linux/include/uapi
Ackerley Tng a63ca4236e KVM: guest_memfd: Use guest mem inodes instead of anonymous inodes
guest_memfd's inode represents memory the guest_memfd is
providing. guest_memfd's file represents a struct kvm's view of that
memory.

Using a custom inode allows customization of the inode teardown
process via callbacks. For example, ->evict_inode() allows
customization of the truncation process on file close, and
->destroy_inode() and ->free_inode() allow customization of the inode
freeing process.

Customizing the truncation process allows flexibility in management of
guest_memfd memory and customization of the inode freeing process
allows proper cleanup of memory metadata stored on the inode.

Memory metadata is more appropriately stored on the inode (as opposed
to the file), since the metadata is for the memory and is not unique
to a specific binding and struct kvm.

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Co-developed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Tested-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com>
[sean: drop helpers, open code logic in __kvm_gmem_create()]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251016172853.52451-4-seanjc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
2025-10-20 06:30:40 -07:00
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asm-generic Networking changes for 6.17. 2025-07-30 08:58:55 -07:00
cxl fwctl/cxl: Fix uuid_t usage in uapi 2025-04-11 20:45:43 -03:00
drm drm/amdgpu: drop unused structures in amdgpu_drm.h 2025-10-13 14:14:15 -04:00
fwctl pds_fwctl: add rpc and query support 2025-03-21 20:57:55 -03:00
linux KVM: guest_memfd: Use guest mem inodes instead of anonymous inodes 2025-10-20 06:30:40 -07:00
misc Char/Misc/IIO/Binder changes for 6.18-rc1 2025-10-04 16:26:32 -07:00
mtd ubi: Expose interface for detailed erase counters 2025-01-18 15:32:32 +01:00
rdma RDMA/irdma: Add SRQ support 2025-09-18 04:48:46 -04:00
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scsi scsi: fc: Avoid -Wflex-array-member-not-at-end warnings 2025-08-30 21:42:19 -04:00
sound ALSA: compress: document 'chan_map' member in snd_dec_opus 2025-09-28 08:29:03 +02:00
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