[LTP] [PATCH v1 0/3] userfaultfd: Fix and remove compile-time TCONF handling

Martin Doucha mdoucha@suse.cz
Mon Nov 28 13:29:41 CET 2022


On 28. 11. 22 12:57, Petr Vorel wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
> If I remember correctly the reason for runtime check was ppc64le
> missing userfaultfd minor fault support which needs to be check in runtime,
> right? [1]. At least this is how I understand Martin's suggestion [2] to replace
> compile time check with lapi. I'd state this reason at first commit message as
> it's not obvious.

The reason for runtime check is that the presence of the header file 
does not guarantee that the kernel supports UFFD API. The reason for 
LAPI is that we only care about actual kernel support, not build-time 
header files.

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