[PATCH 3/3] KVM: always make in-place conversion a compile-time constant when possible

From: Paolo Bonzini

Date: Tue Oct 20 2026 - 09:17:17 EST


Remove the unnecessary static call indirection and make
gmem_in_place_conversion a constant if CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM
is false.

Require that CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM is y only if
kvm_arch_has_private_mem is also defined. This way, the three
possible cases can be expressed without nested #ifs.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 13 +++++--------
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 13 +++++++------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 09c57d31d153..e7fc94e2910a 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2585,15 +2585,7 @@ bool kvm_arch_post_set_vm_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */

#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM
-static inline bool kvm_vm_is_private_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
-{
- return kvm_get_vm_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn) & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM */
-
-#ifdef kvm_arch_has_private_mem
extern bool gmem_in_place_conversion;
-
typedef bool (kvm_is_private_gfn_t)(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
DECLARE_STATIC_CALL(__kvm_is_private_gfn, kvm_is_private_gfn_t);

@@ -2601,6 +2593,11 @@ static inline bool kvm_is_private_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
{
return static_call(__kvm_is_private_gfn)(kvm, gfn);
}
+
+#elif defined kvm_arch_has_private_mem
+#define gmem_in_place_conversion true
+#define kvm_is_private_gfn kvm_gmem_is_private_gfn
+
#else
#define gmem_in_place_conversion false

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 3e35766f5c7e..a356a29be985 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -104,11 +104,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(halt_poll_ns_shrink);
static bool __ro_after_init allow_unsafe_mappings;
module_param(allow_unsafe_mappings, bool, 0444);

-#ifdef kvm_arch_has_private_mem
-bool __ro_after_init gmem_in_place_conversion = !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM);
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM
+bool __ro_after_init gmem_in_place_conversion = false;
module_param(gmem_in_place_conversion, bool, 0444);
-#endif
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(gmem_in_place_conversion);
#endif

@@ -2705,18 +2703,21 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
}
#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */

-#ifdef kvm_arch_has_private_mem
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM
DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0(__kvm_is_private_gfn, kvm_is_private_gfn_t);
EXPORT_STATIC_CALL_GPL(__kvm_is_private_gfn);

+static bool kvm_vm_is_private_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
+{
+ return kvm_get_vm_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn) & KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE;
+}
+
static void kvm_init_memory_attributes(void)
{
if (gmem_in_place_conversion)
static_call_update(__kvm_is_private_gfn, kvm_gmem_is_private_gfn);
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEMATTR_VM
else
static_call_update(__kvm_is_private_gfn, kvm_vm_is_private_gfn);
-#endif
}
#else
static void kvm_init_memory_attributes(void) { }
--
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