From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
To: linux-coco@lists.linux.dev
Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>, Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@amd.com>,
Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>,
Fred Griffoul <griffoul@gmail.com>,
iommu@lists.linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
patches@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [RFC PATCH v5 07/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Release and revoke memory through provider operations
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:11:11 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261112074120.1570072-8-aneesh.kumar@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112074120.1570072-1-aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
Add release_range() helpers for folios and PFNs. Keep guest invalidation
in the core. Folio release truncates memory; ->free_folio() calls
kvm_arch_gmem_reclaim() when the folio is removed from the page cache.
PFN release removes host mappings and calls kvm_arch_gmem_reclaim()
before put_pfn_range() releases the memory.
Use these operations for hole punching, provider revocation and final
inode cleanup.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/guest_memfd.h | 13 +++-
samples/kvm/mem_provider_sample.c | 3 +-
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 106 +++++++++++++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/guest_memfd.h b/include/linux/guest_memfd.h
index 06f094a2fd49..2ed929a9dca5 100644
--- a/include/linux/guest_memfd.h
+++ b/include/linux/guest_memfd.h
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ struct guest_memfd_handle {
* failure; it initially points to the range start. NULL
* selects folio validation for folio providers; for
* other providers, NULL skips this validation.
+ * @release_range: Remove host mappings and release memory in [start, end),
+ * after core guest invalidation, under the inode invalidate
+ * write lock and any provider lock. Also called at final
+ * inode cleanup, when no bindings remain. The optional pfn
+ * identifies memory revoked by the provider. release_backing
+ * is false for provider-initiated revocation, true otherwise.
* @alloc_folio: Allocate an uninserted folio for a given index and NUMA policy.
* Must return a pointer to a struct folio on success, or an
* ERR_PTR() error code on failure. Must never return NULL.
@@ -86,6 +92,9 @@ struct guest_memfd_provider_operations {
void (*unlock)(void *provider);
int (*prepare_attributes)(struct inode *inode, void *provider, pgoff_t start,
size_t nr_pages, u64 memory_attrs, pgoff_t *err_index);
+ int (*release_range)(struct inode *inode, void *provider,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, const unsigned long *pfn,
+ u64 pfn_attrs, bool release_backing);
struct folio *(*alloc_folio)(void *provider, pgoff_t index,
struct mempolicy *mpol);
void (*invalidate_folio)(void *provider, struct folio *folio);
@@ -99,10 +108,10 @@ struct guest_memfd_provider_operations {
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
int kvm_gmem_revoke(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start, size_t nr_pages,
- const unsigned long *pfn);
+ const unsigned long *pfn, u64 pfn_attrs);
#else
static inline int kvm_gmem_revoke(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start, size_t nr_pages,
- const unsigned long *pfn)
+ const unsigned long *pfn, u64 pfn_attrs)
{
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
diff --git a/samples/kvm/mem_provider_sample.c b/samples/kvm/mem_provider_sample.c
index 8eca914c49ef..4b7a8f760fdf 100644
--- a/samples/kvm/mem_provider_sample.c
+++ b/samples/kvm/mem_provider_sample.c
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ static void mps_set_present(struct mps_info *info, unsigned long start,
if (info->gmem_inode) {
unsigned long pfn = info->base_pfn + start;
- kvm_gmem_revoke(info->gmem_inode, start, end - start, &pfn);
+ kvm_gmem_revoke(info->gmem_inode, start, end - start,
+ &pfn, 0);
mps_zero_range(info, start, end - start);
}
}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index ffe0a8e0f2dd..a224ae969d79 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ static int gmem_folio_lookup_pfn_range(struct inode *inode, void *provider,
pgoff_t index, unsigned long *pfn, size_t *nr_pages, u64 *pfn_attrs);
static int gmem_folio_prepare_attributes(struct inode *inode, void *provider,
pgoff_t start, size_t nr_pages, u64 attrs, pgoff_t *err_index);
+static int gmem_folio_release_range(struct inode *inode, void *provider,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, const unsigned long *pfn,
+ u64 pfn_attrs, bool release_backing);
