Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] hostmem: Rename guest_memfd to guest_memfd_private

[Xiaoyao Li]

On 11/20/2025 1:29 AM, Peter Xu wrote:

Rename the HostMemoryBackend.guest_memfd field to reflect what it really
means, on whether it needs guest_memfd to back its private portion of
mapping.  This will help on clearance when we introduce in-place
guest_memfd for hostmem.

Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <pet...@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao...@intel.com>

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diff --git a/backends/hostmem.c b/backends/hostmem.c
index 35734d6f4d..70450733db 100644
--- a/backends/hostmem.c
+++ b/backends/hostmem.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ static void host_memory_backend_init(Object *obj)
      /* TODO: convert access to globals to compat properties */
      backend->merge = machine_mem_merge(machine);
      backend->dump = machine_dump_guest_core(machine);
-    backend->guest_memfd = machine_require_guest_memfd(machine);
+    backend->guest_memfd_private = machine_require_guest_memfd(machine);

btw, how about a separate patch to rename

machine_require_guest_memfd() to machine_require_guest_memfd_private()?

and another patch to rename memory_region_init_ram_guest_memfd()?

      backend->reserve = true;
      backend->prealloc_threads = machine->smp.cpus;
  }