From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
To: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
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Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:49:02 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq5acxtvuryx.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <yq5afqyruvsf.fsf@kernel.org>
Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org> writes:
> Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>
>> Add kvm->file as a no-reference back-pointer to the VM file in struct
>> kvm. The pointer is set at VM creation time and cleared under
>> WRITE_ONCE() in kvm_vm_release() before the file is freed.
>> Callers storing the file must take their own reference.
>>
>
> I have a series that does something similar and also updates VFIO:
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260917140159.1163281-2-aneesh.kumar@kernel.org
>
> Any suggestions on how we can combine the two efforts? This series has
> received more feedback from maintainers.
>
I compared the full series and will rebase my work on v4 of this series.
-aneesh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-30 7:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 8:58 [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] KVM: Introduce file_to_kvm_<arch>() infrastructure Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 9:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 9:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-30 5:56 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2026-09-30 7:19 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V [this message]
2026-10-01 11:51 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] KVM: x86: Use file_to_kvm_x86() in SEV Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 9:04 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-25 8:35 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-09-25 9:32 ` Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 9:14 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-25 12:22 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-09-24 12:47 ` Jason J. Herne
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 9:02 ` sashiko-bot
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