From: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
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Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
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Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 02/27] KVM, vfio: remove symbol_get(kvm_get_kvm_safe) from vfio
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 10:52:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706085229.979525-3-seiden@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706085229.979525-1-seiden@linux.ibm.com>
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Right now, KVM and VFIO are using symbol_get to access each other's
symbols because of a circular reference between the modules, as well
as to avoid loading them unnecessarily.
However, usage of symbol_get is mostly deprecated and there are just a
handful of users left. In the case of VFIO, in particular, the
functions it calls can be made inline. Start with kvm_get_kvm_safe,
for which it is trivial to do so.
While at it, move the function from kvm_host.h to kvm_types.h.
Unlike e.g. drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c, there's no need for
VFIO to know any implementation details of KVM, and struct kvm
can be treated as an opaque type.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h | 4 ++--
drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c | 8 +-------
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 8 ++++----
include/linux/kvm_types.h | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 29 +++++++----------------------
7 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
index c1cbae65d239..913edd9403e5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ void kvm_tdp_mmu_invalidate_roots(struct kvm *kvm,
* being destroyed in an error path of KVM_CREATE_VM.
*/
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING) &&
- refcount_read(&kvm->users_count) && kvm->created_vcpus)
+ refcount_read(&kvm->rc.users_count) && kvm->created_vcpus)
lockdep_assert_held_write(&kvm->mmu_lock);
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 427229347876..f588129f7a4f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ static __always_inline void kvm_lockdep_assert_sev_lock_held(struct kvm *kvm)
* Querying SEV+ support is safe if there are no other references, i.e.
* if concurrent initialization of SEV+ is impossible.
*/
- if (!refcount_read(&kvm->users_count))
+ if (!refcount_read(&kvm->rc.users_count))
return;
/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
index 6d6cd5904ddf..a4647859fe1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ bool nested_vmx_check_io_bitmaps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int port,
static inline struct vmcs12 *get_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
lockdep_assert_once(lockdep_is_held(&vcpu->mutex) ||
- !refcount_read(&vcpu->kvm->users_count));
+ !refcount_read(&vcpu->kvm->rc.users_count));
return to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.cached_vmcs12;
}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static inline struct vmcs12 *get_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static inline struct vmcs12 *get_shadow_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
lockdep_assert_once(lockdep_is_held(&vcpu->mutex) ||
- !refcount_read(&vcpu->kvm->users_count));
+ !refcount_read(&vcpu->kvm->rc.users_count));
return to_vmx(vcpu)->nested.cached_shadow_vmcs12;
}
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index 8289aca97b6b..b7b8b45f1cec 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ void vfio_device_get_kvm_safe(struct vfio_device *device, struct kvm *kvm,
struct module *kvm_module)
{
void (*pfn)(struct kvm *kvm);
- bool (*fn)(struct kvm *kvm);
bool ret;
lockdep_assert_held(&device->dev_set->lock);
@@ -467,12 +466,7 @@ void vfio_device_get_kvm_safe(struct vfio_device *device, struct kvm *kvm,
if (WARN_ON(!pfn))
goto out_put_mod;
- fn = symbol_get(kvm_get_kvm_safe);
- if (WARN_ON(!fn))
- goto out_put_sym;
-
- ret = fn(kvm);
- symbol_put(kvm_get_kvm_safe);
+ ret = kvm_get_kvm_safe(kvm);
if (!ret)
goto out_put_sym;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index ab8cfaec82d3..015d02018109 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -768,6 +768,9 @@ struct kvm_memslots {
};
struct kvm {
+ /* Must be the first field, see function definitions in kvm_types.h. */
+ struct kvm_refcount rc;
+
#ifdef KVM_HAVE_MMU_RWLOCK
rwlock_t mmu_lock;
#else
@@ -831,7 +834,6 @@ struct kvm {
struct list_head ioeventfds;
struct kvm_vm_stat stat;
struct kvm_arch arch;
- refcount_t users_count;
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_MMIO
struct kvm_coalesced_mmio_ring *coalesced_mmio_ring;
spinlock_t ring_lock;
@@ -1070,8 +1072,6 @@ static inline void kvm_irqfd_exit(void)
int kvm_init(unsigned vcpu_size, unsigned vcpu_align, struct module *module);
void kvm_exit(void);
-void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
-bool kvm_get_kvm_safe(struct kvm *kvm);
void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
bool file_is_kvm(struct file *file);
void kvm_put_kvm_no_destroy(struct kvm *kvm);
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static inline struct kvm_memslots *__kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id)
as_id = array_index_nospec(as_id, KVM_MAX_NR_ADDRESS_SPACES);
return srcu_dereference_check(kvm->memslots[as_id], &kvm->srcu,
lockdep_is_held(&kvm->slots_lock) ||
- !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
+ !refcount_read(&kvm->rc.users_count));
}
static inline struct kvm_memslots *kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
index a568d8e6f4e8..add7cc2016e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <linux/mutex.h>
#include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
struct kvm;
struct kvm_async_pf;
@@ -140,6 +141,29 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_stat_generic {
};
#define KVM_STATS_NAME_SIZE 48
+
+struct kvm_refcount {
+ refcount_t users_count;
+};
+
+static inline void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ struct kvm_refcount *rc = (struct kvm_refcount *)kvm;
+
+ refcount_inc(&rc->users_count);
+}
+
+/*
+ * A safe version of kvm_get_kvm(), making sure the vm is not being destroyed.
