[PATCH v3 0/2] mm/process_vm_access: pidfd and nowait support for process_vm_readv/writev
From: Alban Crequy
Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 08:47:52 EST
This adds two flags to process_vm_readv/writev:
- PROCESS_VM_PIDFD: refer to the remote process via PID file descriptor
instead of PID.
- PROCESS_VM_NOWAIT: do not block on IO if the memory access causes a
page fault.
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260408145436.843538-1-alban.crequy@xxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20251118132348.2415603-1-alban.crequy@xxxxxxxxx/
Sashiko review of v2: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260408145436.843538-1-alban.crequy@xxxxxxxxx
Changes since v2:
- Fix ERR_PTR handling for pidfd_get_task(): use IS_ERR()/PTR_ERR()
for the pidfd path, matching process_madvise() (Usama Arif, Sashiko)
- Add selftest for invalid pidfd (David Hildenbrand)
- Add selftest for invalid pid
- Remove hardcoded __NR_pidfd_open fallback, use <sys/syscall.h> (Sashiko)
- SKIP pidfd tests on kernels without pidfd_open (ENOSYS) (Sashiko)
- SKIP userfaultfd tests when unprivileged userfaultfd is disabled (EPERM) (Sashiko)
- Fault in test_data before NOWAIT tests to ensure page is resident (Sashiko)
- Add ksft_process_vm_readv.sh wrapper and run_vmtests.sh entry
so the test runs in CI
- Rebase onto v7.1-rc1
Not addressed:
- uffd handler timeout causing test hang: kselftest_harness forks each
test with a 30-second timeout, so an infinite hang cannot occur (Sashiko)
- 64-bit process reading 32-bit process high addresses: pre-existing
concern in the existing process_vm_readv code, not introduced by this
patch (David Laight)
Alban Crequy (2):
mm/process_vm_access: pidfd and nowait support for
process_vm_readv/writev
selftests/mm: add tests for process_vm_readv flags
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
include/uapi/linux/process_vm.h | 9 +
mm/process_vm_access.c | 34 +-
tools/testing/selftests/mm/Makefile | 2 +
.../selftests/mm/ksft_process_vm_readv.sh | 4 +
tools/testing/selftests/mm/process_vm_readv.c | 421 ++++++++++++++++++
tools/testing/selftests/mm/run_vmtests.sh | 4 +
7 files changed, 466 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/process_vm.h
create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/mm/ksft_process_vm_readv.sh
create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/mm/process_vm_readv.c
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