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guest_memfd's inode represents memory the guest_memfd is providing. guest_memfd's file represents a struct kvm's view of that memory. Using a custom inode allows customization of the inode teardown process via callbacks. For example, ->evict_inode() allows customization of the truncation process on file close, and ->destroy_inode() and ->free_inode() allow customization of the inode freeing process. Customizing the truncation process allows flexibility in management of guest_memfd memory and customization of the inode freeing process allows proper cleanup of memory metadata stored on the inode. Memory metadata is more appropriately stored on the inode (as opposed to the file), since the metadata is for the memory and is not unique to a specific binding and struct kvm. Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Co-developed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com> Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com> Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com> Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@amd.com> Tested-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com> [sean: drop helpers, open code logic in __kvm_gmem_create()] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251016172853.52451-4-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>