vm_vaddr_t vm_vaddr_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t sz, vm_vaddr_t vaddr_min);
 vm_vaddr_t __vm_vaddr_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t sz, vm_vaddr_t vaddr_min,
                            enum kvm_mem_region_type type);
+vm_vaddr_t vm_vaddr_alloc_shared(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t sz,
+                                vm_vaddr_t vaddr_min,
+                                enum kvm_mem_region_type type);
 vm_vaddr_t vm_vaddr_alloc_pages(struct kvm_vm *vm, int nr_pages);
 vm_vaddr_t __vm_vaddr_alloc_page(struct kvm_vm *vm,
                                 enum kvm_mem_region_type type);
 
        return pgidx_start * vm->page_size;
 }
 
-vm_vaddr_t __vm_vaddr_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t sz, vm_vaddr_t vaddr_min,
-                           enum kvm_mem_region_type type)
+static vm_vaddr_t ____vm_vaddr_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t sz,
+                                    vm_vaddr_t vaddr_min,
+                                    enum kvm_mem_region_type type,
+                                    bool protected)
 {
        uint64_t pages = (sz >> vm->page_shift) + ((sz % vm->page_size) != 0);
 
        virt_pgd_alloc(vm);
-       vm_paddr_t paddr = vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, pages,
-                                             KVM_UTIL_MIN_PFN * vm->page_size,
-                                             vm->memslots[type]);
+       vm_paddr_t paddr = __vm_phy_pages_alloc(vm, pages,
+                                               KVM_UTIL_MIN_PFN * vm->page_size,
+                                               vm->memslots[type], protected);
 
        /*
         * Find an unused range of virtual page addresses of at least
        return vaddr_start;
 }
 
+vm_vaddr_t __vm_vaddr_alloc(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t sz, vm_vaddr_t vaddr_min,
+                           enum kvm_mem_region_type type)
+{
+       return ____vm_vaddr_alloc(vm, sz, vaddr_min, type,
+                                 vm_arch_has_protected_memory(vm));
+}
+
+vm_vaddr_t vm_vaddr_alloc_shared(struct kvm_vm *vm, size_t sz,
+                                vm_vaddr_t vaddr_min,
+                                enum kvm_mem_region_type type)
+{
+       return ____vm_vaddr_alloc(vm, sz, vaddr_min, type, false);
+}
+
 /*
  * VM Virtual Address Allocate
  *