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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:44:42 +0200
From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 5/7] KVM: guest_memfd: Add slab-allocated inode cache

On 7/13/25 19:43, Shivank Garg wrote:
> 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@....com>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
> index dabcc2317291..989e2b26b344 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)
> @@ -426,17 +460,37 @@ 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);
> +}
> +
>  int kvm_gmem_init(struct module *module)
>  {
> -	kvm_gmem_fops.owner = module;
> +	int ret;
>  
> -	return kvm_gmem_init_mount();
> +	kvm_gmem_fops.owner = module;
> +	kvm_gmem_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("kvm_gmem_inode_cache",
> +						  sizeof(struct kvm_gmem_inode_info),
> +						  0, SLAB_ACCOUNT,
> +						  kvm_gmem_init_inode);

Since this is new code, please use the new variant of kmem_cache_create()
that takes the args parameter.

> +	if (!kvm_gmem_inode_cachep)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	ret = kvm_gmem_init_mount();
> +	if (ret) {
> +		kmem_cache_destroy(kvm_gmem_inode_cachep);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  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,