[PATCH v4 02/11] KVM: Introduce kvm_create_vm_file() helper
From: Tarun Sahu
Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 08:20:03 EST
- Move ITOA_MAX_LEN to kvm_mm.h for reuse by upcoming kvm_luo code.
- Introduce kvm_create_vm_file() to wrap kvm_create_vm() and
anon_inode_getfile(), providing a unified VM file creation API.
Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index ab8cfaec82d3..79b084887cdb 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -1074,6 +1074,7 @@ void kvm_get_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
bool kvm_get_kvm_safe(struct kvm *kvm);
void kvm_put_kvm(struct kvm *kvm);
bool file_is_kvm(struct file *file);
+struct file *kvm_create_vm_file(unsigned long type, const char *fdname);
void kvm_put_kvm_no_destroy(struct kvm *kvm);
static inline struct kvm_memslots *__kvm_memslots(struct kvm *kvm, int as_id)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index e44c20c04961..3339b8fcd59f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@
#include <linux/kvm_dirty_ring.h>
-/* Worst case buffer size needed for holding an integer. */
-#define ITOA_MAX_LEN 12
-
MODULE_AUTHOR("Qumranet");
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) Hypervisor");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
@@ -5477,11 +5474,34 @@ bool file_is_kvm(struct file *file)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(file_is_kvm);
+struct file *kvm_create_vm_file(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
+{
+ struct kvm *kvm = kvm_create_vm(type, fdname);
+ struct file *file;
+
+ if (IS_ERR(kvm))
+ return ERR_CAST(kvm);
+
+ file = anon_inode_getfile("kvm-vm", &kvm_vm_fops, kvm, O_RDWR);
+ if (IS_ERR(file)) {
+ kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
+ return file;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
+ * already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). In error
+ * cases it will be called by the final fput(file) and will take
+ * care of doing kvm_put_kvm(kvm).
+ */
+
+ return file;
+}
+
static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
{
char fdname[ITOA_MAX_LEN + 1];
int r, fd;
- struct kvm *kvm;
struct file *file;
fd = get_unused_fd_flags(O_CLOEXEC);
@@ -5490,31 +5510,17 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
snprintf(fdname, sizeof(fdname), "%d", fd);
- kvm = kvm_create_vm(type, fdname);
- if (IS_ERR(kvm)) {
- r = PTR_ERR(kvm);
- goto put_fd;
- }
-
- file = anon_inode_getfile("kvm-vm", &kvm_vm_fops, kvm, O_RDWR);
+ file = kvm_create_vm_file(type, fdname);
if (IS_ERR(file)) {
r = PTR_ERR(file);
- goto put_kvm;
+ goto put_fd;
}
- /*
- * Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
- * already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). In error
- * cases it will be called by the final fput(file) and will take
- * care of doing kvm_put_kvm(kvm).
- */
- kvm_uevent_notify_change(KVM_EVENT_CREATE_VM, kvm);
+ kvm_uevent_notify_change(KVM_EVENT_CREATE_VM, file->private_data);
fd_install(fd, file);
return fd;
-put_kvm:
- kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
put_fd:
put_unused_fd(fd);
return r;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
index 7510ca915dd1..624161793fec 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
#include <linux/kvm.h>
#include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+/* Worst case buffer size needed for holding an integer as a string. */
+#define ITOA_MAX_LEN 12
+
/*
* Architectures can choose whether to use an rwlock or spinlock
* for the mmu_lock. These macros, for use in common code
--
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