From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
To: iommu@lists.linux.dev
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>,
Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>,
Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@amd.com>,
Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Jacob Pan <jacob.pan@linux.microsoft.com>,
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Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>,
Jonathan Hunter <jonathanh@nvidia.com>,
Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
Krishna Reddy <vdumpa@nvidia.com>, Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>,
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Samuel Ortiz <sameo@rivosinc.com>,
Shameer Kolothum <shameerali.kolothum.thodi@huawei.com>,
Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>,
Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@kernel.org>,
Vasant Hegde <vasant.hegde@amd.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-tegra@vger.kernel.org,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 02/16] KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 11:29:41 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261008055955.4014342-3-aneesh.kumar@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261008055955.4014342-1-aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
From: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Add kvm->file as a no-reference back-pointer to the VM file in struct
kvm. The pointer is set at VM creation time and cleared under
WRITE_ONCE() in kvm_vm_release() before the file is freed.
Callers storing the file must take their own reference.
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Acked-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 6 ++++++
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index bc3abfde8393..3c5a389361c6 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -784,6 +784,12 @@ struct kvm {
* kvm_swap_active_memslots().
*/
struct mutex slots_arch_lock;
+ /*
+ * Back-reference to the VM file for subsystems (e.g., VFIO). Holds no
+ * reference to avoid pinning the VM. Callers storing the file must
+ * take their own reference.
+ */
+ struct file *file;
struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */
unsigned long nr_memslot_pages;
/* The two memslot sets - active and inactive (per address space) */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 07fc874a38e1..8e49ea809528 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1352,6 +1352,8 @@ static int kvm_vm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
kvm_irqfd_release(kvm);
+ WRITE_ONCE(kvm->file, NULL);
+
kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
return 0;
}
@@ -5555,6 +5557,8 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
goto put_kvm;
}
+ kvm->file = file;
+
/*
* Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
* already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). In error
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-08 6:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-08 5:59 [PATCH v7 00/16] iommufd: vIOMMUs and TSM guest requests for confidential guests Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 01/16] KVM: Introduce file_to_kvm_<arch>() infrastructure Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) [this message]
2026-10-08 6:16 ` [PATCH v7 02/16] KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 03/16] KVM: x86: Use file_to_kvm_x86() in SEV Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:07 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 04/16] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 05/16] KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:08 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 06/16] KVM: Remove unused file_is_kvm Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:06 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 07/16] iommufd/device: Associate KVM file pointer with iommufd_device Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 08/16] iommufd/viommu: Keep a reference to the KVM file Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 09/16] tsm: Remove the device from lookup before PCI teardown Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 10/16] iommufd: Add the vdevice TSM request ioctl Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 11/16] PCI/TSM: Remove the legacy guest request interface Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:11 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 12/16] PCI/TSM: Add vIOMMU-bound contexts for vdevices Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 13/16] iommufd/viommu: Select vIOMMU operations before allocation Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 14/16] iommufd/viommu: Allow PCI TSM backends to provide vIOMMU operations Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 15/16] iommufd: Allow vIOMMUs without a parent HWPT Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-10-08 5:59 ` [PATCH v7 16/16] PCI/TSM: wait for vdevice contexts before removing a DSM Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08 6:25 ` sashiko-bot
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