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KVM: Rename kvm_slot_can_be_private() to kvm_slot_has_gmem()
authorFuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Tue, 29 Jul 2025 22:54:37 +0000 (15:54 -0700)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:35:00 +0000 (04:35 -0400)
commit923310be23b275f730e8869abc783db6296fc043
treecebda3a35b09142638e6184a6c249c412c51c8af
parent36cf63bb5df68836e55e2839f8174b404d47670b
KVM: Rename kvm_slot_can_be_private() to kvm_slot_has_gmem()

Rename kvm_slot_can_be_private() to kvm_slot_has_gmem() to improve
clarity and accurately reflect its purpose.

The function kvm_slot_can_be_private() was previously used to check if a
given kvm_memory_slot is backed by guest_memfd. However, its name
implied that the memory in such a slot was exclusively "private".

As guest_memfd support expands to include non-private memory (e.g.,
shared host mappings), it's important to remove this association. The
new name, kvm_slot_has_gmem(), states that the slot is backed by
guest_memfd without making assumptions about the memory's privacy
attributes.

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
Co-developed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-ID: <20250729225455.670324-7-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
include/linux/kvm_host.h
virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c