[PATCH v12 02/12] KVM: guest_memfd: Add macro to iterate over gmem_files for a mapping/inode

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Tue Oct 07 2025 - 18:14:41 EST


Add a kvm_gmem_for_each_file() to make it more obvious that KVM is
iterating over guest_memfd _files_, not guest_memfd instances, as could
be assumed given the name "gmem_list".

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 3c57fb42f12c..9b9e239b3073 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ struct gmem_file {
struct list_head entry;
};

+#define kvm_gmem_for_each_file(f, mapping) \
+ list_for_each_entry(f, &(mapping)->i_private_list, entry)
+
/**
* folio_file_pfn - like folio_file_page, but return a pfn.
* @folio: The folio which contains this index.
@@ -159,13 +162,12 @@ static void __kvm_gmem_invalidate_begin(struct gmem_file *f, pgoff_t start,
static void kvm_gmem_invalidate_begin(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start,
pgoff_t end)
{
- struct list_head *gmem_list = &inode->i_mapping->i_private_list;
enum kvm_gfn_range_filter attr_filter;
struct gmem_file *f;

attr_filter = kvm_gmem_get_invalidate_filter(inode);

- list_for_each_entry(f, gmem_list, entry)
+ kvm_gmem_for_each_file(f, inode->i_mapping)
__kvm_gmem_invalidate_begin(f, start, end, attr_filter);
}

@@ -184,10 +186,9 @@ static void __kvm_gmem_invalidate_end(struct gmem_file *f, pgoff_t start,
static void kvm_gmem_invalidate_end(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start,
pgoff_t end)
{
- struct list_head *gmem_list = &inode->i_mapping->i_private_list;
struct gmem_file *f;

- list_for_each_entry(f, gmem_list, entry)
+ kvm_gmem_for_each_file(f, inode->i_mapping)
__kvm_gmem_invalidate_end(f, start, end);
}

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