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 v2 3/4] Add support for registering guest_memfd-backed memory regions
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 19:25:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708182510.2181857-4-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708182510.2181857-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Extend kvm__register_mem() with a guest_memfd file descriptor and
offset. A bank with a guest_memfd is registered with
KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 and KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD, 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 | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 13 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 95ccfcb..947721b 100644
--- a/kvm.c
+++ b/kvm.c
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ 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_userspace_memory_region mem;
struct kvm_mem_bank *merged = NULL;
struct kvm_mem_bank *bank;
struct list_head *prev_entry;
@@ -320,15 +320,31 @@ 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) {
- .slot = slot,
- .flags = flags,
- .guest_phys_addr = guest_phys,
- .memory_size = size,
- .userspace_addr = (unsigned long)userspace_addr,
- };
+ if (guest_memfd >= 0) {
+ struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2 mem2 = {
+ .slot = slot,
+ .flags = flags | KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD,
+ .guest_phys_addr = guest_phys,
+ .memory_size = size,
+ .userspace_addr = (unsigned long)userspace_addr,
+ .guest_memfd = guest_memfd,
+ .guest_memfd_offset = guest_memfd_offset,
+ };
- ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION, &mem);
+ ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2,
+ &mem2);
+ } else {
+ struct kvm_userspace_memory_region mem = {
+ .slot = slot,
+ .flags = flags,
+ .guest_phys_addr = guest_phys,
+ .memory_size = size,
+ .userspace_addr = (unsigned long)userspace_addr,
+ };
+
+ ret = ioctl(kvm->vm_fd, KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION,
+ &mem);
+ }
if (ret < 0) {
ret = -errno;
goto out;
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 18:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 18:25 [PATCH kvmtool v2 0/4] Add guest_memfd support for arm64 Fuad Tabba
2026-07-08 18:25 ` [PATCH kvmtool v2 1/4] Initialize the return value in kvm__for_each_mem_bank() Fuad Tabba
2026-07-08 18:25 ` [PATCH kvmtool v2 2/4] Remove newline from end of die() aborts Fuad Tabba
2026-07-08 18:25 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-07-09 15:07 ` [PATCH kvmtool v2 3/4] Add support for registering guest_memfd-backed memory regions Alexandru Elisei
2026-07-09 15:32 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-07-08 18:25 ` [PATCH kvmtool v2 4/4] arm64: Add --guest-memfd option to back guest RAM with guest_memfd Fuad Tabba
2026-07-09 15:08 ` Alexandru Elisei
2026-07-09 15:33 ` Fuad Tabba
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