Re: [PATCH v5 7/7] KVM: guest_memfd: Rework PREPARE config and hook into a more generic CONVERT

From: Ackerley Tng

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 20:09:51 EST


Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Rework guest_memfd's "prepare" hook into a more generic "convert" flow in
> anticipation of supporting in-place conversion, at which point KVM will use
> the hook for both to-private and to-shared conversions, not just to
> "prepare" PRIVATE memory.
>
> Opportunistically rename kvm_gmem_prepare_folio() to kvm_gmem_make_private()
> to better reflect its role.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!