From: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Cc: <kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
<berrange@redhat.com>, <armbru@redhat.com>,
<pankaj.gupta@amd.com>, <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>,
<xiaoyao.li@intel.com>, <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>,
<david@kernel.org>, <ashish.kalra@amd.com>,
<ackerleytng@google.com>, <lpieralisi@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/19] system/memory: Re-use memory-backend-guest-memfd inode for private memory
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 15:48:28 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908205236.838281-9-michael.roth@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908205236.838281-1-michael.roth@amd.com>
When convert-in-place=true, the guest_memfd instance created by
memory-backend-memfd (when guest-memfd=on option is specified) should
also be used internally for private memory.
Do this by dup()'ing the guest_memfd FD provided by the backend so the
separate cleanup paths for shared vs. private FDs can be managed in the
same way they are currently for convert-in-place=false (where shared
memory must come from something other than guest_memfd).
Introduce a new RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_SHARED flag that can be used to
limit this dup()'ing to specific backend types like
memory-backend-memfd.
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
---
backends/hostmem-memfd.c | 1 +
include/system/memory.h | 3 +++
system/physmem.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
3 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
index 6576331441..a9759e682b 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ have_fd:
backend->aligned = true;
ram_flags = backend->share ? RAM_SHARED : RAM_PRIVATE;
ram_flags |= backend->reserve ? 0 : RAM_NORESERVE;
+ ram_flags |= RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_SHARED;
ram_flags |= backend->guest_memfd_private ? RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_PRIVATE : 0;
return memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(&backend->mr, OBJECT(backend), name,
backend->size, ram_flags, fd, 0, errp);
diff --git a/include/system/memory.h b/include/system/memory.h
index 027ca81bd2..81616bfe39 100644
--- a/include/system/memory.h
+++ b/include/system/memory.h
@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ typedef struct IOMMUTLBEvent {
*/
#define RAM_PRIVATE (1 << 13)
+/* RAM can be shared that has kvm guest memfd backend */
+#define RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_SHARED (1 << 14)
+
static inline void iommu_notifier_init(IOMMUNotifier *n, IOMMUNotify fn,
IOMMUNotifierFlag flags,
hwaddr start, hwaddr end,
diff --git a/system/physmem.c b/system/physmem.c
index 991f7bb815..d77e6fccb5 100644
--- a/system/physmem.c
+++ b/system/physmem.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
#include "system/hostmem.h"
#include "system/hw_accel.h"
#include "system/xen-mapcache.h"
+#include "system/confidential-guest-support.h"
#include "trace.h"
#ifdef CONFIG_FALLOCATE_PUNCH_HOLE
@@ -2185,6 +2186,8 @@ static void ram_block_add(RAMBlock *new_block, Error **errp)
if (new_block->flags & RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_PRIVATE) {
int ret;
+ assert(current_machine->cgs);
+
if (!kvm_enabled()) {
error_setg(errp, "cannot set up private guest memory for %s: KVM required",
object_get_typename(OBJECT(current_machine->cgs)));
@@ -2208,10 +2211,43 @@ static void ram_block_add(RAMBlock *new_block, Error **errp)
goto out_free;
}
- new_block->guest_memfd_private =
- kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(new_block->max_length, errp);
+ /*
+ * If both shared/private memory are handled by guest_memfd, make sure
+ * to re-use the guest_memfd inode that should have already been created
+ * for handling shared memory.
+ */
+ if (machine_require_guest_memfd_convert_in_place(current_machine)) {
+ if (!(new_block->flags & RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_SHARED)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "configured memory backend is not compatible"
+ " with in-place conversion");
+ qemu_mutex_unlock_ramlist();
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+ assert(new_block->fd >= 0);
+
+ /*
+ * Current logic calculates guest_memfd_offset on the assumption
+ * that offset 0 corresponds to the first GPA that is backed by the
+ * RAM block/backend. For cases where the guest_memfd is only used
+ * for private memory and created internally as-needed this is
+ * always the case, but when re-using a guest_memfd that's also
+ * usable for shared memory (e.g. via memory-backend-guest-memfd)
+ * it's possible that guest_memfd might be mmap()'d starting at some
+ * non-zero offset. For now, this isn't a reachable condition, but
+ * assert this in case this ever changes and the logic needs to be
+ * updated to account for this.
+ */
+ assert(new_block->fd_offset == 0);
+
+ new_block->guest_memfd_private = qemu_dup(new_block->fd);
+ } else {
+ new_block->guest_memfd_private =
+ kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(new_block->max_length, errp);
+ }
+
if (new_block->guest_memfd_private < 0) {
qemu_mutex_unlock_ramlist();
+ error_setg(errp, "failed to create guest_memfd instance.");
goto out_free;
}
@@ -2320,7 +2356,7 @@ RAMBlock *qemu_ram_alloc_from_fd(ram_addr_t size, ram_addr_t max_size,
assert((ram_flags & ~(RAM_SHARED | RAM_PMEM | RAM_NORESERVE |
RAM_PROTECTED | RAM_NAMED_FILE | RAM_READONLY |
RAM_READONLY_FD | RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_PRIVATE |
- RAM_RESIZEABLE)) == 0);
+ RAM_RESIZEABLE | RAM_GUEST_MEMFD_SHARED)) == 0);
assert(max_size >= size);
if (xen_enabled()) {
@@ -2832,6 +2868,12 @@ int ram_block_rebind(Error **errp)
{
RAMBlock *block;
+ if (machine_require_guest_memfd_convert_in_place(current_machine)) {
+ error_setg(errp,
+ "rebind support is not yet enabled for in-place conversion");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
qemu_mutex_lock_ramlist();
RAMBLOCK_FOREACH(block) {
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 21:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 20:48 [PATCH v2 00/19] guest_memfd: support in-place memory conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 01/19] accel/kvm: Add helper for handling conversions of MMIO holes Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 02/19] accel/kvm: Fix kvm_convert_memory() calls crossing memory regions Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 03/19] accel/kvm: Fix handling of MMIO holes at start of conversion ranges Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 04/19] accel/kvm: Fix handling of conversion ranges with multiple MMIO holes Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 05/19] accel/kvm: Use dedicated helper for creating private-only gmem instances Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 06/19] linux-headers: Update headers for v12 of in-place conversion kernel support Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 07/19] accel/kvm: Add CGS option to control in-place conversion support Michael Roth
2026-09-09 6:20 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-11 17:22 ` Michael Roth
2026-09-12 5:52 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-12 14:52 ` Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` Michael Roth [this message]
2026-09-10 8:39 ` [PATCH v2 08/19] system/memory: Re-use memory-backend-guest-memfd inode for private memory David Hildenbrand
2026-09-11 19:07 ` Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 09/19] accel/kvm: Handle guest_memfd flags internally when creating instances Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 10/19] system/memory: Default to guest_memfd for RAM for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 11/19] accel/kvm: Move post-conversion updates to a separate helper Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 12/19] accel/kvm: Re-order attribute notifications for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 13/19] accel/kvm: Support shared/private conversions via guest_memfd ioctls Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 14/19] accel/kvm: Don't default to private attributes for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 15/19] i386/sev: Update SNP_LAUNCH_UPDATE " Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 16/19] i386/sev: Allow in-place conversion for SEV-SNP guests Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 17/19] i386/sev: Update CPUID failure handling for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] accel/kvm: Disable discard " Michael Roth
2026-09-08 22:16 ` Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 19/19] hostmem: Automatically select set guest-memfd=on " Michael Roth
2026-09-09 6:30 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-11 19:16 ` Michael Roth
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