Re: [RFC PATCH v5 02/15] KVM: guest_memfd: Make guest mem use guest mem inodes instead of anonymous inodes

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Hi Gavin,

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 at 04:26, Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Fuad,
>
> On 1/18/25 2:29 AM, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> > From: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Using guest mem inodes allows us to store metadata for the backing
> > memory on the inode. Metadata will be added in a later patch to
> > support HugeTLB pages.
> >
> > Metadata about backing memory should not be stored on the file, since
> > the file represents a guest_memfd's binding with a struct kvm, and
> > metadata about backing memory is not unique to a specific binding and
> > struct kvm.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   include/uapi/linux/magic.h |   1 +
> >   virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c     | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >   2 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/magic.h b/include/uapi/linux/magic.h
> > index bb575f3ab45e..169dba2a6920 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/magic.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/magic.h
> > @@ -103,5 +103,6 @@
> >   #define DEVMEM_MAGIC                0x454d444d      /* "DMEM" */
> >   #define SECRETMEM_MAGIC             0x5345434d      /* "SECM" */
> >   #define PID_FS_MAGIC                0x50494446      /* "PIDF" */
> > +#define GUEST_MEMORY_MAGIC   0x474d454d      /* "GMEM" */
> >
> >   #endif /* __LINUX_MAGIC_H__ */
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> > index 47a9f68f7b24..198554b1f0b5 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> > @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
> >   // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +#include <linux/fs.h>
> > +#include <linux/mount.h>
>
> This can be dropped since "linux/mount.h" has been included to "linux/fs.h".
>
> >   #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
> >   #include <linux/falloc.h>
> >   #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
> > +#include <linux/pseudo_fs.h>
> >   #include <linux/pagemap.h>
> >   #include <linux/anon_inodes.h>
> >
> >   #include "kvm_mm.h"
> >
> > +static struct vfsmount *kvm_gmem_mnt;
> > +
> >   struct kvm_gmem {
> >       struct kvm *kvm;
> >       struct xarray bindings;
> > @@ -307,6 +312,38 @@ static pgoff_t kvm_gmem_get_index(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn)
> >       return gfn - slot->base_gfn + slot->gmem.pgoff;
> >   }
> >
> > +static const struct super_operations kvm_gmem_super_operations = {
> > +     .statfs         = simple_statfs,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int kvm_gmem_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
> > +{
> > +     struct pseudo_fs_context *ctx;
> > +
> > +     if (!init_pseudo(fc, GUEST_MEMORY_MAGIC))
> > +             return -ENOMEM;
> > +
> > +     ctx = fc->fs_private;
> > +     ctx->ops = &kvm_gmem_super_operations;
> > +
> > +     return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct file_system_type kvm_gmem_fs = {
> > +     .name            = "kvm_guest_memory",
> > +     .init_fs_context = kvm_gmem_init_fs_context,
> > +     .kill_sb         = kill_anon_super,
> > +};
> > +
> > +static void kvm_gmem_init_mount(void)
> > +{
> > +     kvm_gmem_mnt = kern_mount(&kvm_gmem_fs);
> > +     BUG_ON(IS_ERR(kvm_gmem_mnt));
> > +
> > +     /* For giggles. Userspace can never map this anyways. */
> > +     kvm_gmem_mnt->mnt_flags |= MNT_NOEXEC;
> > +}
> > +
> >   static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {
> >       .open           = generic_file_open,
> >       .release        = kvm_gmem_release,
> > @@ -316,6 +353,8 @@ static struct file_operations kvm_gmem_fops = {
> >   void kvm_gmem_init(struct module *module)
> >   {
> >       kvm_gmem_fops.owner = module;
> > +
> > +     kvm_gmem_init_mount();
> >   }
> >
> >   static int kvm_gmem_migrate_folio(struct address_space *mapping,
> > @@ -397,11 +436,67 @@ static const struct inode_operations kvm_gmem_iops = {
> >       .setattr        = kvm_gmem_setattr,
> >   };
> >
> > +static struct inode *kvm_gmem_inode_make_secure_inode(const char *name,
> > +                                                   loff_t size, u64 flags)
> > +{
> > +     const struct qstr qname = QSTR_INIT(name, strlen(name));
> > +     struct inode *inode;
> > +     int err;
> > +
> > +     inode = alloc_anon_inode(kvm_gmem_mnt->mnt_sb);
> > +     if (IS_ERR(inode))
> > +             return inode;
> > +
> > +     err = security_inode_init_security_anon(inode, &qname, NULL);
> > +     if (err) {
> > +             iput(inode);
> > +             return ERR_PTR(err);
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     inode->i_private = (void *)(unsigned long)flags;
> > +     inode->i_op = &kvm_gmem_iops;
> > +     inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &kvm_gmem_aops;
> > +     inode->i_mode |= S_IFREG;
> > +     inode->i_size = size;
> > +     mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
> > +     mapping_set_inaccessible(inode->i_mapping);
> > +     /* Unmovable mappings are supposed to be marked unevictable as well. */
> > +     WARN_ON_ONCE(!mapping_unevictable(inode->i_mapping));
> > +
> > +     return inode;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static struct file *kvm_gmem_inode_create_getfile(void *priv, loff_t size,
> > +                                               u64 flags)
> > +{
> > +     static const char *name = "[kvm-gmem]";
> > +     struct inode *inode;
> > +     struct file *file;
> > +
> > +     if (kvm_gmem_fops.owner && !try_module_get(kvm_gmem_fops.owner))
> > +             return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
> > +
>
> The validation on 'kvm_gmem_fops.owner' can be removed since try_module_get()
> and module_put() are friendly to a NULL parameter, even when CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD == N
>
> A module_put(kvm_gmem_fops.owner) is needed in the various erroneous cases in
> this function. Otherwise, the reference count of the owner (module) will become
> imbalanced on any errors.
>
>
> > +     inode = kvm_gmem_inode_make_secure_inode(name, size, flags);
> > +     if (IS_ERR(inode))
> > +             return ERR_CAST(inode);
> > +
>
> ERR_CAST may be dropped since there is nothing to be casted or converted?
>
> > +     file = alloc_file_pseudo(inode, kvm_gmem_mnt, name, O_RDWR,
> > +                              &kvm_gmem_fops);
> > +     if (IS_ERR(file)) {
> > +             iput(inode);
> > +             return file;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     file->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
> > +     file->f_flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
> > +     file->private_data = priv;
> > +
>
> 'file->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping' may be dropped since it's already correctly
> set by alloc_file_pseudo().
>
> alloc_file_pseudo
>    alloc_path_pseudo
>    alloc_file
>      alloc_empty_file
>      file_init_path         // Set by this function

