[PATCH v12 01/12] KVM: guest_memfd: Rename "struct kvm_gmem" to "struct gmem_file"

Ackerley Tng ackerleytng at google.com
Thu Oct 9 14:08:00 PDT 2025


"Garg, Shivank" <shivankg at amd.com> writes:

> On 10/8/2025 3:44 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> 
>> [...snip...]
>> 
>> @@ -659,18 +667,18 @@ static struct folio *__kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct file *file,
>>  					pgoff_t index, kvm_pfn_t *pfn,
>>  					bool *is_prepared, int *max_order)
>>  {
>> -	struct file *gmem_file = READ_ONCE(slot->gmem.file);
>> -	struct kvm_gmem *gmem = file->private_data;
>> +	struct file *slot_file = READ_ONCE(slot->gmem.file);
>> +	struct gmem_file *f = file->private_data;
> 			^^^
>>  	struct folio *folio;
>>  
>> -	if (file != gmem_file) {
>> -		WARN_ON_ONCE(gmem_file);
>> +	if (file != slot_file) {
>> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(slot_file);
>>  		return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
>>  	}
>>  
>> -	gmem = file->private_data;
>> -	if (xa_load(&gmem->bindings, index) != slot) {
>> -		WARN_ON_ONCE(xa_load(&gmem->bindings, index));
>> +	f = file->private_data;
>
> This redundant initialization can be dropped.
>
> I sent a cleanup patch including this change a few weeks ago:

Agree, and probably good to opportunistically drop this line in this
patch than to combine cleanups in Shivank's other patch.

>
> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20250902080307.153171-2-shivankg@amd.com
>
> Could you please review it?
>
> Everything else looks good to me!
>
> Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg at amd.com>
>

Reviewed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng at google.com>
Tested-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng at google.com>

>> +	if (xa_load(&f->bindings, index) != slot) {
>> +		WARN_ON_ONCE(xa_load(&f->bindings, index));
>>  		return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
>>  	}
>>  
>
> Thanks,
> Shivank



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