Re: [PATCH v5 4/6] KVM: guest_memfd: Split bind() into prepare()+commit() phases

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 9/22/26 02:13, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Split binding a memslot to a guest_memfd instance into prepare() and
> commit() phases so that KVM can separate preparing the memslot from binding
> the memslot to the gmem instance, i.e. from committing the memslot.  This
> will allow waiting to commit the memslot+gmem binding until the memslot is
> fully prepared, which is necessary as the memslot becomes reachable when
> the binding is created.
> 
> As a bonus, drop the unwind-on-failure from the commit phase (other than
> nullifying the bindings), as the only reason bind() did the full unwind is
> because it technically didn't own the memslot, i.e. "needed" to leave
> memslot in the same state it started in.
> 
> No functional change intended (the unwinding down on bind() failure was
> effectively dead code since KVM simply deletes the memslot on failure,
> i.e. there was nothing that could actually observe the unwind).
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David