[PATCH v6 05/43] KVM: guest_memfd: Wire up kvm_get_memory_attributes() to per-gmem attributes
From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
Date: Thu May 07 2026 - 16:30:42 EST
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Implement kvm_gmem_get_memory_attributes() for guest_memfd to allow the KVM
core and architecture code to query per-GFN memory attributes.
kvm_gmem_get_memory_attributes() finds the memory slot for a given GFN and
queries the guest_memfd file's to determine if the page is marked as
private.
If vm_memory_attributes is not enabled, there is no shared/private tracking
at the VM level. Install the guest_memfd implementation as long as
guest_memfd is enabled to give guest_memfd a chance to respond on
attributes.
guest_memfd should look up attributes regardless of whether this memslot is
gmem-only since attributes are now tracked by gmem regardless of whether
mmap() is enabled.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index c5ba2cb34e45c..28a54298d27db 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2557,6 +2557,8 @@ bool kvm_arch_post_set_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
struct kvm_gfn_range *range);
#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */
+unsigned long kvm_gmem_get_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
+
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t *pfn, struct page **page,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 5011d38820d0d..f055e058a3f28 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -509,6 +509,37 @@ static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return 0;
}
+unsigned long kvm_gmem_get_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
+{
+ struct kvm_memory_slot *slot = gfn_to_memslot(kvm, gfn);
+ struct inode *inode;
+
+ /*
+ * If this gfn has no associated memslot, there's no chance of the gfn
+ * being backed by private memory, since guest_memfd must be used for
+ * private memory, and guest_memfd must be associated with some memslot.
+ */
+ if (!slot)
+ return 0;
+
+ CLASS(gmem_get_file, file)(slot);
+ if (!file)
+ return 0;
+
+ inode = file_inode(file);
+
+ /*
+ * Rely on the maple tree's internal RCU lock to ensure a
+ * stable result. This result can become stale as soon as the
+ * lock is dropped, so the caller _must_ still protect
+ * consumption of private vs. shared by checking
+ * mmu_invalidate_retry_gfn() under mmu_lock to serialize
+ * against ongoing attribute updates.
+ */
+ return kvm_gmem_get_attributes(inode, kvm_gmem_get_index(slot, gfn));
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_gmem_get_memory_attributes);
+
static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {
.mmap = kvm_gmem_mmap,
.open = generic_file_open,
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index ee26f1d9b5fda..4139e903f756a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2653,6 +2653,9 @@ static void kvm_init_memory_attributes(void)
if (vm_memory_attributes)
static_call_update(__kvm_get_memory_attributes,
kvm_get_vm_memory_attributes);
+ else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD))
+ static_call_update(__kvm_get_memory_attributes,
+ kvm_gmem_get_memory_attributes);
else
static_call_update(__kvm_get_memory_attributes,
(void *)__static_call_return0);
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog