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author | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-02-24 08:27:54 +0100 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2020-02-24 08:27:54 +0100 |
commit | 1f836f5b10f2524d33efde47d2b694b861ecf319 (patch) | |
tree | b52188b30d08bff1fe6376832753ca5e0a7e9d15 /Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vfio.rst | |
parent | mei: remove unused includes from pci-{me,txe}.c (diff) | |
parent | Linux 5.6-rc3 (diff) | |
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Merge 5.6-rc3 into char-misc-next
We need the char/misc fixes in here as well.
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vfio.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vfio.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2d20dc561069 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vfio.rst @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=================== +VFIO virtual device +=================== + +Device types supported: + + - KVM_DEV_TYPE_VFIO + +Only one VFIO instance may be created per VM. The created device +tracks VFIO groups in use by the VM and features of those groups +important to the correctness and acceleration of the VM. As groups +are enabled and disabled for use by the VM, KVM should be updated +about their presence. When registered with KVM, a reference to the +VFIO-group is held by KVM. + +Groups: + KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP + +KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes: + KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD: Add a VFIO group to VFIO-KVM device tracking + kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor + for the VFIO group. + KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL: Remove a VFIO group from VFIO-KVM device tracking + kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor + for the VFIO group. + KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_SET_SPAPR_TCE: attaches a guest visible TCE table + allocated by sPAPR KVM. + kvm_device_attr.addr points to a struct:: + + struct kvm_vfio_spapr_tce { + __s32 groupfd; + __s32 tablefd; + }; + + where: + + - @groupfd is a file descriptor for a VFIO group; + - @tablefd is a file descriptor for a TCE table allocated via + KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE. |