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guest_memfd's inode represents memory the guest_memfd is providing. guest_memfd's file represents a struct kvm's view of that memory. Using a custom inode allows customization of the inode teardown process via callbacks. For example, ->evict_inode() allows customization of the truncation process on file close, and ->destroy_inode() and ->free_inode() allow customization of the inode freeing process. Customizing the truncation process allows flexibility in management of guest_memfd memory and customization of the inode freeing process allows proper cleanup of memory metadata stored on the inode. Memory metadata is more appropriately stored on the inode (as opposed to the file), since the metadata is for the memory and is not unique to a specific binding and struct kvm. Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Co-developed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com> Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com> Tested-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com> [sean: drop helpers, open code logic in __kvm_gmem_create()] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251016172853.52451-4-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.