Thanks for the fixes. Will include them when we respin.

Cheers,
/fuad

> > +     return file;
> > +}
> > +
> >   static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
> >   {
> > -     const char *anon_name = "[kvm-gmem]";
> >       struct kvm_gmem *gmem;
> > -     struct inode *inode;
> >       struct file *file;
> >       int fd, err;
> >
> > @@ -415,32 +510,16 @@ static int __kvm_gmem_create(struct kvm *kvm, loff_t size, u64 flags)
> >               goto err_fd;
> >       }
> >
> > -     file = anon_inode_create_getfile(anon_name, &kvm_gmem_fops, gmem,
> > -                                      O_RDWR, NULL);
> > +     file = kvm_gmem_inode_create_getfile(gmem, size, flags);
> >       if (IS_ERR(file)) {
> >               err = PTR_ERR(file);
> >               goto err_gmem;
> >       }
> >
> > -     file->f_flags |= O_LARGEFILE;
> > -
> > -     inode = file->f_inode;
> > -     WARN_ON(file->f_mapping != inode->i_mapping);
> > -
> > -     inode->i_private = (void *)(unsigned long)flags;
> > -     inode->i_op = &kvm_gmem_iops;
> > -     inode->i_mapping->a_ops = &kvm_gmem_aops;
> > -     inode->i_mode |= S_IFREG;
> > -     inode->i_size = size;
> > -     mapping_set_gfp_mask(inode->i_mapping, GFP_HIGHUSER);
> > -     mapping_set_inaccessible(inode->i_mapping);
> > -     /* Unmovable mappings are supposed to be marked unevictable as well. */
> > -     WARN_ON_ONCE(!mapping_unevictable(inode->i_mapping));
> > -
> >       kvm_get_kvm(kvm);
> >       gmem->kvm = kvm;
> >       xa_init(&gmem->bindings);
> > -     list_add(&gmem->entry, &inode->i_mapping->i_private_list);
> > +     list_add(&gmem->entry, &file_inode(file)->i_mapping->i_private_list);
> >
> >       fd_install(fd, file);
> >       return fd;
>
> Thanks,
> Gavin
>




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