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diff --git a/backends/hostmem-shm.c b/backends/hostmem-shm.c
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+/*
+ * QEMU host POSIX shared memory object backend
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat Inc
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "system/hostmem.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "migration/cpr.h"
+
+#define TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_SHM "memory-backend-shm"
+
+OBJECT_DECLARE_SIMPLE_TYPE(HostMemoryBackendShm, MEMORY_BACKEND_SHM)
+
+struct HostMemoryBackendShm {
+    HostMemoryBackend parent_obj;
+};
+
+static bool
+shm_backend_memory_alloc(HostMemoryBackend *backend, Error **errp)
+{
+    g_autofree char *backend_name = host_memory_backend_get_name(backend);
+    uint32_t ram_flags;
+    int fd = cpr_find_fd(backend_name, 0);
+
+    if (!backend->size) {
+        error_setg(errp, "can't create shm backend with size 0");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!backend->share) {
+        error_setg(errp, "can't create shm backend with `share=off`");
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (fd >= 0) {
+        goto have_fd;
+    }
+
+    fd = qemu_shm_alloc(backend->size, errp);
+    if (fd < 0) {
+        return false;
+    }
+    cpr_save_fd(backend_name, 0, fd);
+
+have_fd:
+    /* Let's do the same as memory-backend-ram,share=on would do. */
+    ram_flags = RAM_SHARED;
+    ram_flags |= backend->reserve ? 0 : RAM_NORESERVE;
+
+    return memory_region_init_ram_from_fd(&backend->mr, OBJECT(backend),
+                                              backend_name, backend->size,
+                                              ram_flags, fd, 0, errp);
+}
+
+static void
+shm_backend_instance_init(Object *obj)
+{
+    HostMemoryBackendShm *m = MEMORY_BACKEND_SHM(obj);
+
+    MEMORY_BACKEND(m)->share = true;
+}
+
+static void
+shm_backend_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, const void *data)
+{
+    HostMemoryBackendClass *bc = MEMORY_BACKEND_CLASS(oc);
+
+    bc->alloc = shm_backend_memory_alloc;
+}
+
+static const TypeInfo shm_backend_info = {
+    .name = TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND_SHM,
+    .parent = TYPE_MEMORY_BACKEND,
+    .instance_init = shm_backend_instance_init,
+    .class_init = shm_backend_class_init,
+    .instance_size = sizeof(HostMemoryBackendShm),
+};
+
+static void register_types(void)
+{
+    type_register_static(&shm_backend_info);
+}
+
+type_init(register_types);