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From: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	 Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	 Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
	Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>,
	 Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
	kexec@lists.infradead.org,  linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,  linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/9] kvm: guest_memfd: Move internal definitions and helper to new header
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:48:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260622184851.2309827-5-tarunsahu@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260622184851.2309827-1-tarunsahu@google.com>

To support guest_memfd memory preservation with LUO, guest_memfd luo
code needs to access guest_memfd internals and reconstruct guest_memfd
file instances from a preserved state.

Extract gmem_file, gmem_inode, and the GMEM_I() helper from guest_memfd.c
into a new internal header virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h.

Additionally, split __kvm_gmem_create() to expose a non-static
__kvm_gmem_create_file() helper. This helper returns a struct file
instead of a file descriptor, enabling file creation and initialization
without installing it into a file descriptor table.

Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
---
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 68 +++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h

diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 8669068..fe1adc9b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -7,38 +7,12 @@
 #include <linux/mempolicy.h>
 #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include "guest_memfd.h"
 
 #include "kvm_mm.h"
 
 static struct vfsmount *kvm_gmem_mnt;
 
-/*
- * A guest_memfd instance can be associated multiple VMs, each with its own
- * "view" of the underlying physical memory.
- *
- * The gmem's inode is effectively the raw underlying physical storage, and is
- * used to track properties of the physical memory, while each gmem file is
- * effectively a single VM's view of that storage, and is used to track assets
- * specific to its associated VM, e.g. memslots=>gmem bindings.
- */
-struct gmem_file {
-	struct kvm *kvm;
-	struct xarray bindings;
-	struct list_head entry;
-};
-
-struct gmem_inode {
-	struct shared_policy policy;
-	struct inode vfs_inode;
-	struct list_head gmem_file_list;
-
-	u64 flags;
-};
-
-static __always_inline struct gmem_inode *GMEM_I(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	return container_of(inode, struct gmem_inode, vfs_inode);
-}
 
 #define kvm_gmem_for_each_file(f, inode) \
 	list_for_each_entry(f, &GMEM_I(inode)->gmem_file_list, entry)
@@ -557,23 +531,17 @@ bool __weak kvm_arch_supports_gmem_init_shared(struct kvm *kvm)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
+struct file *__kvm_gmem_create_file(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
 {
 	static const char *name = "[kvm-gmem]";
 	struct gmem_file *f;
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct file *file;
-	int fd, err;
-
-	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
-	if (fd < 0)
-		return fd;
+	int err;
 
 	f = kzalloc_obj(*f);
-	if (!f) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_fd;
-	}
+	if (!f)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	/* __fput() will take care of fops_put(). */
 	if (!fops_get(&kvm_gmem_fops)) {
@@ -612,8 +580,7 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
 	xa_init(&f->bindings);
 	list_add(&f->entry, &GMEM_I(inode)->gmem_file_list);
 
-	fd_install(fd, file);
-	return fd;
+	return file;
 
 err_inode:
 	iput(inode);
@@ -621,7 +588,28 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
 	fops_put(&kvm_gmem_fops);
 err_gmem:
 	kfree(f);
-err_fd:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+}
+
+static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+	int fd, err;
+
+	fd = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return fd;
+
+	file = __kvm_gmem_create_file(kvm, size, flags);
+	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(file);
+		goto err_put_fd;
+	}
+
+	fd_install(fd, file);
+	return fd;
+
+err_put_fd:
 	put_unused_fd(fd);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c528b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+#ifndef __KVM_GUEST_MEMFD_H__
+#define __KVM_GUEST_MEMFD_H__ 1
+
+#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
+
+/*
+ * A guest_memfd instance can be associated multiple VMs, each with its own
+ * "view" of the underlying physical memory.
+ *
+ * The gmem's inode is effectively the raw underlying physical storage, and is
+ * used to track properties of the physical memory, while each gmem file is
+ * effectively a single VM's view of that storage, and is used to track assets
+ * specific to its associated VM, e.g. memslots=>gmem bindings.
+ */
+struct gmem_file {
+	struct kvm *kvm;
+	struct xarray bindings;
+	struct list_head entry;
+};
+
+struct gmem_inode {
+	struct shared_policy policy;
+	struct inode vfs_inode;
+	struct list_head gmem_file_list;
+
+	u64 flags;
+};
+
+static inline struct gmem_inode *GMEM_I(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	return container_of(inode, struct gmem_inode, vfs_inode);
+}
+
+struct file *__kvm_gmem_create_file(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags);
+
+#endif /* __KVM_GUEST_MEMFD_H__ */
-- 
2.55.0.rc0.786.g65d90a0328-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-06-22 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-22 18:48 [PATCH v3 0/9] liveupdate: kvm: guest_memfd preservation Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] liveupdate: Add LIVEUPDATE_GUEST_MEMFD config option Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] kvm: Prepare core VM structs and helpers for LUO support Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] kvm: kvm_luo: Allow kvm preservation with LUO Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` Tarun Sahu [this message]
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] kvm: guest_memfd: Add support for freezing and unfreezing mappings Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] kvm: guest_memfd_luo: add support for guest_memfd preservation Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] docs: add documentation for guest_memfd preservation via LUO Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] selftests: kvm: Split ____vm_create() to expose init helpers Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:48 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] selftests: kvm: Add guest_memfd_preservation_test Tarun Sahu
2026-06-22 18:55 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] liveupdate: kvm: guest_memfd preservation tarunsahu

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