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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-25 01:17:30 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-25 01:17:30 +0200 |
commit | 07acfc2a9349a8ce45b236c2624dad452001966b (patch) | |
tree | c40f3eaac18a8320e65af220979223b5cd632b1b /Documentation/virtual | |
parent | Merge tag 'stable/for-linus-3.5-rc0-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linu... (diff) | |
parent | KVM: make asm-generic/kvm_para.h have an ifdef __KERNEL__ block (diff) | |
download | linux-07acfc2a9349a8ce45b236c2624dad452001966b.tar.xz linux-07acfc2a9349a8ce45b236c2624dad452001966b.zip |
Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
Pull KVM changes from Avi Kivity:
"Changes include additional instruction emulation, page-crossing MMIO,
faster dirty logging, preventing the watchdog from killing a stopped
guest, module autoload, a new MSI ABI, and some minor optimizations
and fixes. Outside x86 we have a small s390 and a very large ppc
update.
Regarding the new (for kvm) rebaseless workflow, some of the patches
that were merged before we switch trees had to be rebased, while
others are true pulls. In either case the signoffs should be correct
now."
Fix up trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_segment.S and arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h.
I suspect the kvm_para.h resolution ends up doing the "do I have cpuid"
check effectively twice (it was done differently in two different
commits), but better safe than sorry ;)
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (125 commits)
KVM: make asm-generic/kvm_para.h have an ifdef __KERNEL__ block
KVM: s390: onereg for timer related registers
KVM: s390: epoch difference and TOD programmable field
KVM: s390: KVM_GET/SET_ONEREG for s390
KVM: s390: add capability indicating COW support
KVM: Fix mmu_reload() clash with nested vmx event injection
KVM: MMU: Don't use RCU for lockless shadow walking
KVM: VMX: Optimize %ds, %es reload
KVM: VMX: Fix %ds/%es clobber
KVM: x86 emulator: convert bsf/bsr instructions to emulate_2op_SrcV_nobyte()
KVM: VMX: unlike vmcs on fail path
KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up SPR reads and writes
KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up instruction parsing
kvm/powerpc: Add new ioctl to retreive server MMU infos
kvm/book3s: Make kernel emulated H_PUT_TCE available for "PR" KVM
KVM: PPC: bookehv: Fix r8/r13 storing in level exception handler
KVM: PPC: Book3S: Enable IRQs during exit handling
KVM: PPC: Fix PR KVM on POWER7 bare metal
KVM: PPC: Fix stbux emulation
KVM: PPC: bookehv: Use lwz/stw instead of PPC_LL/PPC_STL for 32-bit fields
...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 281 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt | 4 |
3 files changed, 283 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 6386f8c0482e..930126698a0f 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation =================================================================== 1. General description +---------------------- The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes @@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the vcpu. + 2. File descriptors +------------------- The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle @@ -41,7 +44,9 @@ not cause harm to the host, their actual behavior is not guaranteed by the API. The only supported use is one virtual machine per process, and one vcpu per thread. + 3. Extensions +------------- As of Linux 2.6.22, the KVM ABI has been stabilized: no backward incompatible change are allowed. However, there is an extension @@ -53,7 +58,9 @@ Instead, kvm defines extension identifiers and a facility to query whether a particular extension identifier is available. If it is, a set of ioctls is available for application use. + 4. API description +------------------ This section describes ioctls that can be used to control kvm guests. For each ioctl, the following information is provided along with a @@ -75,6 +82,7 @@ description: Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL) are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. + 4.1 KVM_GET_API_VERSION Capability: basic @@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ supported. Applications should refuse to run if KVM_GET_API_VERSION returns a value other than 12. If this check passes, all ioctls described as 'basic' will be available. + 4.2 KVM_CREATE_VM Capability: basic @@ -109,6 +118,7 @@ In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN). + 4.3 KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST Capability: basic @@ -135,6 +145,7 @@ Note: if kvm indicates supports MCE (KVM_CAP_MCE), then the MCE bank MSRs are not returned in the MSR list, as different vcpus can have a different number of banks, as set via the KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE ioctl. + 4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION Capability: basic @@ -149,6 +160,7 @@ receives an integer that describes the extension availability. Generally 0 means no and 1 means yes, but some extensions may report additional information in the integer return value. + 4.5 KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE Capability: basic @@ -161,6 +173,7 @@ The KVM_RUN ioctl (cf.) communicates with userspace via a shared memory region. This ioctl returns the size of that region. See the KVM_RUN documentation for details. + 4.6 KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION Capability: basic @@ -171,6 +184,7 