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 05/19] accel/kvm: Use dedicated helper for creating private-only gmem instances
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 15:48:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908205236.838281-6-michael.roth@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908205236.838281-1-michael.roth@amd.com>
Currently QEMU supports using guest_memfd internally (separately from
user-specified memory backends) to handle private memory for
confidential VMs. While KVM can switch between guest_memfd-backed
private memory and non-guest_memfd-backed shared memory via
KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES, the memory in the guest_memfd inode can only
ever be private memory.
This is distinct from upcoming in-place conversion support, where
guest_memfd inodes can contain both private/shared memory and can
convert between the 2 in-place.
To help distinguish between these 2 uses of guest_memfd, add a dedicated
helper to handle the private-only uses of guest_memfd, and add some
additional sanity checks with that use-case in mind.
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
---
accel/kvm/kvm-all.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c | 6 ++++++
include/system/kvm.h | 1 +
system/physmem.c | 6 +++---
4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index 518baa35b9..15f237de4e 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -794,6 +794,11 @@ static int kvm_mem_flags(MemoryRegion *mr)
}
if (memory_region_has_guest_memfd_private(mr)) {
assert(kvm_guest_memfd_supported);
+ /*
+ * memory_region_has_guest_memfd_private() is specifically pertaining to
+ * using guest_memfd to handle private memory use cases.
+ */
+ assert(kvm_supported_memory_attributes & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE);
flags |= KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD;
}
return flags;
@@ -4873,3 +4878,13 @@ int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp)
return fd;
}
+
+int kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(uint64_t size, Error **errp)
+{
+ if (!(kvm_supported_memory_attributes & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE)) {
+ error_setg(errp, "KVM does not support using guest_memfd for private memory");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ return kvm_create_guest_memfd(size, 0, errp);
+}
diff --git a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
index acbd0785e0..9fe58efe91 100644
--- a/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/accel/stubs/kvm-stub.c
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp)
return -ENOSYS;
}
+int kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(uint64_t size, Error **errp)
+{
+ error_setg(errp, "KVM is not enabled");
+ return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
bool kvm_private_memory_attribute_supported(void)
{
return false;
diff --git a/include/system/kvm.h b/include/system/kvm.h
index d29624034c..b1e43ddc93 100644
--- a/include/system/kvm.h
+++ b/include/system/kvm.h
@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ void kvm_mark_guest_state_protected(void);
bool kvm_hwpoisoned_mem(void);
int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp);
+int kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(uint64_t size, Error **errp);
int kvm_set_memory_attributes_private(hwaddr start, uint64_t size);
int kvm_set_memory_attributes_shared(hwaddr start, uint64_t size);
diff --git a/system/physmem.c b/system/physmem.c
index f6dff18bbb..991f7bb815 100644
--- a/system/physmem.c
+++ b/system/physmem.c
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ static void ram_block_add(RAMBlock *new_block, Error **errp)
}
new_block->guest_memfd_private =
- kvm_create_guest_memfd(new_block->max_length, 0, errp);
+ kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(new_block->max_length, errp);
if (new_block->guest_memfd_private < 0) {
qemu_mutex_unlock_ramlist();
goto out_free;
@@ -2839,8 +2839,8 @@ int ram_block_rebind(Error **errp)
if (block->guest_memfd_private >= 0) {
close(block->guest_memfd_private);
}
- block->guest_memfd_private = kvm_create_guest_memfd(
- block->max_length, 0, errp);
+ block->guest_memfd_private =
+ kvm_create_guest_memfd_private(block->max_length, errp);
if (block->guest_memfd_private < 0) {
qemu_mutex_unlock_ramlist();
return -1;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 20:59 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 ` Michael Roth [this message]
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 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] accel/kvm: Disable discard " Michael Roth
2026-09-08 22:16 ` 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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