[PATCH v7 04/12] KVM: guest_memfd: Add stub for kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate

From: Roy, Patrick
Date: Wed Sep 24 2025 - 11:23:25 EST


Add a no-op stub for kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate if
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_INVALIDATE=n. This allows defining
kvm_gmem_free_folio without ifdef-ery, which allows more cleanly using
guest_memfd's free_folio callback for non-arch-invalidation related
code.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Roy <roypat@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 4 ----
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 8b47891adca1..1d0585616aa3 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2573,6 +2573,8 @@ long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, void __user *src, long npages

#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_INVALIDATE
void kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate(kvm_pfn_t start, kvm_pfn_t end);
+#else
+static inline void kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate(kvm_pfn_t start, kvm_pfn_t end) { }
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 08a6bc7d25b6..55b8d739779f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ static int kvm_gmem_error_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *fol
return MF_DELAYED;
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_INVALIDATE
static void kvm_gmem_free_folio(struct folio *folio)
{
struct page *page = folio_page(folio, 0);
@@ -438,15 +437,12 @@ static void kvm_gmem_free_folio(struct folio *folio)

kvm_arch_gmem_invalidate(pfn, pfn + (1ul << order));
}
-#endif

static const struct address_space_operations kvm_gmem_aops = {
.dirty_folio = noop_dirty_folio,
.migrate_folio = kvm_gmem_migrate_folio,
.error_remove_folio = kvm_gmem_error_folio,
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_INVALIDATE
.free_folio = kvm_gmem_free_folio,
-#endif
};

static int kvm_gmem_setattr(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct dentry *dentry,
--
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