[PATCH RFC v4 06/44] KVM: guest_memfd: Update kvm_gmem_populate() to use gmem attributes

Ackerley Tng
2026-03-26T22:24:37Z

Update the guest_memfd populate() flow to pull memory attributes from the
gmem instance instead of the VM when KVM is not configured to track
shared/private status in the VM.

Rename the per-VM API to make it clear that it retrieves per-VM
attributes, i.e. is not suitable for use outside of flows that are
specific to generic per-VM attributes.

Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 2 +-
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 14 +++++++++++++-
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 8 +++-----
4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 792701b093234..f21e16f22dd7b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -7978,7 +7978,7 @@ static bool hugepage_has_attrs(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
const unsigned long end = start + KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level);

if (level == PG_LEVEL_2M)
- return kvm_range_has_memory_attributes(kvm, start, end, ~0, attrs);
+ return kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(kvm, start, end, ~0, attrs);

for (gfn = start; gfn < end; gfn += KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level - 1)) {
if (hugepage_test_mixed(slot, gfn, level - 1) ||
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 0f84421b3f49e..19f026f8de390 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2534,12 +2534,24 @@ static inline bool kvm_mem_is_private(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
-bool kvm_range_has_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
+extern bool vm_memory_attributes;
+bool kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
unsigned long mask, unsigned long attrs);
bool kvm_arch_pre_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
bool kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
+#else
+#define vm_memory_attributes false
+static inline bool kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
+ gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
+ unsigned long mask,
+ unsigned long attrs)
+{
+ WARN_ONCE(1, "Unexpected call to kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes()");
+
+ return false;
+}
#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */

unsigned long kvm_gmem_get_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 6f4252c8b3f59..b6ffa8734175d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -936,12 +936,31 @@ int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_gmem_get_pfn);

#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_POPULATE
+static bool kvm_gmem_range_is_private(struct gmem_inode *gi, pgoff_t index,
+ size_t nr_pages, struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
+{
+ pgoff_t end = index + nr_pages - 1;
+ void *entry;
+
+ if (vm_memory_attributes)
+ return kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn, gfn + nr_pages,
+ KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE,
+ KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE);
+
+ mt_for_each(&gi->attributes, entry, index, end) {
+ if (xa_to_value(entry) != KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE)
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}

static long __kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
struct file *file, gfn_t gfn, struct page *src_page,
kvm_gmem_populate_cb post_populate, void *opaque)
{
pgoff_t index = kvm_gmem_get_index(slot, gfn);
+ struct gmem_inode *gi;
struct folio *folio;
kvm_pfn_t pfn;
int ret;
@@ -956,9 +975,8 @@ static long __kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,

folio_unlock(folio);

- if (!kvm_range_has_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn, gfn + 1,
- KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE,
- KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE)) {
+ gi = GMEM_I(file_inode(file));
+ if (!kvm_gmem_range_is_private(gi, index, 1, kvm, gfn)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out_put_folio;
}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7bb59679c9316..70b594dafc5cc 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -104,9 +104,7 @@ module_param(allow_unsafe_mappings, bool, 0444);

#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
-static bool vm_memory_attributes = true;
-#else
-#define vm_memory_attributes false
+bool vm_memory_attributes = true;
#endif
DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(__kvm_get_memory_attributes, kvm_get_memory_attributes_t);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(STATIC_CALL_KEY(__kvm_get_memory_attributes));
@@ -2457,7 +2455,7 @@ static unsigned long kvm_get_vm_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
* Returns true if _all_ gfns in the range [@start, @end) have attributes
* such that the bits in @mask match @attrs.
*/
-bool kvm_range_has_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
+bool kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
unsigned long mask, unsigned long attrs)
{
XA_STATE(xas, &kvm->mem_attr_array, start);
@@ -2591,7 +2589,7 @@ static int kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);

/* Nothing to do if the entire range has the desired attributes. */
- if (kvm_range_has_memory_attributes(kvm, start, end, ~0, attributes))
+ if (kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(kvm, start, end, ~0, attributes))
goto out_unlock;

/*

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