[RFC PATCH v8 5/7] KVM: guest_memfd: Add slab-allocated inode cache
Shivank Garg
shivankg at amd.com
Wed Jun 18 11:29:33 UTC 2025
Add dedicated inode structure (kvm_gmem_inode_info) and slab-allocated
inode cache for guest memory backing, similar to how shmem handles inodes.
This adds the necessary allocation/destruction functions and prepares
for upcoming guest_memfd NUMA policy support changes.
Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg at amd.com>
---
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 159df462d193..5a1ce6f5e287 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ struct kvm_gmem {
struct list_head entry;
};
+struct kvm_gmem_inode_info {
+ struct inode vfs_inode;
+};
+
+static inline struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *KVM_GMEM_I(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return container_of(inode, struct kvm_gmem_inode_info, vfs_inode);
+}
+
/**
* folio_file_pfn - like folio_file_page, but return a pfn.
* @folio: The folio which contains this index.
@@ -392,8 +401,33 @@ static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {
.fallocate = kvm_gmem_fallocate,
};
+static struct kmem_cache *kvm_gmem_inode_cachep;
+
+static struct inode *kvm_gmem_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *info;
+
+ info = alloc_inode_sb(sb, kvm_gmem_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!info)
+ return NULL;
+
+ return &info->vfs_inode;
+}
+
+static void kvm_gmem_destroy_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+}
+
+static void kvm_gmem_free_inode(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ kmem_cache_free(kvm_gmem_inode_cachep, KVM_GMEM_I(inode));
+}
+
static const struct super_operations kvm_gmem_super_operations = {
.statfs = simple_statfs,
+ .alloc_inode = kvm_gmem_alloc_inode,
+ .destroy_inode = kvm_gmem_destroy_inode,
+ .free_inode = kvm_gmem_free_inode,
};
static int kvm_gmem_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
@@ -426,10 +460,26 @@ static int kvm_gmem_init_mount(void)
return 0;
}
+static void kvm_gmem_init_inode(void *foo)
+{
+ struct kvm_gmem_inode_info *info = foo;
+
+ inode_init_once(&info->vfs_inode);
+}
+
+static void kvm_gmem_init_inodecache(void)
+{
+ kvm_gmem_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("kvm_gmem_inode_cache",
+ sizeof(struct kvm_gmem_inode_info),
+ 0, SLAB_ACCOUNT,
+ kvm_gmem_init_inode);
+}
+
int kvm_gmem_init(struct module *module)
{
kvm_gmem_fops.owner = module;
+ kvm_gmem_init_inodecache();
return kvm_gmem_init_mount();
}
@@ -437,6 +487,7 @@ void kvm_gmem_exit(void)
{
kern_unmount(kvm_gmem_mnt);
kvm_gmem_mnt = NULL;
+ kmem_cache_destroy(kvm_gmem_inode_cachep);
}
static int kvm_gmem_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
--
2.43.0
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