[PATCH v10 03/15] s390/vfio-ap: Functions to initialize/release vfio device migration data

From: Anthony Krowiak

Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 13:49:56 EST


Provides the functions that initialize and release the data structures
used during live guest migration:

* vfio_ap_init_migration_data

Allocates and initializes the object used to maintain the state of the
VFIO migration. It is called when the VFIO device is opened.

* vfio_ap_release_migration_data

Frees the memory of the object used to maintain the VFIO migration
state. It is called when the VFIO device release callback is invoked
and when the VFIO device is closed.

* vfio_ap_release_mig_files

This function is called from the vfio_ap_release_migration_data
function (above) and releases the vfio_ap_migration_file objects
contained within the vfio_ap_migation_data object used to maintain
the state of the VFIO migration process.

* vfio_ap_release_stop_copy_file

This function is called from the vfio_ap_release_mig_files function
(above) to release the vfio_ap_migration_file used during the
STOP_COPY phase of migration. For now, this is a stub function that
will be fully implemented in a subsequent patch after the
vfio_ap_config object referenced within is allocated, as it will
need to be freed according to how it is allocated.

* vfio_ap_release_resuming_file

This function is called from the vfio_ap_release_mig_files function
(above) to release the vfio_ap_migration_file used during the
RESUMING phase of migration. For now, this is a stub function that
will be fully implemented in a subsequent patch after the
vfio_ap_config object referenced within is allocated, as it will
need to be freed according to how it is allocated.

* vfio_ap_set_state, vfio_ap_get_state and vfio_ap_get_data_size

These three functions are callback functions assigned to the
vfio_ap_migration_ops (.migration_set_state, .migration_get_state
and .migration_get_data_size function pointers).

Signed-off-by: Anthony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_migration.c | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 41 +++++++++--
drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h | 3 +
3 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_migration.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_migration.c
index f01a37e4c418..ba86a1afbb33 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_migration.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_migration.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
*
* Copyright IBM Corp. 2025
*/
+#include <linux/file.h>
#include "vfio_ap_private.h"

/* Magic number and version for the vfio_ap_config migration blob */
@@ -119,3 +120,99 @@ struct vfio_ap_config {
u64 adm[DIV_ROUND_UP(AP_DOMAINS, 64)];
struct vfio_ap_queue_info qinfo[] __counted_by(num_queues);
};
+
+static void
+vfio_ap_release_stop_copy_file(struct vfio_ap_migration_data *mig_data)
+{
+ kvfree(mig_data->stop_copy_mig_file.ap_config);
+ mig_data->stop_copy_mig_file.ap_config = NULL;
+ mig_data->stop_copy_mig_file.config_sz = 0;
+ mig_data->stop_copy_mig_file.filp = NULL;
+}
+
+static void vfio_ap_release_resuming_file(struct vfio_ap_migration_data *mig_data)
+{
+ kvfree(mig_data->resuming_mig_file.ap_config);
+ mig_data->resuming_mig_file.ap_config = NULL;
+ mig_data->resuming_mig_file.config_sz = 0;
+ mig_data->resuming_mig_file.filp = NULL;
+ mig_data->resuming_mig_data_complete = false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vfio_ap_init_migration_data - initialize migration data and functions
+ *
+ * @matrix_mdev: pointer to object containing the mdev state
+ *
+ * Return: zero if initialization is successful; otherwise, returns a error.
+ */
+int vfio_ap_init_migration_data(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
+{
+ struct vfio_ap_migration_data *mig_data;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * Live guest migration is not supported for SE guests, so there is no
+ * need to initialize the migration data.
+ */
+ if (ap_is_se_guest())
+ return 0;
+
+ mig_data = kzalloc_obj(struct vfio_ap_migration_data, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!mig_data)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ mig_data->mig_state = VFIO_DEVICE_STATE_RUNNING;
+ mig_data->resuming_mig_data_complete = false;
+ matrix_mdev->mig_data = mig_data;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vfio_ap_release_mig_files:
+ *
+ * Free the ap_config buffers for any open migration FDs. Although a
+ * migration FD may still be held open by userspace, it is safe to free
+ * mig_data here because:
+ *
+ * 1. matrix_mdev remains valid for the lifetime of any open migration
+ * FD via the vfio_device registration reference taken in
+ * vfio_ap_open_file_stream() and dropped in
+ * vfio_ap_release_mig_file().
+ *
+ * 2. mig_data is only accessed by the migration file ops
+ * (vfio_ap_stop_copy_read, vfio_ap_resuming_write) under
+ * mdevs_lock. Once mig_data is set to NULL by the caller, those
+ * paths will see NULL and return -ENODEV before dereferencing it.
+ *
+ * @matrix_mdev: The object used to maintain the state for a mediated device
+ */
+static void vfio_ap_release_mig_files(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
+{
+ struct vfio_ap_migration_data *mig_data;
+
+ lockdep_assert_held(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+
+ mig_data = matrix_mdev->mig_data;
+ vfio_ap_release_stop_copy_file(mig_data);
+ vfio_ap_release_resuming_file(mig_data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * vfio_ap_release_migration_data: reclaim private migration data
+ *
+ * @mdev: pointer to the object containing the state of the mdev
+ */
+void vfio_ap_release_migration_data(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev)
+{
+ lockdep_assert_held(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+
+ if (!matrix_mdev->mig_data)
+ return;
+
+ vfio_ap_release_mig_files(matrix_mdev);
+ kfree(matrix_mdev->mig_data);
+ matrix_mdev->mig_data = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
index 345c52a328ad..9cbc5ecb19d5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c
@@ -794,6 +794,16 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_init_dev(struct vfio_device *vdev)
return 0;
}

