[PATCH v2 02/12] KVM: arm64: guest_memfd: Check mmap support when preparing memslot
From: Steven Price
Date: Wed Nov 11 2026 - 10:07:14 EST
Check the guest_memfd backing file when deciding whether an arm64
memslot has mappable memory rather than checking whether the slot is
gmem only. A public helper function is added to be able to reuse the
static kvm_gmem_supports_mmap() function.
Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes since v1:
- New patch in v2. Check the guest_memfd backing file rather than the
memslot flag when deciding whether arm64 can map the backing memory.
---
arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c | 7 ++++---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
index 1db10d8d6db7..a146f6cde3d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2839,10 +2839,11 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
return -EFAULT;
/*
- * Only support guest_memfd backed memslots with mappable memory, since
- * there aren't any CoCo VMs that support only private memory on arm64.
+ * Protected VMs currently require guest_memfd backed memslots with
+ * mappable memory to support shared mappings.
*/
- if (kvm_slot_has_gmem(new) && !kvm_memslot_is_gmem_only(new))
+ if (kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm) && kvm_slot_has_gmem(new) &&
+ !kvm_gmem_slot_supports_mmap(new))
return -EINVAL;
/* guest_memfd is incompatible with MTE. */
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index e7fc94e2910a..f65728a713ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -2614,6 +2614,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_is_private_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
bool kvm_gmem_is_private_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn);
+bool kvm_gmem_slot_supports_mmap(const struct kvm_memory_slot *slot);
bool kvm_arch_supports_gmem_init_shared(struct kvm *kvm);
static inline u64 kvm_gmem_get_supported_flags(struct kvm *kvm)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 8c97a69b16dc..3dd8d227bebb 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -442,6 +442,12 @@ static bool kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(struct inode *inode)
return GMEM_I(inode)->flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP;
}
+bool kvm_gmem_slot_supports_mmap(const struct kvm_memory_slot *slot)
+{
+ /* The guest_memfd file is pinned while preparing a new memslot. */
+ return kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(file_inode(slot->gmem.file));
+}
+
static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(vmf->vma->vm_file);
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