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. + 4.7 KVM_CREATE_VCPU Capability: basic @@ -223,6 +237,7 @@ machines, the resulting vcpu fd can be memory mapped at page offset KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET in order to obtain a memory map of the virtual cpu's hardware control block. + 4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) Capability: basic @@ -246,6 +261,7 @@ since the last call to this ioctl. Bit 0 is the first page in the memory slot. Ensure the entire structure is cleared to avoid padding issues. + 4.9 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS Capability: basic @@ -256,6 +272,7 @@ Returns: 0 (success), -1 (error) This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. + 4.10 KVM_RUN Capability: basic @@ -272,6 +289,7 @@ obtained by mmap()ing the vcpu fd at offset 0, with the size given by KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE. The parameter block is formatted as a 'struct kvm_run' (see below). + 4.11 KVM_GET_REGS Capability: basic @@ -292,6 +310,7 @@ struct kvm_regs { __u64 rip, rflags; }; + 4.12 KVM_SET_REGS Capability: basic @@ -304,6 +323,7 @@ Writes the general purpose registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_REGS for the data structure. + 4.13 KVM_GET_SREGS Capability: basic @@ -331,6 +351,7 @@ interrupt_bitmap is a bitmap of pending external interrupts. At most one bit may be set. This interrupt has been acknowledged by the APIC but not yet injected into the cpu core. + 4.14 KVM_SET_SREGS Capability: basic @@ -342,6 +363,7 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Writes special registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_SREGS for the data structures. + 4.15 KVM_TRANSLATE Capability: basic @@ -365,6 +387,7 @@ struct kvm_translation { __u8 pad[5]; }; + 4.16 KVM_INTERRUPT Capability: basic @@ -413,6 +436,7 @@ c) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET_LEVEL Note that any value for 'irq' other than the ones stated above is invalid and incurs unexpected behavior. + 4.17 KVM_DEBUG_GUEST Capability: basic @@ -423,6 +447,7 @@ Returns: -1 on error Support for this has been removed. Use KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG instead. + 4.18 KVM_GET_MSRS Capability: basic @@ -451,6 +476,7 @@ Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the size of the entries array) and the 'index' member of each array entry. kvm will fill in the 'data' member. + 4.19 KVM_SET_MSRS Capability: basic @@ -466,6 +492,7 @@ Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the size of the entries array), and the 'index' and 'data' members of each array entry. + 4.20 KVM_SET_CPUID Capability: basic @@ -494,6 +521,7 @@ struct kvm_cpuid { struct kvm_cpuid_entry entries[0]; }; + 4.21 KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK Capability: basic @@ -516,6 +544,7 @@ struct kvm_signal_mask { __u8 sigset[0]; }; + 4.22 KVM_GET_FPU Capability: basic @@ -541,6 +570,7 @@ struct kvm_fpu { __u32 pad2; }; + 4.23 KVM_SET_FPU Capability: basic @@ -566,6 +596,7 @@ struct kvm_fpu { __u32 pad2; }; + 4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP @@ -579,6 +610,7 @@ ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up future vcpus to have a local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23 only go to the IOAPIC. On ia64, a IOSAPIC is created. + 4.25 KVM_IRQ_LINE Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP @@ -600,6 +632,7 @@ struct kvm_irq_level { __u32 level; /* 0 or 1 */ }; + 4.26 KVM_GET_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP @@ -621,6 +654,7 @@ struct kvm_irqchip { } chip; }; + 4.27 KVM_SET_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP @@ -642,6 +676,7 @@ struct kvm_irqchip { } chip; }; + 4.28 KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM @@ -666,6 +701,7 @@ struct kvm_xen_hvm_config { __u8 pad2[30]; }; + 4.29 KVM_GET_CLOCK Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK @@ -684,6 +720,7 @@ struct kvm_clock_data { __u32 pad[9]; }; + 4.30 KVM_SET_CLOCK Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK @@ -702,6 +739,7 @@ struct kvm_clock_data { __u32 pad[9]; }; + 4.31 KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS @@ -741,6 +779,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events { 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. + 4.32 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS @@ -767,6 +806,7 @@ 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. + 4.33 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS @@ -785,6 +825,7 @@ struct kvm_debugregs { __u64 reserved[9]; }; + 4.34 KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS @@ -798,6 +839,7 @@ Writes debug registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS for the data structure. The flags field is unused yet and must be cleared on entry. + 4.35 KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_MEM @@ -844,6 +886,7 @@ It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl. The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory allocation and is deprecated. + 4.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_TSS_ADDR @@ -862,6 +905,7 @@ This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals documentation when it pops into existence). + 4.37 KVM_ENABLE_CAP Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP @@ -897,6 +941,7 @@ function properly, this is the place to put them. __u8 pad[64]; }; + 4.38 KVM_GET_MP_STATE Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE @@ -927,6 +972,7 @@ Possible values are: This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. + 4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE @@ -941,6 +987,7 @@ arguments. This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. + 4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR @@ -959,6 +1006,7 @@ This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals documentation when it pops into existence). + 4.41 KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID @@ -971,6 +1019,7 @@ Define which vcpu is the Bootstrap Processor (BSP). Values are the same as the vcpu id in KVM_CREATE_VCPU. If this ioctl is not called, the default is vcpu 0. + 4.42 KVM_GET_XSAVE Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE @@ -985,6 +1034,7 @@ struct kvm_xsave { This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace. + 4.43 KVM_SET_XSAVE Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE @@ -999,6 +1049,7 @@ struct kvm_xsave { This ioctl would copy userspace's xsave struct to the kernel. + 4.44 KVM_GET_XCRS Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS @@ -1022,6 +1073,7 @@ struct kvm_xcrs { This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xcrs to the userspace. + 4.45 KVM_SET_XCRS Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS @@ -1045,6 +1097,7 @@ struct kvm_xcrs { This ioctl would set vcpu's xcr to the value userspace specified. + 4.46 KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_CPUID @@ -1119,6 +1172,7 @@ support. Instead it is reported via if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2. + 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO @@ -1142,6 +1196,7 @@ of 4 instructions that make up a hypercall. If any additional field gets added to this structure later on, a bit for that additional piece of information will be set in the flags bitmap. + 4.48 KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT @@ -1185,6 +1240,7 @@ Only PCI header type 0 devices with PCI BAR resources are supported by device assignment. The user requesting this ioctl must have read/write access to the PCI sysfs resource files associated with the device. + 4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT @@ -1198,6 +1254,7 @@ Ends PCI device assignment, releasing all associated resources. See KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT for the data structure. Only assigned_dev_id is used in kvm_assigned_pci_dev to identify the device. + 4.50 KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ @@ -1231,6 +1288,7 @@ The following flags are defined: It is not valid to specify multiple types per host or guest IRQ. However, the IRQ type of host and guest can differ or can even be null. + 4.51 KVM_DEASSIGN_DEV_IRQ Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ @@ -1245,6 +1303,7 @@ See KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ for the data structure. The target device is specified by assigned_dev_id, flags must correspond to the IRQ type specified on KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ. Partial deassignment of host or guest IRQ is allowed. + 4.52 KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING @@ -1293,6 +1352,7 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_msi { __u32 pad; }; + 4.53 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_NR Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX @@ -1314,6 +1374,7 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr { #define KVM_MAX_MSIX_PER_DEV 256 + 4.54 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_ENTRY Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX @@ -1332,7 +1393,8 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry { __u16 padding[3]; }; -4.54 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ + +4.55 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ Capability: KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL Architectures: x86 @@ -1343,7 +1405,8 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Specifies the tsc frequency for the virtual machine. The unit of the frequency is KHz. -4.55 KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ + +4.56 KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ Capability: KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ Architectures: x86 @@ -1355,7 +1418,8 @@ Returns the tsc frequency of the guest. The unit of the return value is KHz. If the host has unstable tsc this ioctl returns -EIO instead as an error. -4.56 KVM_GET_LAPIC + +4.57 KVM_GET_LAPIC Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP Architectures: x86 @@ -1371,7 +1435,8 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state { Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument. The data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual. -4.57 KVM_SET_LAPIC + +4.58 KVM_SET_LAPIC Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP Architectures: x86 @@ -1387,7 +1452,8 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state { Copies the input argument into the the Local APIC registers. The data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual. -4.58 KVM_IOEVENTFD + +4.59 KVM_IOEVENTFD Capability: KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD Architectures: all @@ -1417,7 +1483,8 @@ The following flags are defined: If datamatch flag is set, the event will be signaled only if the written value to the registered address is equal to datamatch in struct kvm_ioeventfd. -4.59 KVM_DIRTY_TLB + +4.60 KVM_DIRTY_TLB Capability: KVM_CAP_SW_TLB Architectures: ppc @@ -1449,7 +1516,8 @@ The "num_dirty" field is a performance hint for KVM to determine whether