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authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2010-02-19 19:38:07 +0100
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-04-25 11:38:28 +0200
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parentKVM: x86: Do not return soft events in vcpu_events (diff)
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KVM: x86: Save&restore interrupt shadow mask
The interrupt shadow created by STI or MOV-SS-like operations is part of the VCPU state and must be preserved across migration. Transfer it in the spare padding field of kvm_vcpu_events.interrupt. As a side effect we now have to make vmx_set_interrupt_shadow robust against both shadow types being set. Give MOV SS a higher priority and skip STI in that case to avoid that VMX throws a fault on next entry. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kvm')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kvm/api.txt11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
index beb444a95013..9e5de5a1c4ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ struct kvm_clock_data {
4.29 KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS
Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS
+Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW
Architectures: x86
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (out)
@@ -676,7 +677,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events {
__u8 injected;
__u8 nr;
__u8 soft;
- __u8 pad;
+ __u8 shadow;
} interrupt;
struct {
__u8 injected;
@@ -688,9 +689,13 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events {
__u32 flags;
};
+KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set in the flags field to signal that
+interrupt.shadow contains a valid state. Otherwise, this field is undefined.
+
4.30 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS
Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS
+Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW
Architectures: x86
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (in)
@@ -709,6 +714,10 @@ current in-kernel state. The bits are:
KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NMI_PENDING - transfer nmi.pending to the kernel
KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SIPI_VECTOR - transfer sipi_vector
+If KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW is available, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW can be set in
+the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and
+shall be written into the VCPU.
+
5. The kvm_run structure