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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
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	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
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	Nina Schoetterl-Glausch <oss@nina.schoetterlglausch.eu>,
	Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
	Ulrich Weigand <Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com>,
	Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>, Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 03/27] KVM, vfio: remove symbol_get(kvm_put_kvm) from vfio
Date: Mon,  6 Jul 2026 10:52:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706085229.979525-4-seiden@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706085229.979525-1-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 either the arm64
or the s390 implementation of kvm_destroy_vm.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
---
 drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c  | 24 +++---------------------
 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, 14 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio_main.c
index b7b8b45f1cec..6bddea4d384f 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>
@@ -451,9 +451,6 @@ 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)
@@ -462,21 +459,13 @@ 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))
+	if (!kvm_get_kvm_safe(kvm))
 		goto out_put_mod;
 
-	ret = kvm_get_kvm_safe(kvm);
-	if (!ret)
-		goto out_put_sym;
-
-	device->put_kvm = pfn;
 	device->kvm = kvm;
 	device->kvm_module = kvm_module;
 	return;
 
-out_put_sym:
-	symbol_put(kvm_put_kvm);
 out_put_mod:
 	module_put(kvm_module);
 }
@@ -488,14 +477,7 @@ 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:
+	kvm_put_kvm(device->kvm);
 	device->kvm = NULL;
 	module_put(device->kvm_module);
 	device->kvm_module = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 015d02018109..1f967b1d68b9 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1072,7 +1072,6 @@ 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 5bfec0339804..81f04e60ebfd 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ 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 7dec697ce35a..271884089f58 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ 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
@@ -1148,6 +1149,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct kvm, rc) != 0);
 	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++) {
@@ -1310,13 +1312,6 @@ 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
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-07-06  8:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-06  8:52 [PATCH v4 00/27] KVM: s390: Introduce arm64 KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 01/27] VFIO: take reference to the KVM module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 19:53   ` Jason Gunthorpe
2026-07-06 21:12     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 02/27] KVM, vfio: remove symbol_get(kvm_get_kvm_safe) from vfio Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` Steffen Eiden [this message]
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 04/27] KVM: Make device name configurable Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 05/27] KVM: Remove KVM_MMIO as config option Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 20:53   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 06/27] arm64: Use proper include variant Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 07/27] arm64: Prepare sharing arm64 headers with s390 Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 21:22   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 08/27] KVM: arm64: Prepare sharing arm64 code " Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 21:28   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 09/27] KVM: arm64: Access elements of vcpu_gp_regs individually Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 17:44   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 10/27] KVM: arm64: Refactor core-reset into a separate function Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 11/27] s390: Use arm64 headers Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 12/27] KVM: s390: Use arm64 code Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 13/27] KVM: s390: Prepare KVM/s390 for a second KVM module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 14/27] KVM: s390: Move s390 kvm code into a subdirectory Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 15/27] KVM: S390: Prepare gmap for a second KVM implementation Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 16/27] KVM: s390: gmap: Refactor storage key and CMMA code into separate files Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 17/27] KVM: s390: Refactor prefix handling into a separate file Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 18/27] KVM: s390: Prepare kvm-s390 for a second kvm module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 19/27] s390: Introduce Start Arm Execution instruction Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 11:17   ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-06 11:30     ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-07-06 11:58       ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 11:53     ` Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 20/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Introduce host definitions Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 21/27] s390/hwcaps: Report SAE support as hwcap Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 11:50   ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 22/27] KVM: s390: Add basic arm64 kvm module Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 23/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement required functions Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06 12:15   ` Janosch Frank
2026-07-06 20:35   ` Marc Zyngier
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 24/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement vm/vcpu create destroy Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 25/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement vCPU IOCTLs Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 26/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Implement basic page fault handler Steffen Eiden
2026-07-06  8:52 ` [PATCH v4 27/27] KVM: s390: arm64: Enable KVM_ARM64 config and Kbuild Steffen Eiden

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