +        * resolved before we verify the values
> +        */
> +       ret = pthread_join(fault_thread, NULL);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(ret == 0, "pthread_join should succeed");
> +
> +       TEST_ASSERT(args.value == *(char *)(mem_nofault + offset),
> +                   "memory should contain the value that was copied");
> +       TEST_ASSERT(args.value == *(char *)(mem + offset),
> +                   "no further fault is expected");
> +
> +       ret = munmap(mem_nofault, total_size);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "munmap should succeed");
> +
> +       ret = munmap(mem, total_size);
> +       TEST_ASSERT(!ret, "munmap should succeed");
> +       free(buf);
> +       close(uffd);
> +}
> +
>   #define gmem_test(__test, __vm, __flags)                               \
>   do {                                                                   \
>          int fd = vm_create_guest_memfd(__vm, page_size * 4, __flags);   \
> @@ -273,6 +375,7 @@ static void __test_guest_memfd(struct kvm_vm *vm, uint64_t flags)
>                  if (flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED) {
>                          gmem_test(mmap_supported, vm, flags);
>                          gmem_test(fault_overflow, vm, flags);
> +                       gmem_test(uffd_minor, vm, flags);
>                  } else {
>                          gmem_test(fault_private, vm, flags);
>                  }
> --
> 2.50.1
> 

Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: selftests: test userfaultfd minor for guest_memfd

[Mike Rapoport]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 04:49:46PM +0000, Nikita Kalyazin wrote:
> On 25/11/2025 18:38, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > From: Nikita Kalyazin <kalyazin@amazon.com>
> > 
> > +static void test_uffd_minor(int fd, size_t total_size)
> > +{
> > +       struct uffdio_api uffdio_api = {
> > +               .api = UFFD_API,
> > +               .features = UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_GENERIC,
> 
> Should it be UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM instead? UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_GENERIC
> was removed in the v1.

I'll drop .features completely, the checks in UFFDIO_REGISTER are
sufficient.
 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.