[PATCH v8 03/46] KVM: Move KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES config definition to x86
From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
Date: Thu Jun 18 2026 - 20:34:51 EST
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Bury KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES in x86 to discourage other architectures
from adding support for per-VM memory attributes, because tracking private
vs. shared memory on a per-VM basis is now deprecated in favor of tracking
on a per-guest_memfd basis, and while RWX memory attributes are on the
horizon, they too are expected to be x86-only.
This will also allow modifying KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES to be
user-selectable (in x86) without creating weirdness in KVM's Kconfigs.
Now that guest_memfd supports in-place conversions, it's entirely possible
to run x86 CoCo VMs without support for KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES.
Leave the code itself in common KVM so that it's trivial to undo this
change if new per-VM attributes do come along.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 3 +++
virt/kvm/Kconfig | 3 ---
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index 26f6afd51bbdc..24f96396cfa1c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ config KVM_WERROR
If in doubt, say "N".
+config KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
+ bool
+
config KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM
bool "Enable support for KVM software-protected VMs"
depends on EXPERT
diff --git a/virt/kvm/Kconfig b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
index 5119cb37145fc..297e4399fbd49 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -100,9 +100,6 @@ config KVM_ELIDE_TLB_FLUSH_IF_YOUNG
config KVM_MMU_LOCKLESS_AGING
bool
-config KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
- bool
-
config KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
select XARRAY_MULTI
bool
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