[PATCH v2 09/22] vfio/pci: Store incoming Live Update state in struct vfio_pci_core_device

David Matlack
2026-01-29T21:26:02Z

Stash a pointer to a device's incoming Live Updated state in struct
vfio_pci_core_device. This will enable subsequent commits to use the
preserved state when initializing the device.

To enable VFIO to safely access this pointer during device enablement,
require that the device is fully enabled before returning true from
can_finish(). This is synchronized by vfio_pci_core.c setting
vdev->liveupdate_incoming_state to NULL under dev_set lock once it's
done using it.

Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com>
---
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c | 2 +-
drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
index 3a11e6f450f7..b01b94d81e28 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_core.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ int vfio_pci_core_enable(struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev)
if (!vfio_vga_disabled() && vfio_pci_is_vga(pdev))
vdev->has_vga = true;

-
+ vdev->liveupdate_incoming_state = NULL;
return 0;

out_free_zdev:
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
index ad915352303f..1ad7379c70c4 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/vfio_pci_liveupdate.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ static int match_device(struct device *dev, const void *arg)
static int vfio_pci_liveupdate_retrieve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
{
struct vfio_pci_core_device_ser *ser;
+ struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev;
struct vfio_device *device;
struct file *file;
int ret;
@@ -160,6 +161,9 @@ static int vfio_pci_liveupdate_retrieve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
goto out;
}

+ vdev = container_of(device, struct vfio_pci_core_device, vdev);
+ vdev->liveupdate_incoming_state = ser;
+
args->file = file;

out:
@@ -171,7 +175,18 @@ static int vfio_pci_liveupdate_retrieve(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)

static bool vfio_pci_liveupdate_can_finish(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
{
- return args->retrieved;
+ struct vfio_pci_core_device *vdev;
+ struct vfio_device *device;
+
+ if (!args->retrieved)
+ return false;
+
+ device = vfio_device_from_file(args->file);
+ vdev = container_of(device, struct vfio_pci_core_device, vdev);
+
+ /* Check that vdev->liveupdate_incoming_state is no longer in use. */
+ guard(mutex)(&device->dev_set->lock);
+ return !vdev->liveupdate_incoming_state;
}

static void vfio_pci_liveupdate_finish(struct liveupdate_file_op_args *args)
diff --git a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
index 1ac86896875c..350c30f84a13 100644
--- a/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ struct vfio_pci_core_device {
struct notifier_block nb;
struct rw_semaphore memory_lock;
struct list_head dmabufs;
+ struct vfio_pci_core_device_ser *liveupdate_incoming_state;
};

enum vfio_pci_io_width {
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