+static int gmem_pfn_release_range(struct inode *inode, void *provider,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, const unsigned long *pfn,
+ u64 pfn_attrs, bool release_backing);
static __always_inline struct gmem_inode *GMEM_I(struct inode *inode)
{
@@ -94,6 +100,7 @@ static const struct guest_memfd_provider_operations gmem_native_provider_ops = {
.get_pfn = gmem_folio_get_pfn,
.lookup_pfn_range = gmem_folio_lookup_pfn_range,
.prepare_attributes = gmem_folio_prepare_attributes,
+ .release_range = gmem_folio_release_range,
};
static bool gmem_provider_ops_valid(struct gmem_inode *gi,
@@ -141,6 +148,11 @@ static void gmem_provider_init_ops(struct gmem_inode *gi,
}
if (!ops->prepare_attributes)
gi->provider_operations.prepare_attributes = gmem_folio_prepare_attributes;
+ if (!ops->release_range)
+ gi->provider_operations.release_range = gmem_folio_release_range;
+ } else {
+ if (!ops->release_range)
+ gi->provider_operations.release_range = gmem_pfn_release_range;
}
gi->provider_ops = &gi->provider_operations;
}
@@ -582,19 +594,66 @@ static void kvm_gmem_pfn_reclaim(struct gmem_inode *gi, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t e
cond_resched();
}
}
-#else
-static void kvm_gmem_pfn_reclaim(struct gmem_inode *gi, pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end) {}
#endif
+/*
+ * Folios are managed by the page cache. Truncation removes them, and the MM
+ * invokes ->free_folio(), which calls kvm_arch_gmem_reclaim(). Keep that
+ * cleanup in ->free_folio() instead of duplicating it in the release path.
+ */
+static int gmem_folio_release_range(struct inode *inode, void *provider,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, const unsigned long *pfn,
+ u64 pfn_attrs, bool release_backing)
+{
+ loff_t offset = (loff_t)start << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ loff_t len = (loff_t)(end - start) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+ truncate_inode_pages_range(inode->i_mapping, offset, offset + len - 1);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void gmem_provider_reclaim(struct gmem_inode *gi, pgoff_t start,
+ pgoff_t end, const unsigned long *pfn,
+ u64 pfn_attrs)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_RECLAIM
+ if (pfn_attrs & GUEST_MEMFD_PFN_MMIO)
+ return;
+ if (pfn)
+ kvm_arch_gmem_reclaim(*pfn, end - start);
+ else
+ kvm_gmem_pfn_reclaim(gi, start, end);
+#endif
+}
+
+static int gmem_pfn_release_range(struct inode *inode, void *provider,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end, const unsigned long *pfn,
+ u64 pfn_attrs, bool release_backing)
+{
+ struct gmem_inode *gi = GMEM_I(inode);
+
+ unmap_mapping_pages(inode->i_mapping, start, end - start, true);
+ gmem_provider_reclaim(gi, start, end, pfn, pfn_attrs);
+
+ if (release_backing)
+ gmem_provider_put_pfn_range(gi, start, end - start);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int __kvm_gmem_revoke(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start,
size_t nr_pages, const unsigned long *pfn,
- bool put_pfn_range)
+ u64 pfn_attrs, bool release_backing)
{
enum kvm_gfn_range_filter filter = kvm_gmem_get_all_gfns_filter(inode);
pgoff_t max_pages = i_size_read(inode) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
struct gmem_inode *gi = GMEM_I(inode);
- loff_t offset, len;
+ const struct guest_memfd_provider_operations *ops = gi->provider_ops;
pgoff_t end;
+ int r;
+
+ if (!ops->release_range)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
if (start >= max_pages)
return 0;
@@ -603,8 +662,6 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_revoke(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start,
if (!nr_pages)
return 0;
- offset = (loff_t)start << PAGE_SHIFT;
- len = (loff_t)nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
end = start + nr_pages;
/*
@@ -617,32 +674,20 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_revoke(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start,
kvm_gmem_invalidate_start(inode, start, end, filter);
- if (kvm_gmem_is_pfn_mode(GMEM_I(inode))) {
- unmap_mapping_range(inode->i_mapping, offset, len, 0);
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_RECLAIM
- if (pfn)
- kvm_arch_gmem_reclaim(*pfn, nr_pages);
- else
- kvm_gmem_pfn_reclaim(GMEM_I(inode), start, end);
-#endif
- if (put_pfn_range)
- gmem_provider_put_pfn_range(GMEM_I(inode), start, nr_pages);
- } else {
- truncate_inode_pages_range(inode->i_mapping, offset, offset + len - 1);
- }
+ r = ops->release_range(inode, gi->provider, start, end, pfn, pfn_attrs,
+ release_backing);
kvm_gmem_invalidate_end(inode, start, end);
gmem_provider_unlock_updates(gi);
-
filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
- return 0;
+ return r;
}
static long kvm_gmem_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
{
return __kvm_gmem_revoke(inode, offset >> PAGE_SHIFT, len >> PAGE_SHIFT,
- NULL, true);
+ NULL, 0, true);
}
/**
@@ -653,6 +698,7 @@ static long kvm_gmem_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
* @pfn: The physical address / frame number being revoked. Directly
* reclaims this physical range without querying the provider's
* .lookup_pfn_range().
+ * @pfn_attrs: GUEST_MEMFD_PFN_* attributes of the supplied PFNs.
*
* guest_memfd will do everything to make sure the range revoked is no longer in
* use across guest and host mappings, as well as reclaim any confidential
@@ -665,9 +711,9 @@ static long kvm_gmem_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
* Return: 0 on success, or a negative error code on failure.
*/
int kvm_gmem_revoke(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start, size_t nr_pages,
- const unsigned long *pfn)
+ const unsigned long *pfn, u64 pfn_attrs)
{
- return __kvm_gmem_revoke(inode, start, nr_pages, pfn, false);
+ return __kvm_gmem_revoke(inode, start, nr_pages, pfn, pfn_attrs, false);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_gmem_revoke);
@@ -1887,17 +1933,15 @@ static void kvm_gmem_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
{
struct gmem_inode *gi = GMEM_I(inode);
- /*
- * Skip if the provider was not yet set up, as iput() can reach this on
- * error paths before provider_ops is initialized.
- */
- if (gi->provider_ops && kvm_gmem_is_pfn_mode(gi)) {
+ /* Provider setup may have failed before this inode was published. */
+ if (gi->provider_ops) {
pgoff_t nr_pages = i_size_read(inode) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
filemap_invalidate_lock(inode->i_mapping);
gmem_provider_lock_updates(gi);
- kvm_gmem_pfn_reclaim(gi, 0, nr_pages);
- gmem_provider_put_pfn_range(gi, 0, nr_pages);
+ if (nr_pages)
+ gi->provider_ops->release_range(inode, gi->provider, 0,
+ nr_pages, NULL, 0, true);
gmem_provider_unlock_updates(gi);
filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-12 7:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-12 7:41 [RFC PATCH v5 00/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Add a common framework for device memory providers Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 01/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Add a handle for provider PFNs Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 02/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Get PFNs through common provider operations Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 03/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Let providers coordinate mapping changes Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 04/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Add provider PFN range lookup Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 05/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Let providers validate attribute changes Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 06/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Share memory through provider range lookup Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm) [this message]
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 08/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Use provider operations for fallocate allocation Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 09/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Use provider operations for host mappings and faults Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 10/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Let providers prepare memory regions Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 11/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Pass KVM explicitly to provider attach Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 12/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Support devices through common provider operations Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 13/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Notify providers after private attribute updates Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 14/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Enable shared host mappings for device providers Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 15/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Notify providers during file release Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
2026-11-12 7:41 ` [RFC PATCH v5 16/16] KVM: guest_memfd: Invalidate mappings before memslot unbind Aneesh Kumar K.V (Arm)
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