[PATCH RFC v7 7/8] KVM: guest_memfd: Enforce NUMA mempolicy using shared policy
Ackerley Tng
ackerleytng at google.com
Thu Apr 10 13:40:34 UTC 2025
Shivank Garg <shivankg at amd.com> writes:
> Previously, guest-memfd allocations followed local NUMA node id in absence
> of process mempolicy, resulting in arbitrary memory allocation.
> Moreover, mbind() couldn't be used since memory wasn't mapped to userspace
> in the VMM.
>
> Enable NUMA policy support by implementing vm_ops for guest-memfd mmap
> operation. This allows the VMM to map the memory and use mbind() to set the
> desired NUMA policy. The policy is stored in the inode structure via
> kvm_gmem_inode_info, as memory policy is a property of the memory (struct
> inode) itself. The policy is then retrieved via mpol_shared_policy_lookup()
> and passed to filemap_grab_folio_mpol() to ensure that allocations follow
> the specified memory policy.
>
> This enables the VMM to control guest memory NUMA placement by calling
> mbind() on the mapped memory regions, providing fine-grained control over
> guest memory allocation across NUMA nodes.
>
> The policy change only affect future allocations and does not migrate
> existing memory. This matches mbind(2)'s default behavior which affects
> only new allocations unless overridden with MPOL_MF_MOVE/MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL
> flags, which are not supported for guest_memfd as it is unmovable.
>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg at amd.com>
> ---
> virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 73 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> index 0ccbb152483a..233d3fd5781c 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
> #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
> #include <linux/falloc.h>
> #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
> +#include <linux/mempolicy.h>
> #include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
> #include <linux/pagemap.h>
> #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
> @@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ struct kvm_gmem {
> };
>
> struct kvm_gmem_inode_info {
> + struct shared_policy policy;
> struct inode vfs_inode;
> };
What are the pros and cons that you see of storing struct shared_policy
in a containing struct kvm_gmem_inode_info, as opposed to storing it in
inode->i_private?
I've just been using inode->i_private for sharability and hugetlb
metadata and didn't consider this option.
Could one reason be that struct shared_policy is a requirement for all
inodes (not a CONFIG flag) but sharability and hugetlb metadata are both
configurable, possibly at runtime?
>
> @@ -27,6 +29,9 @@ static inline struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *KVM_GMEM_I(struct inode *inode)
> return container_of(inode, struct kvm_gmem_inode_info, vfs_inode);
> }
>
> +static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_pgoff_policy(struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *info,
> + pgoff_t index);
> +
> /**
> * folio_file_pfn - like folio_file_page, but return a pfn.
> * @folio: The folio which contains this index.
> @@ -113,7 +118,24 @@ static int kvm_gmem_prepare_folio(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
> static struct folio *kvm_gmem_get_folio(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t index)
> {
> /* TODO: Support huge pages. */
> - return filemap_grab_folio(inode->i_mapping, index);
> + struct mempolicy *policy;
> + struct folio *folio;
> +
> + /*
> + * Fast-path: See if folio is already present in mapping to avoid
> + * policy_lookup.
> + */
> + folio = __filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping, index,
> + FGP_LOCK | FGP_ACCESSED, 0);
> + if (!IS_ERR(folio))
> + return folio;
> +
> + policy = kvm_gmem_get_pgoff_policy(KVM_GMEM_I(inode), index);
> + folio = filemap_grab_folio_mpol(inode->i_mapping, index, policy,
> + NO_INTERLEAVE_INDEX);
> + mpol_cond_put(policy);
> +
> + return folio;
> }
>
> static void kvm_gmem_invalidate_begin(struct kvm_gmem *gmem, pgoff_t start,
> @@ -336,12 +358,14 @@ static struct inode *kvm_gmem_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
> if (!info)
> return NULL;
>
> + mpol_shared_policy_init(&info->policy, NULL);
> +
> return &info->vfs_inode;
> }
>
> static void kvm_gmem_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
> {
> -
> + mpol_free_shared_policy(&KVM_GMEM_I(inode)->policy);
> }
>
> static void kvm_gmem_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
> @@ -384,7 +408,54 @@ static void kvm_gmem_init_mount(void)
> kvm_gmem_mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_NOEXEC;
> }
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> +static int kvm_gmem_set_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mempolicy *mpol)
> +{
> + struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
> +
> + return mpol_set_shared_policy(&KVM_GMEM_I(inode)->policy, vma, mpol);
> +}
> +
> +static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_policy(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> + unsigned long addr, pgoff_t *pgoff)
> +{
> + struct inode *inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
> +
> + *pgoff = vma->vm_pgoff + ((addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> + return mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&KVM_GMEM_I(inode)->policy, *pgoff);
> +}
> +
> +static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_pgoff_policy(struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *info,
> + pgoff_t index)
> +{
> + struct mempolicy *mpol;
> +
> + mpol = mpol_shared_policy_lookup(&info->policy, index);
> + return mpol ? mpol : get_task_policy(current);
> +}
> +#else
> +static struct mempolicy *kvm_gmem_get_pgoff_policy(struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *info,
> + pgoff_t index)
> +{
> + return NULL;
> +}
> +#endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
> +
> +static const struct vm_operations_struct kvm_gmem_vm_ops = {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
> + .get_policy = kvm_gmem_get_policy,
> + .set_policy = kvm_gmem_set_policy,
> +#endif
> +};
> +
> +static int kvm_gmem_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> +{
> + vma->vm_ops = &kvm_gmem_vm_ops;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {
> + .mmap = kvm_gmem_mmap,
> .open = generic_file_open,
> .release = kvm_gmem_release,
> .fallocate = kvm_gmem_fallocate,
> --
> 2.34.1
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