[PATCH] KVM: guest_memfd: Disable VMA merging with VM_DONTEXPAND
From: Ackerley Tng
Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 12:04:52 EST
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git next
guest_memfd VMAs don't need to be merged, especially now, since guest_memfd
only supports PAGE_SIZE folios.
Set VM_DONTEXPAND on guest_memfd VMAs.
In addition, this disables khugepaged from operating on guest_memfd folios,
which may result in unintended merging of guest_memfd folios.
Change-Id: I5867edcb66b075b54b25260afd22a198aee76df1
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index fdaea3422c30..3d4ac461c28b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -480,6 +480,12 @@ static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /*
+ * Disable VMA merging - guest_memfd VMAs should be
+ * static. This also stops khugepaged from operating on
+ * guest_memfd VMAs and folios.
+ */
+ vm_flags_set(vma, VM_DONTEXPAND);
vma->vm_ops = &kvm_gmem_vm_ops;
return 0;
--
2.53.0.rc2.204.g2597b5adb4-goog