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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>, <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 v3 09/19] accel/kvm: Handle guest_memfd flags internally when creating instances
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2026 08:41:33 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261007134323.1606088-10-michael.roth@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261007134323.1606088-1-michael.roth@amd.com>

Current hostmem code (which is callable even outside of KVM) specifies
guest_memfd flags directly, which requires pulling in kernel headers.
Additionally, it will eventually require additional knowledge that is
more suitable for KVM-aware code (e.g. whether or not to default to
private memory for confidential VMs).

Instead, push the determination for what flags are needed down into the
KVM/guest_memfd code so they can be handled internally based on VM
type/configuration and avoid further potential leakage of KVM-specific
code to general code.

Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
---
 accel/kvm/kvm-all.c      | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c   |  2 +-
 backends/hostmem-memfd.c |  5 +----
 include/system/kvm.h     |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index 862539aed4..8cd1671ad5 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -4857,7 +4857,8 @@ void kvm_mark_guest_state_protected(void)
     kvm_state->guest_state_protected = true;
 }
 
-int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp)
+static int kvm_create_guest_memfd_flags(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags,
+                                        Error **errp)
 {
     int fd;
     struct kvm_create_guest_memfd guest_memfd = {
@@ -4897,6 +4898,27 @@ int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp)
     return fd;
 }
 
+int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, Error **errp)
+{
+    /*
+     * There isn't currently any use for non-mmap()'able gmem instances
+     * outside of kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(), so hardcode it here
+     * for general use.
+     *
+     * Additionally, *_INIT_SHARED is needed for non-confidential VMs, and
+     * confidential VMs will default to this as well to allow similar flows
+     * for initializing the VM's initial memory contents as with normal
+     * guests. In the future, the initial state may become a global policy
+     * decision based on the confidential VM configuration, in which case
+     * this would likely be the right place to decide whether or not to set
+     * the flag since it would likely be a globally-configured option.
+     */
+    return kvm_create_guest_memfd_flags(size,
+                                        GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
+                                        GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED,
+                                        errp);
+}
+
 int kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(uint64_t size, Error **errp)
 {
     if (!(kvm_supported_memory_attributes & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE)) {
@@ -4904,5 +4926,5 @@ int kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(uint64_t size, Error **errp)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    return kvm_create_guest_memfd(size, 0, errp);
+    return kvm_create_guest_memfd_flags(size, 0, errp);
 }
diff --git a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
index 9fe58efe91..26003b01a3 100644
--- a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ bool kvm_hwpoisoned_mem(void)
     return false;
 }
 
-int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp)
+int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, Error **errp)
 {
     error_setg(errp, "KVM is not enabled");
     return -ENOSYS;
diff --git a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
index c1ea6eefbd..d3b17232f0 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem-memfd.c
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ memfd_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
             return false;
         }
 
-        fd = kvm_create_guest_memfd(backend->size,
-                                    GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP |
-                                    GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_INIT_SHARED,
-                                    errp);
+        fd = kvm_create_guest_memfd(backend->size, errp);
     } else {
         fd = qemu_memfd_create(TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_MEMFD, backend->size,
                                m->hugetlb, m->hugetlbsize, m->seal ?
diff --git a/include/system/kvm.h b/include/system/kvm.h
index b1e43ddc93..2a1501bba6 100644
--- a/include/system/kvm.h
+++ b/include/system/kvm.h
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ void kvm_mark_guest_state_protected(void);
  */
 bool kvm_hwpoisoned_mem(void);
 
-int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp);
+int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, Error **errp);
 int kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(uint64_t size, Error **errp);
 
 int kvm_set_memory_attributes_private(hwaddr start, uint64_t size);
-- 
2.43.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-07 14:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-07 13:41 [PATCH v3 00/19] guest_memfd: support in-place memory conversion Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 01/19] accel/kvm: Add helper for handling conversions of MMIO holes Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 02/19] accel/kvm: Fix kvm_convert_memory() calls crossing memory regions Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 03/19] accel/kvm: Fix handling of MMIO holes at start of conversion ranges Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 04/19] accel/kvm: Fix handling of conversion ranges with multiple MMIO holes Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 05/19] accel/kvm: Use dedicated helper for creating private-only gmem instances Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 06/19] [NOT-FOR-MERGE] linux-headers: Update headers for v13 of in-place conversion kernel support Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 07/19] accel/kvm: Add CGS flag to control in-place conversion support Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 08/19] system/memory: Re-use memory-backend-guest-memfd inode for private memory Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` Michael Roth [this message]
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 10/19] system/memory: Default to guest_memfd for RAM for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 11/19] accel/kvm: Move post-conversion updates to a separate helper Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 12/19] accel/kvm: Re-order attribute notifications for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 13/19] accel/kvm: Support shared/private conversions via guest_memfd ioctls Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 14/19] accel/kvm: Don't default to private attributes for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 15/19] i386/sev: Update SNP_LAUNCH_UPDATE " Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 16/19] i386/sev: Update CPUID failure handling " Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 17/19] accel/kvm: Disable discard " Michael Roth
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 18/19] i386/sev: Add sev-snp-guest parameter to enable " Michael Roth
2026-10-08  6:11   ` Markus Armbruster
2026-10-07 13:41 ` [PATCH v3 19/19] hostmem: Automatically select set guest-memfd=on for " Michael Roth
2026-10-08  6:14   ` Markus Armbruster

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