linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH gmem FIXUP] kvm: guestmem: do not use a file system

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Message-ID: <ZSRgdgQe3fseEQpf@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 9 Oct 2023 13:20:06 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH gmem FIXUP] kvm: guestmem: do not use a file system

On Mon, Oct 09, 2023, Al Viro wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 07:32:48AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> 
> > Yeah, we found that out the hard way.  Is using the "secure" variant to get a
> > per-file inode a sane approach, or is that abuse that's going to bite us too?
> > 
> > 	/*
> > 	 * Use the so called "secure" variant, which creates a unique inode
> > 	 * instead of reusing a single inode.  Each guest_memfd instance needs
> > 	 * its own inode to track the size, flags, etc.
> > 	 */
> > 	file = anon_inode_getfile_secure(anon_name, &kvm_gmem_fops, gmem,
> > 					 O_RDWR, NULL);
> 
> Umm...  Is there any chance that your call site will ever be in a module?
> If not, you are probably OK with that variant.

Yes, this code can be compiled as a module.  I assume there issues with the inode
outliving the module?