[PATCH 32/60] kvm: Allocate struct kvm_run only for struct kvm_vcpu_common
From: Jörg Rödel
Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 11:16:32 EST
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Share the struct kvm_run across all planes for one VCPU id.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 55e3e9046975..385e1ee8fd3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ struct kvm_mmio_fragment {
struct kvm_vcpu_common {
struct kvm *kvm;
+ /* kvm_run struct shared across all planes */
+ struct kvm_run *run;
+
int vcpu_idx; /* index into kvm->planes[]->vcpu_array */
/* Currently active VCPU */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4f2c8f46a0d3..2d0d5f4fd356 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ void *kvm_mmu_memory_cache_alloc(struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc)
static int kvm_vcpu_init_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long id)
{
struct kvm_vcpu_common *common __free(kfree) = kzalloc(sizeof(*common), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ struct page *page;
int r;
/*
@@ -466,6 +467,14 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_init_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm, unsigned
common->vcpu_idx = atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus);
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct kvm_run) > PAGE_SIZE);
+ page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO);
+ if (!page) {
+ r = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_drop_counter;
+ }
+ common->run = page_address(page);
+
mutex_init(&common->mutex);
#ifndef __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_WQP
@@ -487,7 +496,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_init_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm, unsigned
r = kvm_dirty_ring_alloc(kvm, &common->dirty_ring,
id, kvm->dirty_ring_size);
if (r)
- goto out_drop_counter;
+ goto out_free_run;
}
r = kvm_arch_vcpu_common_init(common);
@@ -503,6 +512,8 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_init_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm, unsigned
out_free_dirty_ring:
kvm_dirty_ring_free(&common->dirty_ring);
+out_free_run:
+ free_page((unsigned long)common->run);
out_drop_counter:
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
kvm->created_vcpus--;
@@ -546,6 +557,7 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_common_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
struct kvm *kvm = common->kvm;
vcpu->common = NULL;
+ vcpu->run = NULL;
if (vcpu->plane_level != 0)
return;
@@ -563,6 +575,7 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_common_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
*/
put_pid(common->pid);
kvm_dirty_ring_free(&common->dirty_ring);
+ free_page((unsigned long)common->run);
kfree(common);
}
@@ -4337,7 +4350,6 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long id)
{
int r = -EINVAL;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
- struct page *page;
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
if (kvm->created_vcpus >= kvm->max_vcpus) {
@@ -4359,20 +4371,13 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long id)
goto vcpu_free;
vcpu->vcpu_idx = vcpu->common->vcpu_idx;
-
- BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct kvm_run) > PAGE_SIZE);
- page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_ZERO);
- if (!page) {
- r = -ENOMEM;
- goto vcpu_free_common;
- }
- vcpu->run = page_address(page);
+ vcpu->run = vcpu->common->run;
kvm_vcpu_init(vcpu, kvm, id);
r = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(vcpu);
if (r)
- goto vcpu_free_run_page;
+ goto vcpu_free_common;
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
@@ -4415,8 +4420,6 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long id)
unlock_vcpu_destroy:
mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
-vcpu_free_run_page:
- free_page((unsigned long)vcpu->run);
vcpu_free_common:
kvm_vcpu_common_destroy(vcpu);
vcpu_free:
--
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