+static void vfio_ap_mdev_release_dev(struct vfio_device *vdev)
+{
+ struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev;
+
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ matrix_mdev = container_of(vdev, struct ap_matrix_mdev, vdev);
+ vfio_ap_release_migration_data(matrix_mdev);
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+}
+
static int vfio_ap_mdev_probe(struct mdev_device *mdev)
{
struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev;
@@ -2059,19 +2069,39 @@ static int vfio_ap_mdev_reset_qlist(struct list_head *qlist)

static int vfio_ap_mdev_open_device(struct vfio_device *vdev)
{
- struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev =
- container_of(vdev, struct ap_matrix_mdev, vdev);
+ struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev;
+ int ret;

if (!vdev->kvm)
return -EINVAL;

- return vfio_ap_mdev_set_kvm(matrix_mdev, vdev->kvm);
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ matrix_mdev = container_of(vdev, struct ap_matrix_mdev, vdev);
+ ret = vfio_ap_init_migration_data(matrix_mdev);
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = vfio_ap_mdev_set_kvm(matrix_mdev, vdev->kvm);
+ if (ret) {
+ /* Clean up migration data on failure */
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ vfio_ap_release_migration_data(matrix_mdev);
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}

static void vfio_ap_mdev_close_device(struct vfio_device *vdev)
{
- struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev =
- container_of(vdev, struct ap_matrix_mdev, vdev);
+ struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev;
+
+ mutex_lock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);
+ matrix_mdev = container_of(vdev, struct ap_matrix_mdev, vdev);
+ vfio_ap_release_migration_data(matrix_mdev);
+ mutex_unlock(&matrix_dev->mdevs_lock);

vfio_ap_mdev_unset_kvm(matrix_mdev);
}
@@ -2397,6 +2427,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group vfio_queue_attr_group = {

static const struct vfio_device_ops vfio_ap_matrix_dev_ops = {
.init = vfio_ap_mdev_init_dev,
+ .release = vfio_ap_mdev_release_dev,
.open_device = vfio_ap_mdev_open_device,
.close_device = vfio_ap_mdev_close_device,
.ioctl = vfio_ap_mdev_ioctl,
diff --git a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
index 172471793e22..aa8a22585204 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h
@@ -172,4 +172,7 @@ void vfio_ap_on_cfg_changed(struct ap_config_info *new_config_info,
void vfio_ap_on_scan_complete(struct ap_config_info *new_config_info,
struct ap_config_info *old_config_info);

+int vfio_ap_init_migration_data(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev);
+void vfio_ap_release_migration_data(struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev);
+
#endif /* _VFIO_AP_PRIVATE_H_ */
--
2.53.0