From: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Andreas Grapentin <Andreas.Grapentin@ibm.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Gautam Gala <ggala@linux.ibm.com>,
Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@linux.ibm.com>,
Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Nina Schoetterl-Glausch <oss@nina.schoetterlglausch.eu>,
Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Ulrich Weigand <Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v1 03/27] KVM, vfio: remove symbol_get(kvm_put_kvm) from vfio
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 06:20:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260402042125.3948963-4-seiden@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260402042125.3948963-1-seiden@linux.ibm.com>
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Right now, KVM and VFIO are using symbol_get to access each other's
symbols because of a circular reference between the modules, as well
as to avoid loading them unnecessarily.
The remaining use in VFIO is for kvm_put_kvm, which is not inline
because it needs to call kvm_destroy_vm. However, storing the
address of kvm_destroy_vm in the "struct kvm" is enough to remove
the dependency from VFIO.
This also makes it possible to direct kvm_put_kvm to different
implementations of kvm_destroy_vm.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
---
drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c | 29 +++++------------------------
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 -
include/linux/kvm_types.h | 9 +++++++++
include/linux/vfio.h | 1 -
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 9 ++-------
5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index 42f515519d87..e9c6353c74d8 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
#include <linux/idr.h>
#include <linux/iommu.h>
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM)
-#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
+#include <linux/kvm_types.h>
#endif
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
@@ -436,9 +436,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vfio_unregister_group_dev);
void vfio_device_get_kvm_safe(struct vfio_device *device, struct kvm *kvm,
struct module *kvm_module)
{
- void (*pfn)(struct kvm *kvm);
- bool ret;
-
lockdep_assert_held(&device->dev_set->lock);
if (!kvm)
@@ -447,19 +444,10 @@ void vfio_device_get_kvm_safe(struct vfio_device *device, struct kvm *kvm,
if (!try_module_get(kvm_module))
return;
- pfn = symbol_get(kvm_put_kvm);
- if (WARN_ON(!pfn))
- return;
-
- ret = kvm_get_kvm_safe(kvm);
- if (!ret) {
- symbol_put(kvm_put_kvm);
- return;
+ if (kvm_get_kvm_safe(kvm)) {
+ device->kvm = kvm;
+ device->kvm_module = kvm_module;
}
-
- device->put_kvm = pfn;
- device->kvm = kvm;
- device->kvm_module = kvm_module;
}
void vfio_device_put_kvm(struct vfio_device *device)
@@ -469,15 +457,8 @@ void vfio_device_put_kvm(struct vfio_device *device)
if (!device->kvm)
return;
- if (WARN_ON(!device->put_kvm))
- goto clear;
-
- device->put_kvm(device->kvm);
- device->put_kvm = NULL;
- symbol_put(kvm_put_kvm);
-
-clear:
module_put(device->kvm_module);
+ kvm_put_kvm(device->kvm);
device->kvm_module = NULL;
device->kvm = NULL;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index dc18ee99bba4..13f903993ed0 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1065,7 +1065,6 @@ static inline void kvm_irqfd_exit(void)
int kvm_init(unsigned vcpu_size, unsigned vcpu_align, struct module *module);
void kvm_exit(void);
-void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
bool file_is_kvm(struct file *file);
void kvm_put_kvm_no_destroy(struct kvm *kvm);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_types.h b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
index add7cc2016e8..aadee536771a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_types.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_stat_generic {
struct kvm_refcount {
refcount_t users_count;
+ void (*destroy)(struct kvm *kvm);
};
static inline void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
@@ -164,6 +165,14 @@ static inline bool kvm_get_kvm_safe(struct kvm *kvm)
return refcount_inc_not_zero(&rc->users_count);
}
+static inline void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+ struct kvm_refcount *rc = (struct kvm_refcount *)kvm;
+
+ if (refcount_dec_and_test(&rc->users_count))
+ rc->destroy(kvm);
+}
+
#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */
#endif /* __KVM_TYPES_H__ */
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio.h b/include/linux/vfio.h
index 69a8d527b0e8..5c69532d6127 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ struct vfio_device {
unsigned int open_count;
struct completion comp;
struct iommufd_access *iommufd_access;
- void (*put_kvm)(struct kvm *kvm);
struct inode *inode;
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IOMMUFD)
struct iommufd_device *iommufd_device;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index cb5e01f92503..642f9e9638cc 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static struct dentry *kvm_debugfs_dir;
static const struct file_operations stat_fops_per_vm;
+static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int ioctl,
unsigned long arg);
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_COMPAT
@@ -1154,6 +1155,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
goto out_err_no_irq_routing;
refcount_set(&kvm->rc.users_count, 1);
+ kvm->rc.destroy = kvm_destroy_vm;
for (i = 0; i < kvm_arch_nr_memslot_as_ids(kvm); i++) {
for (j = 0; j < 2; j++) {
@@ -1316,13 +1318,6 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
mmdrop(mm);
}
-void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm)
-{
- if (refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->rc.users_count))
- kvm_destroy_vm(kvm);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_put_kvm);
-
/*
* Used to put a reference that was taken on behalf of an object associated
* with a user-visible file descriptor, e.g. a vcpu or device, if installation
--
2.51.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-02 4:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 4:20 [PATCH v1 00/27] KVM: s390: Introduce arm64 KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:20 ` [PATCH v1 01/27] VFIO: take reference to the KVM module Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 9:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-02 4:20 ` [PATCH v1 02/27] KVM, vfio: remove symbol_get(kvm_get_kvm_safe) from vfio Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:20 ` Steffen Eiden [this message]
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 04/27] arm64: Provide arm64 UAPI for other host architectures Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 05/27] arm64: Extract sysreg definitions Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 06/27] arm64: Provide arm64 API for non-native architectures Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 07/27] KVM: arm64: Provide arm64 KVM " Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 10:08 ` Marc Zyngier
2026-04-02 11:26 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 08/27] arm64: Extract pstate definitions from ptrace Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 09/27] KVM: arm64: Share kvm_emulate definitions Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 10/27] KVM: arm64: Make some arm64 KVM code shareable Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 11/27] KVM: arm64: Access elements of vcpu_gp_regs individually Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 12/27] KVM: arm64: Share reset general register code Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 13/27] KVM: arm64: Extract & share ipa size shift calculation Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 14/27] KVM: s390: Move s390 kvm code into a subdirectory Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 15/27] KVM: S390: Refactor gmap Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 16/27] KVM: Make device name configurable Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 17/27] KVM: Remove KVM_MMIO as config option Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 18/27] KVM: s390: Prepare kvm-s390 for a second kvm module Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 19/27] s390: Introduce Start Arm Execution instruction Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 20/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Introduce host definitions Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 21/27] s390/hwcaps: Report SAE support as hwcap Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 22/27] KVM: s390: Add basic arm64 kvm module Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 23/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement required functions Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 24/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement vm/vcpu create destroy Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 25/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement vCPU IOCTLs Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 26/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement basic page fault handler Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 4:21 ` [PATCH v1 27/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Enable KVM_ARM64 config and Kbuild Steffen Eiden
2026-04-02 8:53 ` [PATCH v1 00/27] KVM: s390: Introduce arm64 KVM David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-02 10:07 ` Christian Borntraeger
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