[PATCH v13 03/85] KVM: Add kvm_release_page_unused() API to put pages that KVM never consumes

Sean Christopherson
2024-10-10T18:24:55Z

Add an API to release an unused page, i.e. to put a page without marking
it accessed or dirty. The API will be used when KVM faults-in a page but
bails before installing the guest mapping (and other similar flows).

Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Tested-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index ee186a1fbaad..ab4485b2bddc 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1216,6 +1216,15 @@ unsigned long gfn_to_hva_prot(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, bool *writable);
unsigned long gfn_to_hva_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn);
unsigned long gfn_to_hva_memslot_prot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn,
bool *writable);
+
+static inline void kvm_release_page_unused(struct page *page)
+{
+ if (!page)
+ return;
+
+ put_page(page);
+}
+
void kvm_release_page_clean(struct page *page);
void kvm_release_page_dirty(struct page *page);

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