[RFC PATCH 02/11] KVM: guest_mem: Add ioctl KVM_LINK_GUEST_MEMFD

From: Ackerley Tng
Date: Mon Aug 07 2023 - 19:01:48 EST


KVM_LINK_GUEST_MEMFD will link a gmem fd's underlying inode to a new
file (and fd).

Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 8 +++++
virt/kvm/guest_mem.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 10 ++++++
virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h | 7 ++++
4 files changed, 98 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index eb900344a054..d0e2a2ce0df2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -2299,4 +2299,12 @@ struct kvm_create_guest_memfd {
__u64 reserved[6];
};

+#define KVM_LINK_GUEST_MEMFD _IOWR(KVMIO, 0xd5, struct kvm_link_guest_memfd)
+
+struct kvm_link_guest_memfd {
+ __u64 fd;
+ __u64 flags;
+ __u64 reserved[6];
+};
+
#endif /* __LINUX_KVM_H */
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_mem.c b/virt/kvm/guest_mem.c
index 30d0ab8745ee..1b3df273f785 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_mem.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_mem.c
@@ -477,6 +477,79 @@ int kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_create_guest_memfd *args)
return __kvm_gmem_create(kvm, size, flags, kvm_gmem_mnt);
}

+static inline void __kvm_gmem_do_link(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ /* Refer to simple_link() */
+
+ inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
+ inc_nlink(inode);
+
+ /*
+ * ihold() to add additional reference to inode for reference in dentry,
+ * created in kvm_gmem_alloc_file() -> alloc_file_pseudo(). This is not
+ * necessary when creating a new file because alloc_inode() creates
+ * inodes with i_count = 1, which is the refcount for the dentry in the
+ * file.
+ */
+ ihold(inode);
+
+ /*
+ * dget() and d_instantiate() complete the setup of a dentry, but those
+ * have already been done in kvm_gmem_alloc_file() ->
+ * alloc_file_pseudo()
+ */
+}
+
+int kvm_gmem_link(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_link_guest_memfd *args)
+{
+ int ret;
+ int fd;
+ struct fd f;
+ struct kvm_gmem *gmem;
+ u64 flags = args->flags;
+ u64 valid_flags = 0;
+ struct inode *inode;
+ struct file *dst_file;
+
+ if (flags & ~valid_flags)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ f = fdget(args->fd);
+ if (!f.file)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ if (f.file->f_op != &kvm_gmem_fops)
+ goto out;
+
+ /* Cannot link a gmem file with the same vm again */
+ gmem = f.file->private_data;
+ if (gmem->kvm == kvm)
+ goto out;
+
+ ret = fd = get_unused_fd_flags(0);
+ if (fd < 0)
+ goto out;
+
+ inode = file_inode(f.file);
+ dst_file = kvm_gmem_alloc_file(inode, kvm_gmem_mnt);
+ if (IS_ERR(dst_file)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(dst_file);
+ goto out_fd;
+ }
+
+ __kvm_gmem_do_link(inode);
+
+ fd_install(fd, dst_file);
+ return fd;
+
+out_fd:
+ put_unused_fd(fd);
+out:
+ fdput(f);
+ return ret;
+}
+
int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
unsigned int fd, loff_t offset)
{
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index ee331cf8ba54..51cc8b80ebe0 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -5177,6 +5177,16 @@ static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
r = kvm_gmem_create(kvm, &guest_memfd);
break;
}
+ case KVM_LINK_GUEST_MEMFD: {
+ struct kvm_link_guest_memfd params;
+
+ r = -EFAULT;
+ if (copy_from_user(&params, argp, sizeof(params)))
+ goto out;
+
+ r = kvm_gmem_link(kvm, &params);
+ break;
+ }
default:
r = kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(filp, ioctl, arg);
}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
index 798f20d612bb..f85f452133b3 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static inline void gfn_to_pfn_cache_invalidate_start(struct kvm *kvm,
int kvm_gmem_init(void);
void kvm_gmem_exit(void);
int kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_create_guest_memfd *args);
+int kvm_gmem_link(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_link_guest_memfd *args);
int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
unsigned int fd, loff_t offset);
void kvm_gmem_unbind(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot);
@@ -61,6 +62,12 @@ static inline int kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm,
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}

+static inline int kvm_gmem_link(struct kvm *kvm,
+ struct kvm_link_guest_memfd *args)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
static inline int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm,
struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
unsigned int fd, loff_t offset)
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