Re: [PATCH v12 02/45] KVM: guest_memfd: Use kvm_mem_is_private() when populating guest_memfd memory

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 12:22:36 EST


On 8/31/26 02:25, Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use kvm_mem_is_private() when populating guest_memfd instead of using an
> open coded equivalent. In addition to simplifying the populate code *now*,
> this avoids the need to provide a range-based gmem lookup API in the future
> as well.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David