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 4/5] Add guest_memfd support to kvm__register_mem()
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 09:35:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706083555.302972-5-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706083555.302972-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Add a guest_memfd file descriptor and offset to kvm__register_mem().
When guest_memfd >= 0, set KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD and populate the
guest_memfd fields, binding the memslot to the file. This prepares
for backing guest RAM with guest_memfd on arm64.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
hw/cfi_flash.c | 2 +-
include/kvm/kvm.h | 15 +++++++++++++--
kvm.c | 9 ++++++++-
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/cfi_flash.c b/hw/cfi_flash.c
index b68d9e0..4413955 100644
--- a/hw/cfi_flash.c
+++ b/hw/cfi_flash.c
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static int map_flash_memory(struct kvm *kvm, struct cfi_flash_device *sfdev)
int ret;
ret = kvm__register_mem(kvm, sfdev->base_addr, sfdev->size,
- sfdev->flash_memory,
+ sfdev->flash_memory, -1, 0,
KVM_MEM_TYPE_RAM | KVM_MEM_TYPE_READONLY);
if (!ret)
sfdev->is_mapped = true;
diff --git a/include/kvm/kvm.h b/include/kvm/kvm.h
index eb23e2f..5e7b5eb 100644
--- a/include/kvm/kvm.h
+++ b/include/kvm/kvm.h
@@ -128,11 +128,22 @@ bool kvm__emulate_io(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu, u16 port, void *data, int direction,
bool kvm__emulate_mmio(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu, u64 phys_addr, u8 *data, u32 len, u8 is_write);
int kvm__destroy_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size, void *userspace_addr);
int kvm__register_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size, void *userspace_addr,
+ int guest_memfd, u64 guest_memfd_offset,
enum kvm_mem_type type);
static inline int kvm__register_ram(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
void *userspace_addr)
{
return kvm__register_mem(kvm, guest_phys, size, userspace_addr,
+ -1, 0, KVM_MEM_TYPE_RAM);
+}
+
+static inline int kvm__register_ram_guest_memfd(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys,
+ u64 size, void *userspace_addr,
+ int guest_memfd,
+ u64 guest_memfd_offset)
+{
+ return kvm__register_mem(kvm, guest_phys, size, userspace_addr,
+ guest_memfd, guest_memfd_offset,
KVM_MEM_TYPE_RAM);
}
@@ -140,13 +151,13 @@ static inline int kvm__register_dev_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys,
u64 size, void *userspace_addr)
{
return kvm__register_mem(kvm, guest_phys, size, userspace_addr,
- KVM_MEM_TYPE_DEVICE);
+ -1, 0, KVM_MEM_TYPE_DEVICE);
}
static inline int kvm__reserve_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size)
{
return kvm__register_mem(kvm, guest_phys, size, NULL,
- KVM_MEM_TYPE_RESERVED);
+ -1, 0, KVM_MEM_TYPE_RESERVED);
}
int __must_check kvm__register_iotrap(struct kvm *kvm, u64 phys_addr, u64 len,
diff --git a/kvm.c b/kvm.c
index 8a7fd09..3d05756 100644
--- a/kvm.c
+++ b/kvm.c
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ out:
}
int kvm__register_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
- void *userspace_addr, enum kvm_mem_type type)
+ void *userspace_addr, int guest_memfd,
+ u64 guest_memfd_offset, enum kvm_mem_type type)
{
struct kvm_mem_bank *merged = NULL;
struct kvm_mem_bank *bank;
@@ -327,6 +328,12 @@ int kvm__register_mem(struct kvm *kvm, u64 guest_phys, u64 size,
.userspace_addr = (unsigned long)userspace_addr,
};
+ if (guest_memfd >= 0) {
+ mem.flags |= KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD;
+ mem.guest_memfd = guest_memfd;
+ mem.guest_memfd_offset = guest_memfd_offset;
+ }
+
ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, &mem);
if (ret < 0) {
ret = -errno;
--
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 ` [PATCH kvmtool v1 3/5] Use kvm_userspace_memory_region2 for all memory registration Fuad Tabba
2026-07-06 10:23 ` 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 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-07-06 11:00 ` [PATCH kvmtool v1 4/5] Add guest_memfd support to kvm__register_mem() 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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