Commit 9a8a6bd227 for qemu.org
commit 9a8a6bd227a98b69183c698bf6129e73e2fae9b4
Author: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Date: Tue Sep 29 18:50:08 2026 -0500
kvm: Detect guest-memfd flags supported
Detect supported guest-memfd flags by the current kernel, and reject
creations of guest-memfd using invalid flags. When the cap isn't
available, then no flag is supported.
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260929235109.1398509-3-michael.roth@amd.com
Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index cdc7554082..120cab1e22 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ bool kvm_pre_fault_memory_supported;
static bool kvm_immediate_exit;
static uint64_t kvm_supported_memory_attributes;
static bool kvm_guest_memfd_supported;
+static uint64_t kvm_guest_memfd_flags_supported;
static hwaddr kvm_max_slot_size = ~0;
static const KVMCapabilityInfo kvm_required_capabilities[] = {
@@ -3065,6 +3066,8 @@ static int kvm_init(AccelState *as, MachineState *ms)
kvm_vm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD) &&
kvm_vm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY2);
kvm_pre_fault_memory_supported = kvm_vm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY);
+ kvm_guest_memfd_flags_supported =
+ kvm_vm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_FLAGS);
if (s->kernel_irqchip_split == ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO) {
s->kernel_irqchip_split = mc->default_kernel_irqchip_split ? ON_OFF_AUTO_ON : ON_OFF_AUTO_OFF;
@@ -4760,6 +4763,13 @@ int kvm_create_guest_memfd(uint64_t size, uint64_t flags, Error **errp)
return -1;
}
+ if (flags & ~kvm_guest_memfd_flags_supported) {
+ error_setg(errp, "Current KVM instance does not support "
+ "guest-memfd flag: 0x%"PRIx64,
+ flags & ~kvm_guest_memfd_flags_supported);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
fd = kvm_vm_ioctl(kvm_state, KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD, &guest_memfd);
if (fd < 0) {
error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "Error creating KVM guest_memfd");