[PATCH v6 00/33] KVM: s390: Introduce arm64 KVM
Steffen Eiden
seiden at linux.ibm.com
Wed Aug 12 11:58:40 PDT 2026
On Wed, Aug 12, 2026 at 09:36:26AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2026, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> > Am 12.08.26 um 17:35 schrieb Steffen Eiden:
> >
> > > C) KVM/s390 reorganization (patches 12-22):
> > > Prepare s390 for a second KVM module. Move existing s390 KVM code into
> > > dedicated s390 and gmap subdirectories to make room for a second KVM
> > > implementation. Refactor gmap to better integrate with the second KVM
> > > implementation. GMAP hides a few features only required when managing s390
> > > guests: Storage keys, CMMA, and prefix handling. Those are guarded behind an
> > > #if KVM_S390_MANAGES_S390_GUEST. Only features which implementation would
> > > break kvm-arm64 code are guarded. I leave the non-breaking stuff (like
> > > shadow-gmaps or ucontrol) for the LTO.
> >
> > I will likely take 12-21 for the next merge window so that we can minimize this
> > patch set. sashiko and claude are happy. Mostly mechanical moves. I will review
> > those first and might do small fixups myself if necessary.
>
> Speaking of trimming down the patch set...
>
> Steffen, can you post patch 1, "vfio: Use file-based reference counting for KVM",
> separately? I'd love to get that merged sooner than later.
Sent a Spin-off with some improvements:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260812-vfio-v1-1-5cfe0b1fa4e7@linux.ibm.com/
Steffen
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