Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM

[Sean Christopherson]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2026, Steffen Eiden wrote:
> This series switches the KVM-VFIO interface and external consumers over to
> standard file-based reference counting, eliminating all external KVM symbol
> exports.

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> Steffen Eiden (6):
>       KVM: Introduce file_to_kvm_<arch>() infrastructure
>       KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm
>       KVM: x86: Use file_to_kvm_x86() in SEV
>       KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM
>       KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules
>       KVM: Remove unused file_is_kvm

Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>