[PATCH 22/45] KVM: Encapsulate memattrs array into anonymous struct

From: Paolo Bonzini

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 14:51:47 EST


From: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@xxxxxxxxxx>

The metadata surrounding memory attributes is about to grow, so
encapsulate the memory attributes array within an anonymous struct to
provide namespacing.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260918135030.171564-19-pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 8 +++++---
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 1974cd8d361f..4a1985fe2737 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -876,8 +876,10 @@ struct kvm {
struct notifier_block pm_notifier;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
- /* Protected by slots_lock (for writes) and RCU (for reads) */
- struct xarray mem_attr_array;
+ struct {
+ /* Protected by slots_lock (for writes) and RCU (for reads) */
+ struct xarray array;
+ } mem_attrs;
#endif
char stats_id[KVM_STATS_NAME_SIZE];
};
@@ -2609,7 +2611,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_mem_attributes_may_exec(u64 attrs)
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
static inline unsigned long kvm_get_vm_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
{
- return xa_to_value(xa_load(&kvm->mem_attr_array, gfn));
+ return xa_to_value(xa_load(&kvm->mem_attrs.array, gfn));
}

bool kvm_vm_mem_attributes_valid(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long attrs);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index c7b8d1bcf893..635730b5930c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type, const char *fdname)
rcuwait_init(&kvm->mn_memslots_update_rcuwait);
xa_init(&kvm->vcpu_array);
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
- xa_init_flags(&kvm->mem_attr_array, XA_FLAGS_ACCOUNT);
+ xa_init_flags(&kvm->mem_attrs.array, XA_FLAGS_ACCOUNT);
#endif

INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kvm->gpc_list);
@@ -1320,7 +1320,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
srcu_barrier(&kvm->srcu);
cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu);
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_VM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
- xa_destroy(&kvm->mem_attr_array);
+ xa_destroy(&kvm->mem_attrs.array);
#endif
kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
preempt_notifier_dec();
@@ -2504,7 +2504,7 @@ u64 kvm_supported_vm_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm)
bool kvm_range_has_vm_memory_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
unsigned long mask, unsigned long attrs)
{
- XA_STATE(xas, &kvm->mem_attr_array, start);
+ XA_STATE(xas, &kvm->mem_attrs.array, start);
unsigned long supported_attrs;
unsigned long index;
void *entry;
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ static int kvm_set_vm_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
* allocates, so no reservations are needed when clearing.
*/
for (i = start; entry && i < end; i++) {
- r = xa_reserve(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+ r = xa_reserve(&kvm->mem_attrs.array, i, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
if (r)
goto out_unlock;

@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ static int kvm_set_vm_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start, gfn_t end,
kvm_handle_gfn_range(kvm, &pre_set_range);

for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
- r = xa_err(xa_store(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, entry,
+ r = xa_err(xa_store(&kvm->mem_attrs.array, i, entry,
GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT));
KVM_BUG_ON(r, kvm);
cond_resched();
--
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