From: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
To: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>,
Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>,
Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
Sven Schnelle <svens@linux.ibm.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
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x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
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Jason Herne <jjherne@linux.ibm.com>,
Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com>,
Holger Dengler <dengler@linux.ibm.com>,
Alex Williamson <alex@shazbot.org>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/5] KVM: Add file back-pointer to struct kvm
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:58:31 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260924-vfio-v3-2-4a294307797b@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260924-vfio-v3-0-4a294307797b@linux.ibm.com>
Add kvm->file as a no-reference back-pointer to the VM file in struct
kvm. The pointer is set at VM creation time and cleared under
WRITE_ONCE() in kvm_vm_release() before the file is freed.
Callers storing the file must take their own reference.
Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
---
include/linux/kvm_host.h | 6 ++++++
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index e840ceda9f16..943b108f01cd 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -784,6 +784,12 @@ struct kvm {
* kvm_swap_active_memslots().
*/
struct mutex slots_arch_lock;
+ /*
+ * Back-reference to the VM file for subsystems (e.g., VFIO). Holds no
+ * reference to avoid pinning the VM. Callers storing the file must
+ * take their own reference.
+ */
+ struct file *file;
struct mm_struct *mm; /* userspace tied to this vm */
unsigned long nr_memslot_pages;
/* The two memslot sets - active and inactive (per address space) */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 0172ca94f82e..bab71d398236 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1352,6 +1352,8 @@ static int kvm_vm_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
kvm_irqfd_release(kvm);
+ WRITE_ONCE(kvm->file, NULL);
+
kvm_put_kvm(kvm);
return 0;
}
@@ -5532,6 +5534,8 @@ static int kvm_dev_ioctl_create_vm(unsigned long type)
goto put_kvm;
}
+ kvm->file = file;
+
/*
* Don't call kvm_put_kvm anymore at this point; file->f_op is
* already set, with ->release() being kvm_vm_release(). In error
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-24 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-24 8:58 [PATCH v3 0/5] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 1/5] KVM: Introduce file_to_kvm_<arch>() infrastructure Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` Steffen Eiden [this message]
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] KVM: x86: Use file_to_kvm_x86() in SEV Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] KVM/vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM Steffen Eiden
2026-09-24 12:47 ` Jason J. Herne
2026-09-24 8:58 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] KVM: Restrict kvm_get_kvm/kvm_put_kvm export to internal KVM modules Steffen Eiden
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