it should skip processing the bitmap and just invalidate everything. It must be set to the number of set bits in the bitmap. -4.60 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_INTX_MASK + +4.61 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_INTX_MASK Capability: KVM_CAP_PCI_2_3 Architectures: x86 @@ -1482,6 +1550,7 @@ See KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ for the data structure. The target device is specified by assigned_dev_id. In the flags field, only KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_MASK_INTX is evaluated. + 4.62 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE @@ -1517,6 +1586,7 @@ the entries written by kernel-handled H_PUT_TCE calls, and also lets userspace update the TCE table directly which is useful in some circumstances. + 4.63 KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA @@ -1549,6 +1619,7 @@ is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it, because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility. + 4.64 KVM_NMI Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_NMI @@ -1574,6 +1645,7 @@ following algorithm: Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in debugging. + 4.65 KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL @@ -1593,6 +1665,7 @@ This ioctl maps the memory at "user_addr" with the length "length" to the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr". All parameters need to be alligned by 1 megabyte. + 4.66 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL @@ -1612,6 +1685,7 @@ This ioctl unmaps the memory in the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr" with the length "length". The field "user_addr" is ignored. All parameters need to be alligned by 1 megabyte. + 4.67 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL @@ -1628,6 +1702,7 @@ table upfront. This is useful to handle validity intercepts for user controlled virtual machines to fault in the virtual cpu's lowcore pages prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl. + 4.68 KVM_SET_ONE_REG Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG @@ -1653,6 +1728,7 @@ registers, find a list below: | | PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_HIOR | 64 + 4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG @@ -1669,7 +1745,193 @@ at the memory location pointed to by "addr". The list of registers accessible using this interface is identical to the list in 4.64. + +4.70 KVM_KVMCLOCK_CTRL + +Capability: KVM_CAP_KVMCLOCK_CTRL +Architectures: Any that implement pvclocks (currently x86 only) +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: None +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +This signals to the host kernel that the specified guest is being paused by +userspace. The host will set a flag in the pvclock structure that is checked +from the soft lockup watchdog. The flag is part of the pvclock structure that +is shared between guest and host, specifically the second bit of the flags +field of the pvclock_vcpu_time_info structure. It will be set exclusively by +the host and read/cleared exclusively by the guest. The guest operation of +checking and clearing the flag must an atomic operation so +load-link/store-conditional, or equivalent must be used. There are two cases +where the guest will clear the flag: when the soft lockup watchdog timer resets +itself or when a soft lockup is detected. This ioctl can be called any time +after pausing the vcpu, but before it is resumed. + + +4.71 KVM_SIGNAL_MSI + +Capability: KVM_CAP_SIGNAL_MSI +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_msi (in) +Returns: >0 on delivery, 0 if guest blocked the MSI, and -1 on error + +Directly inject a MSI message. Only valid with in-kernel irqchip that handles +MSI messages. + +struct kvm_msi { + __u32 address_lo; + __u32 address_hi; + __u32 data; + __u32 flags; + __u8 pad[16]; +}; + +No flags are defined so far. The corresponding field must be 0. + + +4.71 KVM_CREATE_PIT2 + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT2 +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_pit_config (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Creates an in-kernel device model for the i8254 PIT. This call is only valid +after enabling in-kernel irqchip support via KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. The following +parameters have to be passed: + +struct kvm_pit_config { + __u32 flags; + __u32 pad[15]; +}; + +Valid flags are: + +#define KVM_PIT_SPEAKER_DUMMY 1 /* emulate speaker port stub */ + +PIT timer interrupts may use a per-VM kernel thread for injection. If it +exists, this thread will have a name of the following pattern: + +kvm-pit/<owner-process-pid> + +When running a guest with elevated priorities, the scheduling parameters of +this thread may have to be adjusted accordingly. + +This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_CREATE_PIT. + + +4.72 KVM_GET_PIT2 + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT_STATE2 +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_pit_state2 (out) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Retrieves the state of the in-kernel PIT model. Only valid after +KVM_CREATE_PIT2. The state is returned in the following structure: + +struct kvm_pit_state2 { + struct kvm_pit_channel_state channels[3]; + __u32 flags; + __u32 reserved[9]; +}; + +Valid flags are: + +/* disable PIT in HPET legacy mode */ +#define KVM_PIT_FLAGS_HPET_LEGACY 0x00000001 + +This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_GET_PIT. + + +4.73 KVM_SET_PIT2 + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT_STATE2 +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_pit_state2 (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Sets the state of the in-kernel PIT model. Only valid after KVM_CREATE_PIT2. +See KVM_GET_PIT2 for details on struct kvm_pit_state2. + +This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_SET_PIT. + + +4.74 KVM_PPC_GET_SMMU_INFO + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_SMMU_INFO +Architectures: powerpc +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: None +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +This populates and returns a structure describing the features of +the "Server" class MMU emulation supported by KVM. +This can in turn be used by userspace to generate the appropariate +device-tree properties for the guest operating system. + +The structure contains some global informations, followed by an +array of supported segment page sizes: + + struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info { + __u64 flags; + __u32 slb_size; + __u32 pad; + struct kvm_ppc_one_seg_page_size sps[KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_MAX_SZ]; + }; + +The supported flags are: + + - KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_REAL: + When that flag is set, guest page sizes must "fit" the backing + store page sizes. When not set, any page size in the list can + be used regardless of how they are backed by userspace. + + - KVM_PPC_1T_SEGMENTS + The emulated MMU supports 1T segments in addition to the + standard 256M ones. + +The "slb_size" field indicates how many SLB entries are supported + +The "sps" array contains 8 entries indicating the supported base +page sizes for a segment in increasing order. Each entry is defined +as follow: + + struct kvm_ppc_one_seg_page_size { + __u32 page_shift; /* Base page shift of segment (or 0) */ + __u32 slb_enc; /* SLB encoding for BookS */ + struct kvm_ppc_one_page_size enc[KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_MAX_SZ]; + }; + +An entry with a "page_shift" of 0 is unused. Because the array is +organized in increasing order, a lookup can stop when encoutering +such an entry. + +The "slb_enc" field provides the encoding to use in the SLB for the +page size. The bits are in positions such as the value can directly +be OR'ed into the "vsid" argument of the slbmte instruction. + +The "enc" array is a list which for each of those segment base page +size provides the list of supported actual page sizes (which can be +only larger or equal to the base page size), along with the +corresponding encoding in the hash PTE. Similarily, the array is +8 entries sorted by increasing sizes and an entry with a "0" shift +is an empty entry and a terminator: + + struct kvm_ppc_one_page_size { + __u32 page_shift; /* Page shift (or 0) */ + __u32 pte_enc; /* Encoding in the HPTE (>>12) */ + }; + +The "pte_enc" field provides a value that can OR'ed into the hash +PTE's RPN field (ie, it needs to be shifted left by 12 to OR it +into the hash PTE second double word). + 5. The kvm_run structure +------------------------ Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by mmap()ing a vcpu fd. From that point, application code can control @@ -1910,7 +2172,9 @@ and usually define the validity of a groups of registers. (e.g. one bit }; + 6. Capabilities that can be enabled +----------------------------------- There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual CPU when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. Below you can find a list of @@ -1926,6 +2190,7 @@ The following information is provided along with the description: Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL) are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. + 6.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_OSI Architectures: ppc @@ -1939,6 +2204,7 @@ between the guest and the host. When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_OSI can occur. + 6.2 KVM_CAP_PPC_PAPR Architectures: ppc @@ -1957,6 +2223,7 @@ HTAB invisible to the guest. When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL can occur. + 6.3 KVM_CAP_SW_TLB Architectures: ppc diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt index 882068538c9c..83afe65d4966 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt @@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ a guest. KVM cpuid functions are: function: KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE (0x40000000) -returns : eax = 0, +returns : eax = 0x40000001, ebx = 0x4b4d564b, ecx = 0x564b4d56, edx = 0x4d. Note that this value in ebx, ecx and edx corresponds to the string "KVMKVMKVM". +The value in eax corresponds to the maximum cpuid function present in this leaf, +and will be updated if more functions are added in the future. +Note also that old hosts set eax value to 0x0. This should +be interpreted as if the value was 0x40000001. This function queries the presence of KVM cpuid leafs. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt index 50317809113d..96b41bd97523 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt @@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW: 0x4b564d01 0 | 24 | multiple cpus are guaranteed to | | be monotonic ------------------------------------------------------------- + | | guest vcpu has been paused by + 1 | N/A | the host + | | See 4.70 in api.txt + ------------------------------------------------------------- Availability of this MSR must be checked via bit 3 in 0x4000001 cpuid leaf prior to usage. |