// Copyright © 2026 Cloud Hypervisor Authors // // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 //! Minimal userfaultfd bindings for demand-paged snapshot restore. //! //! Prefers `/dev/userfaultfd` (Linux 6.1+) over the `userfaultfd(2)` syscall //! to create a fault descriptor, falling back to the syscall when the device //! is unavailable. Then uses `UFFDIO_API` / `UFFDIO_REGISTER` / `UFFDIO_COPY` //! ioctls to handle page faults from a background thread. //! //! Unlike an mmap(MAP_PRIVATE) overlay approach, UFFD does not replace the //! original memory mapping, so it remains compatible with VFIO device //! passthrough and shared-memory-backed guest RAM. use std::fs::OpenOptions; use std::io::Error; use std::mem; use std::os::fd::{AsRawFd, BorrowedFd, FromRawFd, OwnedFd, RawFd}; use crate::userfaultfd; #[repr(C)] pub(crate) struct UffdioApi { pub api: u64, pub features: u64, pub ioctls: u64, } #[repr(C)] pub(crate) struct UffdioRegister { pub range_start: u64, pub range_len: u64, pub mode: u64, pub ioctls: u64, } #[repr(C)] pub(crate) struct UffdioCopy { pub dst: u64, pub src: u64, pub len: u64, pub mode: u64, pub copy: i64, } /// Flat representation of `struct uffd_msg` (32 bytes). /// /// The kernel struct contains an 8-byte header followed by a 24-byte /// union (`arg`). We only use the `arg.pagefault` variant, so the /// union is flattened into its pagefault fields here. The trailing /// 8 bytes (`arg.pagefault.feat` + padding) are unused. #[repr(C)] pub(crate) struct UffdMsg { pub event: u8, _reserved1: u8, _reserved2: u16, _reserved3: u32, pub pf_flags: u64, pub pf_address: u64, _pad: [u8; 8], } const _: () = assert!(mem::size_of::() == 32); /// Try to obtain a userfaultfd via /dev/userfaultfd (Linux 6.1+). /// /// This bypasses the capability and sysctl checks that gate the syscall, /// requiring only file permissions on the device node. fn try_dev_userfaultfd() -> Result { let dev = OpenOptions::new() .read(true) .write(true) .open("/dev/userfaultfd")?; let flags = libc::O_CLOEXEC | libc::O_NONBLOCK; // SAFETY: USERFAULTFD_IOC_NEW on a valid /dev/userfaultfd fd returns a new // userfaultfd file descriptor. let fd = unsafe { libc::ioctl( dev.as_raw_fd(), userfaultfd::USERFAULTFD_IOC_NEW as libc::Ioctl, flags, ) }; if fd < 0 { return Err(Error::last_os_error()); } // SAFETY: the ioctl returned a valid fd above. Ok(unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(fd) }) } /// Create a userfaultfd file descriptor and perform the API handshake. /// /// Prefers `/dev/userfaultfd` (no capability/sysctl requirements, just file /// permissions) and falls back to the `userfaultfd(2)` syscall. pub(crate) fn create(required_features: u64) -> Result { let fd = match try_dev_userfaultfd() { Ok(fd) => fd, Err(_) => { // SAFETY: `userfaultfd` syscall with O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK flags. let raw = unsafe { libc::syscall(libc::SYS_userfaultfd, libc::O_CLOEXEC | libc::O_NONBLOCK) }; if raw < 0 { return Err(Error::last_os_error()); } // SAFETY: the syscall returned a valid fd above. unsafe { OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(raw as RawFd) } } }; let mut api = UffdioApi { api: userfaultfd::UFFD_API, features: required_features, ioctls: 0, }; // SAFETY: `api` is a valid, correctly-sized struct for this ioctl. let ret = unsafe { libc::ioctl( fd.as_raw_fd(), userfaultfd::UFFDIO_API as libc::Ioctl, &mut api, ) }; if ret < 0 { return Err(Error::last_os_error()); } Ok(fd) } /// Register a memory range for missing-page fault handling. pub(crate) fn register(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>, addr: u64, len: u64) -> Result { let mut reg = UffdioRegister { range_start: addr, range_len: len, mode: userfaultfd::UFFDIO_REGISTER_MODE_MISSING, ioctls: 0, }; // SAFETY: `reg` is a valid, correctly-sized struct for this ioctl. let ret = unsafe { libc::ioctl( fd.as_raw_fd(), userfaultfd::UFFDIO_REGISTER as libc::Ioctl, &mut reg, ) }; if ret < 0 { return Err(Error::last_os_error()); } Ok(reg.ioctls) } /// Resolve a page fault by copying data into the faulted address. pub(crate) fn copy(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>, dst: u64, src: *const u8, len: u64) -> Result<(), Error> { let mut cp = UffdioCopy { dst, src: src as u64, len, mode: 0, copy: 0, }; // SAFETY: `cp` is a valid, correctly-sized struct for this ioctl. let ret = unsafe { libc::ioctl( fd.as_raw_fd(), userfaultfd::UFFDIO_COPY as libc::Ioctl, &mut cp, ) }; if ret < 0 { return Err(Error::last_os_error()); } Ok(()) } #[repr(C)] struct UffdioRange { start: u64, len: u64, } /// Wake threads waiting on a fault in the given range without copying data. /// /// Needed after UFFDIO_COPY returns EEXIST: the page was already resolved /// by a concurrent fault, but any additional threads blocked on that page /// may not have been woken. pub(crate) fn wake(fd: BorrowedFd<'_>, addr: u64, len: u64) -> Result<(), Error> { let mut range = UffdioRange { start: addr, len }; // SAFETY: `range` is a valid, correctly-sized struct for this ioctl. let ret = unsafe { libc::ioctl( fd.as_raw_fd(), userfaultfd::UFFDIO_WAKE as libc::Ioctl, &mut range, ) }; if ret < 0 { return Err(Error::last_os_error()); } Ok(()) }