From: Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay <devnull+ackerleytng.google.com@kernel.org>
To: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@amd.com>,
"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@kernel.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@amazon.co.uk>,
Jacob Pan <jacob.pan@linux.microsoft.com>,
Jianxiong Gao <jxgao@google.com>,
John Starks <John.Starks@microsoft.com>,
Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Samiullah Khawaja <skhawaja@google.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>,
Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>,
Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC v3 23/88] samples/kvm: Support marking page ranges read-only
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:36:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261106-gmem-alternative-providers-v3-23-8484dde66a7e@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261106-gmem-alternative-providers-v3-0-8484dde66a7e@google.com>
From: Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@amazon.co.uk>
Support the MP_SET_READONLY ioctl on provider files to allow userspace to
dynamically mark page-aligned ranges of a provider file as read-only or
writable.
Track read-only pages in a per-file bitmap that starts cleared so all pages
default to writable upon creation.
Co-developed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@amazon.co.uk>
---
samples/kvm/memory_provider.c | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
samples/kvm/memory_provider.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/samples/kvm/memory_provider.c b/samples/kvm/memory_provider.c
index 6b8364afc5ed9..39aeb1a0b93f6 100644
--- a/samples/kvm/memory_provider.c
+++ b/samples/kvm/memory_provider.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct mp_info {
struct mutex lock; /* the bitmaps */
unsigned long *absent; /* taken away by MP_SET_PRESENT */
+ unsigned long *readonly; /* marked read-only by MP_SET_READONLY */
};
/* Byte range [offset, offset + len) of @info as page indices. */
@@ -54,6 +55,19 @@ static int mp_range(struct mp_info *info, u64 offset, u64 len,
return 0;
}
+static void mp_set_readonly(struct mp_info *info, unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end, bool readonly)
+{
+ mutex_lock(&info->lock);
+
+ if (readonly)
+ bitmap_set(info->readonly, start, end - start);
+ else
+ bitmap_clear(info->readonly, start, end - start);
+
+ mutex_unlock(&info->lock);
+}
+
static void mp_set_present(struct mp_info *info, unsigned long start,
unsigned long end, bool present)
{
@@ -73,11 +87,30 @@ static int mp_file_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
if (info->cma_pages)
free_contig_range(info->base_pfn, info->npages);
+ bitmap_free(info->readonly);
bitmap_free(info->absent);
kfree(info);
return 0;
}
+static long mp_file_set_readonly(struct mp_info *info, void __user *uarg)
+{
+ struct mp_set_readonly sr;
+ unsigned long start, end;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&sr, uarg, sizeof(sr)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ if (sr.value > 1 || sr.pad)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = mp_range(info, sr.offset, sr.len, &start, &end);
+ if (!ret)
+ mp_set_readonly(info, start, end, sr.value);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static long mp_file_set_present(struct mp_info *info, void __user *uarg)
{
struct mp_set_present sp;
@@ -105,6 +138,8 @@ static long mp_file_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
switch (cmd) {
case MP_SET_PRESENT:
return mp_file_set_present(info, uarg);
+ case MP_SET_READONLY:
+ return mp_file_set_readonly(info, uarg);
default:
return -ENOTTY;
}
@@ -147,11 +182,17 @@ static long mp_ctl_new_file(void __user *uarg)
goto err_free_info;
}
+ info->readonly = bitmap_zalloc(npages, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!info->readonly) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto err_free_absent;
+ }
+
pages = alloc_contig_pages(npages, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO,
numa_node_id(), NULL);
if (!pages) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto err_free_absent;
+ goto err_free_readonly;
}
info->cma_pages = pages;
@@ -178,6 +219,8 @@ static long mp_ctl_new_file(void __user *uarg)
err_free_pages:
free_contig_range(page_to_pfn(pages), npages);
+err_free_readonly:
+ bitmap_free(info->readonly);
err_free_absent:
bitmap_free(info->absent);
err_free_info:
diff --git a/samples/kvm/memory_provider.h b/samples/kvm/memory_provider.h
index de07ffa482283..f3772f57f5bf5 100644
--- a/samples/kvm/memory_provider.h
+++ b/samples/kvm/memory_provider.h
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ struct mp_new_file {
#define MP_NEW_FILE \
_IOW(MP_IOCTL_BASE, 5, struct mp_new_file)
+/*
+ * ioctl on a provider fd: SET_READONLY on [@offset, @offset + @len).
+ * @value is the read-only value (1 = read-only, 0 = writable), and @offset
+ * and @len are a byte range within the file, page aligned.
+ */
+struct mp_set_readonly {
+ __u32 value;
+ __u32 pad;
+ __u64 offset; /* bytes into the file, page aligned */
+ __u64 len; /* bytes, page aligned */
+};
+
+#define MP_SET_READONLY \
+ _IOW(MP_IOCTL_BASE, 11, struct mp_set_readonly)
+
/*
* ioctl on a provider fd: SET_PRESENT on [@offset, @offset + @len).
