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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>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
	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>,
	Nicolin Chen <nicolinc@nvidia.com>,
	Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>,
	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



  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-08  6:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ 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  5:59 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) [this message]
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  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 04/16] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
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  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 06/16] KVM: Remove unused file_is_kvm Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
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  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 08/16] iommufd/viommu: Keep a reference to the KVM file Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
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  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 10/16] iommufd: Add the vdevice TSM request ioctl Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
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  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 12/16] PCI/TSM: Add vIOMMU-bound contexts for vdevices Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 13/16] iommufd/viommu: Select vIOMMU operations before allocation Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
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  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 15/16] iommufd: Allow vIOMMUs without a parent HWPT Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-10-08  5:59 ` [PATCH v7 16/16] PCI/TSM: wait for vdevice contexts before removing a DSM Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)

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