summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/virt
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorFuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>2025-07-29 15:54:52 -0700
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2025-08-27 04:37:03 -0400
commit3d3a04fad25a6621828518a2abe536142d2c1a7d (patch)
treea72390ea2a3a669a23d63e7eeb8d1f59851429cd /virt
parent32e200bd6e4407c31aef0392be041274bfa3f20e (diff)
KVM: Allow and advertise support for host mmap() on guest_memfd files
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> Message-ID: <20250729225455.670324-22-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'virt')
-rw-r--r--virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c7
-rw-r--r--virt/kvm/kvm_main.c2
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
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;