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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 6f959d8ca4b4..f0d5be9dc736 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -608,7 +608,11 @@ enum {
/*
* Flags which should result in page tables being copied on fork. These are
* flags which indicate that the VMA maps page tables which cannot be
- * reconsistuted upon page fault, so necessitate page table copying upon
+ * reconsistuted upon page fault, so necessitate page table copying upon fork.
+ *
+ * Note that these flags should be compared with the DESTINATION VMA not the
+ * source, as VM_UFFD_WP may not be propagated to destination, while all other
+ * flags will be.
*
* VM_PFNMAP / VM_MIXEDMAP - These contain kernel-mapped data which cannot be
* reasonably reconstructed on page fault.