From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH kvmtool v1 3/5] Use kvm_userspace_memory_region2 for all memory registration
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 09:35:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706083555.302972-4-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706083555.302972-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Switch kvm__register_mem() and kvm__destroy_mem() from
kvm_userspace_memory_region to kvm_userspace_memory_region2 and
KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 unconditionally. The v2 struct is a
superset; when the extra fields are zero, the ioctl behaves
identically to v1.
This prepares for adding guest_memfd support.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
kvm.c | 11 +++++------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kvm.c b/kvm.c
index 95ccfcb..8a7fd09 100644
--- a/kvm.c
+++ b/kvm.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ core_exit(kvm__exit);
int kvm__destroy_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
void *userspace_addr)
{
- struct kvm_userspace_memory_region mem;
+ struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2 mem;
struct kvm_mem_bank *bank;
int ret;
@@ -213,14 +213,14 @@ int kvm__destroy_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
goto out;
}
- mem = (struct kvm_userspace_memory_region) {
+ mem = (struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2) {
.slot = bank->slot,
.guest_phys_addr = guest_phys,
.memory_size = 0,
.userspace_addr = (unsigned long)userspace_addr,
};
- ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION, &mem);
+ ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, &mem);
if (ret < 0) {
ret = -errno;
goto out;
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ out:
int kvm__register_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
void *userspace_addr, enum kvm_mem_type type)
{
- struct kvm_userspace_memory_region mem;
struct kvm_mem_bank *merged = NULL;
struct kvm_mem_bank *bank;
struct list_head *prev_entry;
@@ -320,7 +319,7 @@ int kvm__register_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
flags |= KVM_MEM_READONLY;
if (type != KVM_MEM_TYPE_RESERVED) {
- mem = (struct kvm_userspace_memory_region) {
+ struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2 mem = {
.slot = slot,
.flags = flags,
.guest_phys_addr = guest_phys,
@@ -328,7 +327,7 @@ int kvm__register_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
.userspace_addr = (unsigned long)userspace_addr,
};
- ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION, &mem);
+ ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, &mem);
if (ret < 0) {
ret = -errno;
goto out;
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-06 8:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 8:35 [PATCH kvmtool v1 0/5] Add guest_memfd support for arm64 Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 8:35 ` [PATCH kvmtool v1 1/5] Initialize the return value in kvm__for_each_mem_bank() Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 8:35 ` [PATCH kvmtool v1 2/5] Remove newline from end of die() aborts Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 10:53 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-07-06 10:57 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 8:35 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-07-06 10:23 ` [PATCH kvmtool v1 3/5] Use kvm_userspace_memory_region2 for all memory registration Suzuki K Poulose
2026-07-06 10:41 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 10:46 ` Will Deacon
2026-07-06 10:47 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 10:57 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-07-06 10:59 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 8:35 ` [PATCH kvmtool v1 4/5] Add guest_memfd support to kvm__register_mem() Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 11:00 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-07-06 11:13 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-07-06 11:25 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 12:34 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-07-06 8:35 ` [PATCH kvmtool v1 5/5] arm64: Add --guest-memfd option to back guest RAM with guest_memfd Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 11:18 ` Suzuki K Poulose
2026-07-06 11:24 ` Fuad Tabba
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