+ * Return true if kvm referenced successfully, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool kvm_get_kvm_safe(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ struct kvm_refcount *rc = (struct kvm_refcount *)kvm;
+
+ return refcount_inc_not_zero(&rc->users_count);
+}
+
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
#endif /* __KVM_TYPES_H__ */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index e44c20c04961..7dec697ce35a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1089,7 +1089,7 @@ static inline struct kvm_io_bus *kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(struct kvm *kvm,
enum kvm_bus idx)
{
return rcu_dereference_protected(kvm->buses[idx],
- !refcount_read(&kvm->users_count));
+ !refcount_read(&kvm->rc.users_count));
}
static int kvm_enable_virtualization(void);
@@ -1146,7 +1146,8 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
if (r)
goto out_err_no_irq_routing;
- refcount_set(&kvm->users_count, 1);
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct kvm, rc) != 0);
+ refcount_set(&kvm->rc.users_count, 1);
for (i = 0; i < kvm_arch_nr_memslot_as_ids(kvm); i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
@@ -1216,7 +1217,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
out_err_no_disable:
kvm_arch_destroy_vm(kvm);
out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm:
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->users_count));
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->rc.users_count));
for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
kfree(kvm_get_bus_for_destruction(kvm, i));
kvm_free_irq_routing(kvm);
@@ -1309,25 +1310,9 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
mmdrop(mm);
}
-void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
-{
- refcount_inc(&kvm->users_count);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_get_kvm);
-
-/*
- * Make sure the vm is not during destruction, which is a safe version of
- * kvm_get_kvm(). Return true if kvm referenced successfully, false otherwise.
- */
-bool kvm_get_kvm_safe(struct kvm *kvm)
-{
- return refcount_inc_not_zero(&kvm->users_count);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_get_kvm_safe);
-
void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
{
- if (refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->users_count))
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->rc.users_count))
kvm_destroy_vm(kvm);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_put_kvm);
@@ -1341,7 +1326,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_put_kvm);
*/
void kvm_put_kvm_no_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
{
- WARN_ON(refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->users_count));
+ WARN_ON(refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->rc.users_count));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_put_kvm_no_destroy);
@@ -3520,7 +3505,7 @@ void mark_page_dirty_in_slot(struct kvm *kvm,
if (WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu && vcpu->kvm != kvm))
return;
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!vcpu && refcount_read(&kvm->users_count) &&
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!vcpu && refcount_read(&kvm->rc.users_count) &&
!kvm_arch_allow_write_without_running_vcpu(kvm));
#endif
--
2.53.0
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2026-07-06 8:52 [PATCH v4 00/27] KVM: s390: Introduce arm64 KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 01/27] VFIO: take reference to the KVM module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 19:53 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-07-06 21:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-07 7:39 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` Steffen Eiden [this message]
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 03/27] KVM, vfio: remove symbol_get(kvm_put_kvm) from vfio Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 04/27] KVM: Make device name configurable Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 05/27] KVM: Remove KVM_MMIO as config option Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 20:53 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 06/27] arm64: Use proper include variant Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 07/27] arm64: Prepare sharing arm64 headers with s390 Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 21:22 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 08/27] KVM: arm64: Prepare sharing arm64 code " Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 21:28 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-07 7:20 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 09/27] KVM: arm64: Access elements of vcpu_gp_regs individually Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 17:44 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 10/27] KVM: arm64: Refactor core-reset into a separate function Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 11/27] s390: Use arm64 headers Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:31 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 12/27] KVM: s390: Use arm64 code Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 13/27] KVM: s390: Prepare KVM/s390 for a second KVM module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 14/27] KVM: s390: Move s390 kvm code into a subdirectory Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 15/27] KVM: S390: Prepare gmap for a second KVM implementation Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 16/27] KVM: s390: gmap: Refactor storage key and CMMA code into separate files Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 17/27] KVM: s390: Refactor prefix handling into a separate file Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 18/27] KVM: s390: Prepare kvm-s390 for a second kvm module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 19/27] s390: Introduce Start Arm Execution instruction Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 11:17 ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-06 11:30 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-06 11:58 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 11:53 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 20/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Introduce host definitions Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 21/27] s390/hwcaps: Report SAE support as hwcap Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 11:50 ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 22/27] KVM: s390: Add basic arm64 kvm module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:51 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 23/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement required functions Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 9:55 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 12:15 ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-06 20:35 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 24/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement vm/vcpu create destroy Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 10:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 25/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement vCPU IOCTLs Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 10:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 26/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement basic page fault handler Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 10:03 ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 8:52 ` [PATCH v4 27/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Enable KVM_ARM64 config and Kbuild Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 10:07 ` sashiko-bot
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