From: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
To: <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Cc: <kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
<berrange@redhat.com>, <armbru@redhat.com>,
<pankaj.gupta@amd.com>, <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>,
<xiaoyao.li@intel.com>, <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>,
<david@kernel.org>, <ashish.kalra@amd.com>,
<ackerleytng@google.com>, <lpieralisi@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 18/19] accel/kvm: Disable discard for in-place conversion
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 15:48:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908205236.838281-19-michael.roth@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908205236.838281-1-michael.roth@amd.com>
When using in-place conversion, there is no need to discard memory after
conversion because the same memory will continue to be used after the
conversion to back the same GPA. Discarding it would only cause
unnecessary reallocation of memory after each conversion. Instead, only
enable it for non-in-place conversions.
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
---
accel/kvm/kvm-all.c | 22 ++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index ff07050935..b28c9fbd33 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -3611,17 +3611,19 @@ static int kvm_post_convert_section(MemoryRegionSection *section, bool to_privat
}
}
- if (to_private) {
- if (rb->page_size != qemu_real_host_page_size()) {
- /*
- * shared memory is backed by hugetlb, which is supposed to be
- * pre-allocated and doesn't need to be discarded
- */
- return 0;
+ if (!machine_require_guest_memfd_convert_in_place(current_machine)) {
+ if (to_private) {
+ if (rb->page_size != qemu_real_host_page_size()) {
+ /*
+ * shared memory is backed by hugetlb, which is supposed to be
+ * pre-allocated and doesn't need to be discarded
+ */
+ return 0;
+ }
+ ret = ram_block_discard_shared_range(rb, offset, size);
+ } else {
+ ret = ram_block_discard_guest_memfd_range(rb, offset, size);
}
- ret = ram_block_discard_shared_range(rb, offset, size);
- } else {
- ret = ram_block_discard_guest_memfd_range(rb, offset, size);
}
return ret;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 20:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 20:48 [PATCH v2 00/19] guest_memfd: support in-place memory conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 01/19] accel/kvm: Add helper for handling conversions of MMIO holes Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 02/19] accel/kvm: Fix kvm_convert_memory() calls crossing memory regions Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 03/19] accel/kvm: Fix handling of MMIO holes at start of conversion ranges Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 04/19] accel/kvm: Fix handling of conversion ranges with multiple MMIO holes Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 05/19] accel/kvm: Use dedicated helper for creating private-only gmem instances Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 06/19] linux-headers: Update headers for v12 of in-place conversion kernel support Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 07/19] accel/kvm: Add CGS option to control in-place conversion support Michael Roth
2026-09-09 6:20 ` Markus Armbruster
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 08/19] system/memory: Re-use memory-backend-guest-memfd inode for private memory Michael Roth
2026-09-10 8:39 ` David Hildenbrand
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 09/19] accel/kvm: Handle guest_memfd flags internally when creating instances Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 10/19] system/memory: Default to guest_memfd for RAM for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 11/19] accel/kvm: Move post-conversion updates to a separate helper Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 12/19] accel/kvm: Re-order attribute notifications for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 13/19] accel/kvm: Support shared/private conversions via guest_memfd ioctls Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 14/19] accel/kvm: Don't default to private attributes for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 15/19] i386/sev: Update SNP_LAUNCH_UPDATE " Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 16/19] i386/sev: Allow in-place conversion for SEV-SNP guests Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 17/19] i386/sev: Update CPUID failure handling for in-place conversion Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` Michael Roth [this message]
2026-09-08 22:16 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] accel/kvm: Disable discard " Michael Roth
2026-09-08 20:48 ` [PATCH v2 19/19] hostmem: Automatically select set guest-memfd=on " Michael Roth
2026-09-09 6:30 ` Markus Armbruster
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