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diff --git a/hw/vfio/common.c b/hw/vfio/common.c
index fb396cf00a..a3d758af8d 100644
--- a/hw/vfio/common.c
+++ b/hw/vfio/common.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
#include "hw/hw.h"
#include "qemu/error-report.h"
#include "qemu/range.h"
+#include "sysemu/balloon.h"
#include "sysemu/kvm.h"
#include "trace.h"
#include "qapi/error.h"
@@ -1044,6 +1045,33 @@ static int vfio_connect_container(VFIOGroup *group, AddressSpace *as,
space = vfio_get_address_space(as);
+ /*
+ * VFIO is currently incompatible with memory ballooning insofar as the
+ * madvise to purge (zap) the page from QEMU's address space does not
+ * interact with the memory API and therefore leaves stale virtual to
+ * physical mappings in the IOMMU if the page was previously pinned. We
+ * therefore add a balloon inhibit for each group added to a container,
+ * whether the container is used individually or shared. This provides
+ * us with options to allow devices within a group to opt-in and allow
+ * ballooning, so long as it is done consistently for a group (for instance
+ * if the device is an mdev device where it is known that the host vendor
+ * driver will never pin pages outside of the working set of the guest
+ * driver, which would thus not be ballooning candidates).
+ *
+ * The first opportunity to induce pinning occurs here where we attempt to
+ * attach the group to existing containers within the AddressSpace. If any
+ * pages are already zapped from the virtual address space, such as from a
+ * previous ballooning opt-in, new pinning will cause valid mappings to be
+ * re-established. Likewise, when the overall MemoryListener for a new
+ * container is registered, a replay of mappings within the AddressSpace
+ * will occur, re-establishing any previously zapped pages as well.
+ *
+ * NB. Balloon inhibiting does not currently block operation of the
+ * balloon driver or revoke previously pinned pages, it only prevents
+ * calling madvise to modify the virtual mapping of ballooned pages.
+ */
+ qemu_balloon_inhibit(true);
+
QLIST_FOREACH(container, &space->containers, next) {
if (!ioctl(group->fd, VFIO_GROUP_SET_CONTAINER, &container->fd)) {
group->container = container;
@@ -1232,6 +1260,7 @@ close_fd_exit:
close(fd);
put_space_exit:
+ qemu_balloon_inhibit(false);
vfio_put_address_space(space);
return ret;
@@ -1352,6 +1381,7 @@ void vfio_put_group(VFIOGroup *group)
return;
}
+ qemu_balloon_inhibit(false);
vfio_kvm_device_del_group(group);
vfio_disconnect_container(group);
QLIST_REMOVE(group, next);