Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Remove partial hugepage handling from kvm_gmem_populate()
From: Yan Zhao
Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 04:41:25 EST
Tested-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
> @@ -848,7 +857,7 @@ long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src, long
> filemap_invalidate_lock(file->f_mapping);
>
> npages = min_t(ulong, slot->npages - (start_gfn - slot->base_gfn), npages);
> - for (i = 0; i < npages; i += (1 << max_order)) {
> + for (i = 0; i < npages; i++) {
> struct folio *folio;
> gfn_t gfn = start_gfn + i;
> pgoff_t index = kvm_gmem_get_index(slot, gfn);
> @@ -860,7 +869,7 @@ long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src, long
> break;
> }
>
> - folio = __kvm_gmem_get_pfn(file, slot, index, &pfn, &is_prepared, &max_order);
> + folio = __kvm_gmem_get_pfn(file, slot, index, &pfn, &is_prepared, NULL);
> if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
> ret = PTR_ERR(folio);
> break;
> @@ -874,20 +883,15 @@ long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user *src, long
> }
>
> folio_unlock(folio);
> - WARN_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(gfn, 1 << max_order) ||
> - (npages - i) < (1 << max_order));
>
> ret = -EINVAL;
Nit: Can move this "ret = -EINVAL" to inside the "if". i.e.,
if (!kvm_gmem_range_is_private(gi, index, 1, kvm, gfn)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto put_folio_and_exit;
}
> - while (!kvm_range_has_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn, gfn + (1 << max_order),
> - KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE,
> - KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE)) {
> - if (!max_order)
> - goto put_folio_and_exit;
> - max_order--;
> - }
> + if (!kvm_range_has_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn, gfn + 1,
> + KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE,
> + KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE))
> + goto put_folio_and_exit;
>
> p = src ? src + i * PAGE_SIZE : NULL;
> - ret = post_populate(kvm, gfn, pfn, p, max_order, opaque);
> + ret = post_populate(kvm, gfn, pfn, p, opaque);
> if (!ret)
> kvm_gmem_mark_prepared(folio);
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>