From: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
To: ackerleytng@google.com, fuad.tabba@linux.dev,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
seanjc@google.com, dmatlack@google.com,
Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
david@redhat.com, Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
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Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v4 02/11] KVM: Introduce kvm_create_vm_file() helper
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:11:29 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260728121138.1103610-3-tarunsahu@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260728121138.1103610-1-tarunsahu@google.com>
- Move ITOA_MAX_LEN to kvm_mm.h for reuse by upcoming kvm_luo code.
- Introduce kvm_create_vm_file() to wrap kvm_create_vm() and
anon_inode_getfile(), providing a unified VM file creation API.
Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index ab8cfaec82d3..79b084887cdb 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ 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);
+struct file *kvm_create_vm_file(unsigned long type, const char *fdname);
void kvm_put_kvm_no_destroy(struct kvm *kvm);
static inline struct kvm_memslots *__kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index e44c20c04961..3339b8fcd59f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@
#include <linux/kvm_dirty_ring.h>
-/* Worst case buffer size needed for holding an integer. */
-#define ITOA_MAX_LEN 12
-
MODULE_AUTHOR("Qumranet");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) Hypervisor");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -5477,11 +5474,34 @@ bool file_is_kvm(struct file *file)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(file_is_kvm);
+struct file *kvm_create_vm_file(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
+{
+ struct kvm *kvm = kvm_create_vm(type, fdname);
+ struct file *file;
+
+ if (IS_ERR(kvm))
+ return ERR_CAST(kvm);
+
+ file = anon_inode_getfile("kvm-vm", &kvm_vm_fops, kvm, O_RDWR);
+ if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+ kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
+ return file;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
+ * already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). In error
+ * cases it will be called by the final fput(file) and will take
+ * care of doing kvm_put_kvm(kvm).
+ */
+
+ return file;
+}
+
static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
{
char fdname[ITOA_MAX_LEN + 1];
int r, fd;
- struct kvm *kvm;
struct file *file;
fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
@@ -5490,31 +5510,17 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
snprintf(fdname, sizeof(fdname), "%d", fd);
- kvm = kvm_create_vm(type, fdname);
- if (IS_ERR(kvm)) {
- r = PTR_ERR(kvm);
- goto put_fd;
- }
-
- file = anon_inode_getfile("kvm-vm", &kvm_vm_fops, kvm, O_RDWR);
+ file = kvm_create_vm_file(type, fdname);
if (IS_ERR(file)) {
r = PTR_ERR(file);
- goto put_kvm;
+ goto put_fd;
}
- /*
- * Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
- * already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). In error
- * cases it will be called by the final fput(file) and will take
- * care of doing kvm_put_kvm(kvm).
- */
- kvm_uevent_notify_change(KVM_EVENT_CREATE_VM, kvm);
+ kvm_uevent_notify_change(KVM_EVENT_CREATE_VM, file->private_data);
fd_install(fd, file);
return fd;
-put_kvm:
- kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
put_fd:
put_unused_fd(fd);
return r;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
index 7510ca915dd1..624161793fec 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
#include <linux/kvm.h>
#include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+/* Worst case buffer size needed for holding an integer as a string. */
+#define ITOA_MAX_LEN 12
+
/*
* Architectures can choose whether to use an rwlock or spinlock
* for the mmu_lock. These macros, for use in common code
--
2.55.0.229.g6434b31f56-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-28 12:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-28 12:11 [PATCH v4 00/11] liveupdate: kvm: Guest_memfd preservation Tarun Sahu
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 01/11] liveupdate: Add LIVEUPDATE_GUEST_MEMFD config option Tarun Sahu
2026-07-28 12:11 ` Tarun Sahu [this message]
2026-07-30 17:36 ` [PATCH v4 02/11] KVM: Introduce kvm_create_vm_file() helper Ackerley Tng
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 03/11] KVM: Export kvm_uevent_notify_vm_create() Tarun Sahu
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 04/11] KVM: Track weak reference to vm_file in struct kvm Tarun Sahu
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 05/11] KVM: LUO: Support VM preservation across live updates Tarun Sahu
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 06/11] KVM: guest_memfd: Move internal definitions to internal header Tarun Sahu
2026-07-30 18:12 ` Ackerley Tng
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 07/11] KVM: guest_memfd: Add support for freezing mappings Tarun Sahu
2026-07-30 17:46 ` Ackerley Tng
2026-07-30 18:12 ` Ackerley Tng
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 08/11] KVM: guest_memfd: Add support for preservation via LUO Tarun Sahu
2026-07-30 18:16 ` Ackerley Tng
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 09/11] docs: liveupdate: Add documentation for VM and guest_memfd preservation Tarun Sahu
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 10/11] KVM: selftests: Split ____vm_create() and add vm_create_from_fd() Tarun Sahu
2026-07-28 12:11 ` [PATCH v4 11/11] KVM: selftests: Add guest_memfd_preservation_test Tarun Sahu
2026-07-30 18:18 ` Ackerley Tng
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