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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 6aa40ee05a4a..c17a87a0a5ac 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -6414,6 +6414,15 @@ most one mapping per page, i.e. binding multiple memory regions to a single guest_memfd range is not allowed (any number of memory regions can be bound to a single guest_memfd file, but the bound ranges must not overlap). +When the capability KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD_MMAP is supported, the 'flags' field +supports GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP. Setting this flag on guest_memfd creation +enables mmap() and faulting of guest_memfd memory to host userspace. + +When the KVM MMU performs a PFN lookup to service a guest fault and the backing +guest_memfd has the GUEST_MEMFD_FLAG_MMAP set, then the fault will always be +consumed from guest_memfd, regardless of whether it is a shared or a private +fault. + See KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 for additional details. 4.143 KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY |