This series introduces NUMA-aware memory placement support for KVM guests with guest_memfd memory backends. It builds upon Fuad Tabba's work that enabled host-mapping for guest_memfd memory [1] and can be applied directly on KVM tree (branch:queue, base commit:7915077245) [2].
== Background == KVM's guest-memfd memory backend currently lacks support for NUMA policy enforcement, causing guest memory allocations to be distributed across host nodes according to kernel's default behavior, irrespective of any policy specified by the VMM. This limitation arises because conventional userspace NUMA control mechanisms like mbind(2) don't work since the memory isn't directly mapped to userspace when allocations occur. Fuad's work [1] provides the necessary mmap capability, and this series leverages it to enable mbind(2).
== Implementation ==
This series implements proper NUMA policy support for guest-memfd by:
1. Adding mempolicy-aware allocation APIs to the filemap layer. 2. Introducing custom inodes (via a dedicated slab-allocated inode cache, kvm_gmem_inode_info) to store NUMA policy and metadata for guest memory. 3. Implementing get/set_policy vm_ops in guest_memfd to support NUMA policy.
With these changes, VMMs can now control guest memory placement by mapping guest_memfd file descriptor and using mbind(2) to specify: - Policy modes: default, bind, interleave, or preferred - Host NUMA nodes: List of target nodes for memory allocation
These Policies affect only future allocations and do not migrate existing memory. This matches mbind(2)'s default behavior which affects only new allocations unless overridden with MPOL_MF_MOVE/MPOL_MF_MOVE_ALL flags (Not supported for guest_memfd as it is unmovable by design).
== Upstream Plan == Phased approach as per David's guest_memfd extension overview [3] and community calls [4]:
Phase 1 (this series): 1. Focuses on shared guest_memfd support (non-CoCo VMs). 2. Builds on Fuad's host-mapping work.
Phase2 (future work): 1. NUMA support for private guest_memfd (CoCo VMs). 2. Depends on SNP in-place conversion support [5].
This series provides a clean integration path for NUMA-aware memory management for guest_memfd and lays the groundwork for future confidential computing NUMA capabilities.
Please review and provide feedback!
Thanks, Shivank
== Changelog ==
- v1,v2: Extended the KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD IOCTL to pass mempolicy. - v3: Introduced fbind() syscall for VMM memory-placement configuration. - v4-v6: Current approach using shared_policy support and vm_ops (based on suggestions from David [6] and guest_memfd bi-weekly upstream call discussion [7]). - v7: Use inodes to store NUMA policy instead of file [8]. - v8: Rebase on top of Fuad's V12: Host mmaping for guest_memfd memory.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250611133330.1514028-1-tabba@google.com [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git/log/?h=queue [3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/c1c9591d-218a-495c-957b-ba356c8f8e09@redhat.com [4] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M6766BzdY1Lhk7LiR5IqVR8B8mG3cr-cxTxOrAos... [5] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250613005400.3694904-1-michael.roth@amd.com [6] https://lore.kernel.org/all/6fbef654-36e2-4be5-906e-2a648a845278@redhat.com [7] https://lore.kernel.org/all/2b77e055-98ac-43a1-a7ad-9f9065d7f38f@amd.com [8] https://lore.kernel.org/all/diqzbjumm167.fsf@ackerleytng-ctop.c.googlers.com
Ackerley Tng (1): KVM: guest_memfd: Use guest mem inodes instead of anonymous inodes
Shivank Garg (5): security: Export anon_inode_make_secure_inode for KVM guest_memfd mm/mempolicy: Export memory policy symbols KVM: guest_memfd: Add slab-allocated inode cache KVM: guest_memfd: Enforce NUMA mempolicy using shared policy KVM: guest_memfd: selftests: Add tests for mmap and NUMA policy support
Shivansh Dhiman (1): mm/filemap: Add mempolicy support to the filemap layer
fs/anon_inodes.c | 20 +- include/linux/fs.h | 2 + include/linux/pagemap.h | 41 +++ include/uapi/linux/magic.h | 1 + mm/filemap.c | 27 +- mm/mempolicy.c | 6 + tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 1 + .../testing/selftests/kvm/guest_memfd_test.c | 123 ++++++++- virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c | 254 ++++++++++++++++-- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 7 +- virt/kvm/kvm_mm.h | 10 +- 11 files changed, 456 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)