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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
index 005e5e306266..66dd4cd277bd 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/userfaultfd.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_HUGETLBFS | \
UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM | \
UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS | \
- UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM)
+ UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM | \
+ UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED)
#define UFFD_API_IOCTLS \
((__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_REGISTER | \
(__u64)1 << _UFFDIO_UNREGISTER | \
@@ -203,6 +204,12 @@ struct uffdio_api {
*
* UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM indicates that userfaultfd
* write-protection mode is supported on both shmem and hugetlbfs.
+ *
+ * UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED indicates that userfaultfd
+ * write-protection mode will always apply to unpopulated pages
+ * (i.e. empty ptes). This will be the default behavior for shmem
+ * & hugetlbfs, so this flag only affects anonymous memory behavior
+ * when userfault write-protection mode is registered.
*/
#define UFFD_FEATURE_PAGEFAULT_FLAG_WP (1<<0)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_EVENT_FORK (1<<1)
@@ -217,6 +224,7 @@ struct uffdio_api {
#define UFFD_FEATURE_MINOR_SHMEM (1<<10)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_EXACT_ADDRESS (1<<11)
#define UFFD_FEATURE_WP_HUGETLBFS_SHMEM (1<<12)
+#define UFFD_FEATURE_WP_UNPOPULATED (1<<13)
__u64 features;
__u64 ioctls;
@@ -297,6 +305,13 @@ struct uffdio_writeprotect {
struct uffdio_continue {
struct uffdio_range range;
#define UFFDIO_CONTINUE_MODE_DONTWAKE ((__u64)1<<0)
+ /*
+ * UFFDIO_CONTINUE_MODE_WP will map the page write protected on
+ * the fly. UFFDIO_CONTINUE_MODE_WP is available only if the
+ * write protected ioctl is implemented for the range
+ * according to the uffdio_register.ioctls.
+ */
+#define UFFDIO_CONTINUE_MODE_WP ((__u64)1<<1)
__u64 mode;
/*