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authorRadim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>2016-07-22 20:27:26 +0200
committerRadim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>2016-07-22 20:27:26 +0200
commit912902ce78b0d48f717f9128e61fb9bffbd65f86 (patch)
tree5a97dd19149ba1e0386df9bb467f8c5fb7ba2393 /Documentation/virtual/kvm
parentMerge tag 'kvm-s390-next-4.8-4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/... (diff)
parentKVM: arm64: vgic-its: Simplify MAPI error handling (diff)
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Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into next
KVM/ARM changes for Linux 4.8 - GICv3 ITS emulation - Simpler idmap management that fixes potential TLB conflicts - Honor the kernel protection in HYP mode - Removal of the old vgic implementation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt14
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt25
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 299306db5d84..5237e1b2fd66 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ after pausing the vcpu, but before it is resumed.
4.71 KVM_SIGNAL_MSI
Capability: KVM_CAP_SIGNAL_MSI
-Architectures: x86
+Architectures: x86 arm64
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_msi (in)
Returns: >0 on delivery, 0 if guest blocked the MSI, and -1 on error
@@ -2195,10 +2195,18 @@ struct kvm_msi {
__u32 address_hi;
__u32 data;
__u32 flags;
- __u8 pad[16];
+ __u32 devid;
+ __u8 pad[12];
};
-No flags are defined so far. The corresponding field must be 0.
+flags: KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: devid contains a valid value
+devid: If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, contains a unique device identifier
+ for the device that wrote the MSI message.
+ For PCI, this is usually a BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits.
+
+The per-VM KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the need to provide
+the device ID. If this capability is not set, userland cannot rely on
+the kernel to allow the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag being set.
On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is
enabled. If it is enabled, address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
index 59541d49e15c..89182f80cc7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller (VGIC)
Device types supported:
KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0
KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v3.0
+ KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS ARM Interrupt Translation Service Controller
-Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the
-legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP api. The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt
-controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the
-VGIC instead of directly to CPUs.
+Only one VGIC instance of the V2/V3 types above may be instantiated through
+either this API or the legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP api. The created VGIC will
+act as the VM interrupt controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to
+inject interrupts to the VGIC instead of directly to CPUs.
Creating a guest GICv3 device requires a host GICv3 as well.
GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow a guest GICv2
as well.
+Creating a virtual ITS controller requires a host GICv3 (but does not depend
+on having physical ITS controllers).
+There can be multiple ITS controllers per guest, each of them has to have
+a separate, non-overlapping MMIO region.
+
Groups:
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR
Attributes:
@@ -39,6 +45,13 @@ Groups:
Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3.
This address needs to be 64K aligned.
+ KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_ITS (rw, 64-bit)
+ Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 ITS
+ control register frame. The ITS allows MSI(-X) interrupts to be
+ injected into guests. This extension is optional. If the kernel
+ does not support the ITS, the call returns -ENODEV.
+ Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS.
+ This address needs to be 64K aligned and the region covers 128K.
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
Attributes:
@@ -109,8 +122,8 @@ Groups:
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL
Attributes:
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
- request the initialization of the VGIC, no additional parameter in
- kvm_device_attr.addr.
+ request the initialization of the VGIC or ITS, no additional parameter
+ in kvm_device_attr.addr.
Errors:
-ENXIO: VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling
this attribute