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-rw-r--r--util/trace-events1
-rw-r--r--util/userfaultfd.c32
2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/trace-events b/util/trace-events
index c8f53d7d9f..16f78d8fe5 100644
--- a/util/trace-events
+++ b/util/trace-events
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ qemu_vfio_region_info(const char *desc, uint64_t region_ofs, uint64_t region_siz
qemu_vfio_pci_map_bar(int index, uint64_t region_ofs, uint64_t region_size, int ofs, void *host) "map region bar#%d addr 0x%"PRIx64" size 0x%"PRIx64" ofs 0x%x host %p"
#userfaultfd.c
+uffd_detect_open_mode(int mode) "%d"
uffd_query_features_nosys(int err) "errno: %i"
uffd_query_features_api_failed(int err) "errno: %i"
uffd_create_fd_nosys(int err) "errno: %i"
diff --git a/util/userfaultfd.c b/util/userfaultfd.c
index 4953b3137d..fdff4867e8 100644
--- a/util/userfaultfd.c
+++ b/util/userfaultfd.c
@@ -18,10 +18,42 @@
#include <poll.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+
+typedef enum {
+ UFFD_UNINITIALIZED = 0,
+ UFFD_USE_DEV_PATH,
+ UFFD_USE_SYSCALL,
+} uffd_open_mode;
int uffd_open(int flags)
{
#if defined(__NR_userfaultfd)
+ static uffd_open_mode open_mode;
+ static int uffd_dev;
+
+ /* Detect how to generate uffd desc when run the 1st time */
+ if (open_mode == UFFD_UNINITIALIZED) {
+ /*
+ * Make /dev/userfaultfd the default approach because it has better
+ * permission controls, meanwhile allows kernel faults without any
+ * privilege requirement (e.g. SYS_CAP_PTRACE).
+ */
+ uffd_dev = open("/dev/userfaultfd", O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC);
+ if (uffd_dev >= 0) {
+ open_mode = UFFD_USE_DEV_PATH;
+ } else {
+ /* Fallback to the system call */
+ open_mode = UFFD_USE_SYSCALL;
+ }
+ trace_uffd_detect_open_mode(open_mode);
+ }
+
+ if (open_mode == UFFD_USE_DEV_PATH) {
+ assert(uffd_dev >= 0);
+ return ioctl(uffd_dev, USERFAULTFD_IOC_NEW, flags);
+ }
+
return syscall(__NR_userfaultfd, flags);
#else
return -EINVAL;