linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v8 09/56] KVM: SEV: Handle memory backed by restricted memfd

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Date:   Mon, 6 Mar 2023 16:33:34 +0530
From:   "Nikunj A. Dadhania" <nikunj@....com>
To:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v8 09/56] KVM: SEV: Handle memory backed by restricted
 memfd



On 03/03/23 19:35, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 2/20/23 19:38, Michael Roth wrote:
>> From: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@....com>
>>
>> Do not pin the guest memory backed by a restrictedmem backend, as
>> pages in the restrictedmem are already pinned. Instead, populate the
>> pages array for these guests using the already-pinned pages provided by
> 
> IIUC the "already pinned" became "effectively unmovable and unevictable"
> since the earlier versions, so that would be more accurate now?

Yes, that makes sense.

Regards
Nikunj