[PATCH v9 13/41] KVM: guest_memfd: Return early if range already has requested attributes
From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 20:48:21 EST
From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
Extract a helper out of kvm_gmem_range_is_private() that checks that a
range has given attributes.
Optimize setting memory attributes by returning early if all pages in the
requested range already has the requested attributes.
Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 612fcde4ae8ea..928fc7f4a01e4 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -94,6 +94,24 @@ static bool kvm_gmem_is_shared_mem(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
return !kvm_gmem_is_private_mem(inode, index);
}
+static bool kvm_gmem_range_has_attributes(struct inode *inode,
+ pgoff_t index, size_t nr_pages,
+ u64 attributes)
+{
+ struct maple_tree *mt = &GMEM_I(inode)->attributes;
+ pgoff_t end = index + nr_pages - 1;
+ void *entry;
+
+ lockdep_assert(mt_lock_is_held(mt));
+
+ mt_for_each(mt, entry, index, end) {
+ if (kvm_gmem_interpret_entry(inode, entry) != attributes)
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ return true;
+}
+
/*
* Returns a locked folio on success. The caller is responsible for
* setting the up-to-date flag before the memory is mapped into the guest.
@@ -611,12 +629,15 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_set_attributes(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t start,
pgoff_t end = start + nr_pages;
struct maple_tree *mt;
struct ma_state mas;
- int r;
+ int r = 0;
mt = &gi->attributes;
filemap_invalidate_lock(mapping);
+ if (kvm_gmem_range_has_attributes(inode, start, nr_pages, attrs))
+ goto out;
+
mas_init(&mas, mt, start);
r = kvm_gmem_mas_preallocate(&mas, attrs, start, nr_pages);
if (r) {
@@ -1107,22 +1128,14 @@ static bool kvm_range_is_private(struct file *file, pgoff_t index,
size_t nr_pages, struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
- pgoff_t last = index + nr_pages - 1;
- struct maple_tree *mt;
- void *entry;
if (!gmem_in_place_conversion)
return kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(kvm, gfn, gfn + nr_pages,
KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE,
KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE);
- mt = &GMEM_I(inode)->attributes;
- mt_for_each(mt, entry, index, last) {
- if (kvm_gmem_interpret_entry(inode, entry) !=
- KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE)
- return false;
- }
- return true;
+ return kvm_gmem_range_has_attributes(inode, index, nr_pages,
+ KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE);
}
static long __kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
--
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