From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>, Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>,
Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
Tao Chan <chentao@kylinos.cn>,
James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v17 21/24] KVM: Allow and advertise support for host mmap() on guest_memfd files
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2025 15:54:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250729225455.670324-22-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250729225455.670324-1-seanjc@google.com>
From: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Now that all the x86 and arm64 plumbing for mmap() on guest_memfd is in
place, allow userspace to set GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP and advertise support
via a new capability, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_MMAP.
The availability of this capability is determined per architecture, and
its enablement for a specific guest_memfd instance is controlled by the
GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP flag at creation time.
Update the KVM API documentation to detail the KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_MMAP
capability, the associated GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP, and provide essential
information regarding support for mmap in guest_memfd.
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 9 +++++++++
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 2 ++
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 7 ++++++-
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 ++
4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index fcb783735dd1..1e0c4a68876d 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6414,6 +6414,15 @@ most one mapping per page, i.e. binding multiple memory regions to a single
guest_memfd range is not allowed (any number of memory regions can be bound to
a single guest_memfd file, but the bound ranges must not overlap).
+When the capability KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_MMAP is supported, the 'flags' field
+supports GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP. Setting this flag on guest_memfd creation
+enables mmap() and faulting of guest_memfd memory to host userspace.
+
+When the KVM MMU performs a PFN lookup to service a guest fault and the backing
+guest_memfd has the GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP set, then the fault will always be
+consumed from guest_memfd, regardless of whether it is a shared or a private
+fault.
+
See KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 for additional details.
4.143 KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index aeb2ca10b190..0d96d2ae6e5d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -961,6 +961,7 @@ struct kvm_enable_cap {
#define KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2 240
#define KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2_E2H0 241
#define KVM_CAP_RISCV_MP_STATE_RESET 242
+#define KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_MMAP 243
struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip {
__u32 irqchip;
@@ -1597,6 +1598,7 @@ struct kvm_memory_attributes {
#define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE (1ULL << 3)
#define KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD _IOWR(KVMIO, 0xd4, struct kvm_create_guest_memfd)
+#define GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP (1ULL << 0)
struct kvm_create_guest_memfd {
__u64 size;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index d5b445548af4..08a6bc7d25b6 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -314,7 +314,9 @@ static pgoff_t kvm_gmem_get_index(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn)
static bool kvm_gmem_supports_mmap(struct inode *inode)
{
- return false;
+ const u64 flags = (u64)inode->i_private;
+
+ return flags & GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP;
}
static vm_fault_t kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping(struct vm_fault *vmf)
@@ -522,6 +524,9 @@ int kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_create_guest_memfd *args)
u64 flags = args->flags;
u64 valid_flags = 0;
+ if (kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(kvm))
+ valid_flags |= GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP;
+
if (flags & ~valid_flags)
return -EINVAL;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4f57cb92e109..18f29ef93543 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -4918,6 +4918,8 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension_generic(struct kvm *kvm, long arg)
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD
case KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD:
return 1;
+ case KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_MMAP:
+ return !kvm || kvm_arch_supports_gmem_mmap(kvm);
#endif
default:
break;
--
2.50.1.552.g942d659e1b-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-29 22:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 58+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-29 22:54 [PATCH v17 00/24] KVM: Enable mmap() for guest_memfd Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 01/24] KVM: Rename CONFIG_KVM_PRIVATE_MEM to CONFIG_KVM_GUEST_MEMFD Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 02/24] KVM: x86: Have all vendor neutral sub-configs depend on KVM_X86, not just KVM Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:08 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 03/24] KVM: x86: Select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM directly from KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:08 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 04/24] KVM: x86: Select TDX's KVM_GENERIC_xxx dependencies iff CONFIG_KVM_INTEL_TDX=y Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:07 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 05/24] KVM: Rename CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM to CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_POPULATE Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 06/24] KVM: Rename kvm_slot_can_be_private() to kvm_slot_has_gmem() Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 07/24] KVM: Fix comments that refer to slots_lock Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 08/24] KVM: Fix comment that refers to kvm uapi header path Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 09/24] KVM: x86: Enable KVM_GUEST_MEMFD for all 64-bit builds Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 10/24] KVM: guest_memfd: Add plumbing to host to map guest_memfd pages Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 11/24] KVM: guest_memfd: Track guest_memfd mmap support in memslot Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 12/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename .private_max_mapping_level() to .gmem_max_mapping_level() Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 8:15 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-31 8:29 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:33 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 13/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Hoist guest_memfd max level/order helpers "up" in mmu.c Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 7:59 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:06 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 14/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Enforce guest_memfd's max order when recovering hugepages Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 7:33 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-31 8:06 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:10 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 15/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend guest_memfd's max mapping level to shared mappings Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 7:36 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-31 8:01 ` David Hildenbrand
2025-07-31 8:05 ` Fuad Tabba
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 16/24] KVM: x86/mmu: Handle guest page faults for guest_memfd with shared memory Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 7:37 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 17/24] KVM: arm64: Refactor user_mem_abort() Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 18/24] KVM: arm64: Handle guest_memfd-backed guest page faults Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 19/24] KVM: arm64: nv: Handle VNCR_EL2-triggered faults backed by guest_memfd Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 20/24] KVM: arm64: Enable support for guest_memfd backed memory Sean Christopherson
2025-07-29 22:54 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 22/24] KVM: selftests: Do not use hardcoded page sizes in guest_memfd test Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 11:04 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 23/24] KVM: selftests: guest_memfd mmap() test when mmap is supported Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 11:39 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-30 12:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-31 7:49 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-08-07 8:12 ` Shivank Garg
2025-07-29 22:54 ` [PATCH v17 24/24] KVM: selftests: Add guest_memfd testcase to fault-in on !mmap()'d memory Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 8:20 ` Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-30 15:51 ` Fuad Tabba
2026-03-30 6:21 ` Zenghui Yu
2026-04-17 16:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-12 7:28 ` Zenghui Yu
2026-05-12 15:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-30 21:34 ` [PATCH v17 00/24] KVM: Enable mmap() for guest_memfd Ackerley Tng
2025-07-30 22:44 ` Ackerley Tng
2025-08-27 8:43 ` Paolo Bonzini
2025-08-27 12:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-08-27 13:08 ` Marc Zyngier
2025-08-27 13:11 ` Paolo Bonzini
2025-08-27 13:14 ` Marc Zyngier
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