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author | Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com> | 2019-11-08 11:05:26 +0100 |
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committer | Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> | 2020-02-27 19:47:13 +0100 |
commit | 04ed89dc4aeba57ab99df16edbd9d06e43d0a2c4 (patch) | |
tree | 46151302e942400d4e36965c36899519c1fd39d9 /Documentation/virt | |
parent | KVM: s390: protvirt: introduce and enable KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED (diff) | |
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KVM: s390: protvirt: Add KVM api documentation
Add documentation for KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED capability and the
KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND ioctl.
Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
[borntraeger@de.ibm.com: patch merging, splitting, fixing]
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virt')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 59 |
1 files changed, 59 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 7505d7a6c0d8..bae90f3cd11d 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -4648,6 +4648,54 @@ the clear cpu reset definition in the POP. However, the cpu is not put into ESA mode. This reset is a superset of the initial reset. +4.125 KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND +------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_pv_cmd +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + +:: + + struct kvm_pv_cmd { + __u32 cmd; /* Command to be executed */ + __u16 rc; /* Ultravisor return code */ + __u16 rrc; /* Ultravisor return reason code */ + __u64 data; /* Data or address */ + __u32 flags; /* flags for future extensions. Must be 0 for now */ + __u32 reserved[3]; + }; + +cmd values: + +KVM_PV_ENABLE + Allocate memory and register the VM with the Ultravisor, thereby + donating memory to the Ultravisor that will become inaccessible to + KVM. All existing CPUs are converted to protected ones. After this + command has succeeded, any CPU added via hotplug will become + protected during its creation as well. + +KVM_PV_DISABLE + + Deregister the VM from the Ultravisor and reclaim the memory that + had been donated to the Ultravisor, making it usable by the kernel + again. All registered VCPUs are converted back to non-protected + ones. + +KVM_PV_VM_SET_SEC_PARMS + Pass the image header from VM memory to the Ultravisor in + preparation of image unpacking and verification. + +KVM_PV_VM_UNPACK + Unpack (protect and decrypt) a page of the encrypted boot image. + +KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY + Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds, + KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs. + + 5. The kvm_run structure ======================== @@ -6026,3 +6074,14 @@ Architectures: s390 This capability indicates that the KVM_S390_NORMAL_RESET and KVM_S390_CLEAR_RESET ioctls are available. + +8.23 KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED + +Architecture: s390 + + +This capability indicates that the Ultravisor has been initialized and +KVM can therefore start protected VMs. +This capability governs the KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND ioctl and the +KVM_MP_STATE_LOAD MP_STATE. KVM_SET_MP_STATE can fail for protected +guests when the state change is invalid. |