[PATCH 22/60] kvm: Move kvm_vcpu pid members to struct kvm_vcpu_common

From: Jörg Rödel

Date: Mon Jun 08 2026 - 11:21:05 EST


From: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>

These are the same across all planes for one VCPU, so make then
shared.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 2 +-
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 5 ++--
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 44 ++++++++++++++++---------------
4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index a49042bfa801..32dc484781f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1270,7 +1270,7 @@ int __kvm_arm_vcpu_set_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
void kvm_arm_halt_guest(struct kvm *kvm);
void kvm_arm_resume_guest(struct kvm *kvm);

-#define vcpu_has_run_once(vcpu) (!!READ_ONCE((vcpu)->pid))
+#define vcpu_has_run_once(vcpu) (!!READ_ONCE((vcpu)->common->pid))

#ifndef __KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__
#define kvm_call_hyp_nvhe(f, ...) \
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 001f83f737ea..1e2f42134b74 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, vcpu->kvm->arch.supported_cpus))
vcpu_set_on_unsupported_cpu(vcpu);

- vcpu->arch.pid = pid_nr(vcpu->pid);
+ vcpu->arch.pid = pid_nr(vcpu->common->pid);
}

void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 3c72a462ccfa..73786712495d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -346,6 +346,9 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_common {
int mode;
u64 requests;

+ struct pid *pid;
+ rwlock_t pid_lock;
+
/* Scheduling state */
#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
struct preempt_notifier preempt_notifier;
@@ -368,8 +371,6 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {

struct kvm_run *run;

- struct pid *pid;
- rwlock_t pid_lock;
int sigset_active;
sigset_t sigset;
unsigned int halt_poll_ns;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 7ea20d96bc89..af3c4e0081b8 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -475,6 +475,9 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_init_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm, unsigned
common->kvm = kvm;
common->current_vcpu = vcpu;

+ common->pid = NULL;
+ rwlock_init(&common->pid_lock);
+
common->wants_to_run = false;
common->preempted = false;
common->ready = false;
@@ -510,8 +513,6 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm *kvm, unsigned id)
vcpu->kvm = kvm;
vcpu->plane = kvm->planes[0];
vcpu->vcpu_id = id;
- vcpu->pid = NULL;
- rwlock_init(&vcpu->pid_lock);
kvm_async_pf_vcpu_init(vcpu);

kvm_vcpu_set_in_spin_loop(vcpu, false);
@@ -539,6 +540,12 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_common_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
kvm->created_vcpus--;
mutex_unlock(&common->kvm->lock);

+ /*
+ * No need for rcu_read_lock as VCPU_RUN is the only place that changes
+ * the common->pid pointer, and at destruction time all file descriptors
+ * are already gone.
+ */
+ put_pid(common->pid);
kfree(common);
}

@@ -549,13 +556,6 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
kvm_vcpu_common_destroy(vcpu);
kvm_dirty_ring_free(&vcpu->dirty_ring);

- /*
- * No need for rcu_read_lock as VCPU_RUN is the only place that changes
- * the vcpu->pid pointer, and at destruction time all file descriptors
- * are already gone.
- */
- put_pid(vcpu->pid);
-
free_page((unsigned long)vcpu->run);
kmem_cache_free(kvm_vcpu_cache, vcpu);
}
@@ -3996,16 +3996,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(__kvm_vcpu_kick);

int kvm_vcpu_yield_to(struct kvm_vcpu *target)
{
+ struct kvm_vcpu_common *common = target->common;
struct task_struct *task = NULL;
int ret;

- if (!read_trylock(&target->pid_lock))
+ if (!read_trylock(&common->pid_lock))
return 0;

- if (target->pid)
- task = get_pid_task(target->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);
+ if (common->pid)
+ task = get_pid_task(common->pid, PIDTYPE_PID);

- read_unlock(&target->pid_lock);
+ read_unlock(&common->pid_lock);

if (!task)
return 0;
@@ -4258,9 +4259,9 @@ static int vcpu_get_pid(void *data, u64 *val)
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = data;

- read_lock(&vcpu->pid_lock);
- *val = pid_nr(vcpu->pid);
- read_unlock(&vcpu->pid_lock);
+ read_lock(&vcpu->common->pid_lock);
+ *val = pid_nr(vcpu->common->pid);
+ read_unlock(&vcpu->common->pid_lock);
return 0;
}

@@ -4558,6 +4559,7 @@ static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
return -EINTR;
switch (ioctl) {
case KVM_RUN: {
+ struct kvm_vcpu_common *common = vcpu->common;
struct pid *oldpid;
r = -EINVAL;
if (arg)
@@ -4569,7 +4571,7 @@ static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
* read vcpu->pid while this vCPU is in KVM_RUN, e.g. to yield
* directly to this vCPU
*/
- oldpid = vcpu->pid;
+ oldpid = common->pid;
if (unlikely(oldpid != task_pid(current))) {
/* The thread running this VCPU changed. */
struct pid *newpid;
@@ -4579,15 +4581,15 @@ static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
break;

newpid = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PID);
- write_lock(&vcpu->pid_lock);
- vcpu->pid = newpid;
- write_unlock(&vcpu->pid_lock);
+ write_lock(&common->pid_lock);
+ common->pid = newpid;
+ write_unlock(&common->pid_lock);

put_pid(oldpid);
}
vcpu->common->wants_to_run = !READ_ONCE(vcpu->run->immediate_exit__unsafe);
r = kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(vcpu);
- vcpu->common->wants_to_run = false;
+ common->wants_to_run = false;

/*
* FIXME: Remove this hack once all KVM architectures
--
2.53.0