* @value is the present value (1 = present, 0 = absent), and @offset
--
2.56.0.455.g6c5a503b38-goog
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2026-11-07 0:36 [PATCH RFC v3 00/88] guest_memfd alternative providers Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
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2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 04/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support provider folio invalidation Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 05/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support using resource provider Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 06/88] KVM: selftests: Add helper to create guest_memfd with a resource file Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 07/88] KVM: selftests: Test negative validation of resource_fd argument Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 08/88] KVM: selftests: Test rejection of unsupported filesystem for resource_fd Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 09/88] KVM: selftests: Test rejection of memfd " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 10/88] KVM: selftests: Test rejection of swap tmpfs mounts Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 11/88] KVM: selftests: Test rejection of hugepage " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 12/88] KVM: selftests: Test rejection of regular file in tmpfs mount Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 13/88] KVM: selftests: Test guest_memfd with tmpfs resource pool Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 14/88] KVM: selftests: Test guest_memfd resource pool sharing across instances Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 15/88] KVM: selftests: Test memory allocation against shared tmpfs resource pool Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 16/88] KVM: selftests: Test that shared tmpfs resource pool size limit is respected Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
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2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 18/88] KVM: selftests: Document testing TODOs Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 19/88] KVM: selftests: Test guest_memfd conversions with tmpfs backing Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 20/88] samples/kvm: Introduce memory provider module skeleton Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 21/88] samples/kvm: Support creating memory provider files Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 22/88] samples/kvm: Support marking page ranges present or absent Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
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2026-11-07 0:36 ` [PATCH RFC v3 25/88] KVM: selftests: Add basic test for sample memory provider Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 26/88] KVM: selftests: Test marking page ranges present and absent Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 27/88] KVM: selftests: Test marking page ranges read-only Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 28/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support reporting PFN attributes Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 29/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support getting PFNs for stage 2 from providers Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 30/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Refactor error handling in kvm_gmem_fault_user_mapping Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 31/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Set VM_PFNMAP on VMA in PFN mode Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 32/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support user fault handling " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 33/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Skip checking outstanding references " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 34/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support converting to shared " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 35/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support preallocating memory via fallocate " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 36/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Clamp hole punch range to inode size Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 37/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support reclaim during hole punch in PFN mode Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 38/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support arch reclaim on inode destruction " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 39/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support put_pfn_range provider op " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 40/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Add TODO for memory failure handling " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 41/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Allow attaching PFN-backed providers Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 42/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Export kvm_gmem_revoke for provider-driven revocation Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 43/88] KVM: selftests: Test flag dependency of PFN_MODE on USE_RESOURCE Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 44/88] samples/kvm: Implement attach and release provider ops in sample provider Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 45/88] samples/kvm: Disallow MP_SET_READONLY after attach Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 46/88] samples/kvm: Implement get_pfn provider operation Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 47/88] samples/kvm: Implement put_pfn_range " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 48/88] samples/kvm: Support dynamic revocation via kvm_gmem_revoke Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 49/88] samples/kvm: Implement lookup_pfn_range provider operation Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 50/88] KVM: selftests: Test guest_memfd conversions with sample memory provider backing Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 51/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support reporting PFN cacheability Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 52/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support mmap provider operation Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 53/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support check_set_attributes " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 54/88] KVM: guest_memfd: Support read and write operations and provider callbacks Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 55/88] vfio: Track device file access mode with an enum Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 56/88] vfio: Support VFIO_DEVICE_BIND_FLAG_CTRL_ONLY Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 57/88] vfio: Dispatch guest_memfd provider operations via vfio_device_ops Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 58/88] vfio/pci: Implement attach and release provider ops for guest_memfd Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 59/88] vfio: Dispatch guest_memfd get_pfn provider op via vfio_device_ops Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 60/88] vfio/pci: Implement get_pfn provider op for guest_memfd Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 61/88] vfio: Implement mmap " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 62/88] vfio: Dispatch guest_memfd check_set_attributes via vfio_device_ops Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 63/88] vfio/pci: Implement check_set_attributes provider op for guest_memfd Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 64/88] vfio: Add vfio_device_gmem_revoke helper " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 65/88] vfio/pci: Revoke guest_memfd memory on BAR invalidation and reset Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 66/88] vfio: Dispatch guest_memfd lookup_pfn_range via vfio_device_ops Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 67/88] vfio/pci: Implement lookup_pfn_range provider op for guest_memfd Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 68/88] vfio/pci: Use iov_iter for MMIO read and write Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 69/88] vfio: Dispatch guest_memfd read and write provider ops via vfio_device_ops Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 70/88] vfio/pci: Introduce vfio_pci_bar_rw_kbuf for kernel buffer MMIO access Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 71/88] vfio/pci: Implement read and write provider ops for guest_memfd Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 72/88] KVM: selftests: Add initial VFIO test verifying device info Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 73/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO region info for igb device Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 74/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO IRQ " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 75/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO MMIO read and write " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 76/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO MMIO mmap access " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 77/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO device reset " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 78/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO access directly and via guest_memfd Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 79/88] KVM: selftests: Verify BAR revocation and access gating in low power state Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 80/88] KVM: selftests: Verify host VMA flags for VFIO BAR Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 81/88] KVM: selftests: Verify guest mapping " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 82/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO dmabuf creation for igb device Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 83/88] KVM: selftests: Verify VFIO ioeventfd " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 84/88] KVM: selftests: Verify memory conversions for VFIO BARs Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:37 ` [PATCH RFC v3 85/88] KVM: selftests: Verify shared and private mmap access " Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:38 ` [PATCH RFC v3 86/88] KVM: selftests: Expect successful conversion on MSI-X BARs in VFIO test Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:38 ` [PATCH RFC v3 87/88] QUESTION: KVM: guest_memfd: Disallow private mappings of shared-only PFNs Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
2026-11-07 0:38 ` [PATCH RFC v3 88/88] KVM: selftests: Verify shared and private pread and pwrite for VFIO BARs Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay
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