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author | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2013-02-11 18:02:53 +0100 |
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committer | Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> | 2013-02-11 18:02:53 +0100 |
commit | 655e194cfee8ba89634228f97f1310df41b45cbb (patch) | |
tree | 85989f9f14ad53a3797ab5c70093a8181399e669 /Documentation | |
parent | Merge branch 'for-rmk/perf' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/... (diff) | |
parent | Merge branch 'for-will/kvm/core' of git://github.com/virtualopensystems/linux... (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'for-rmk/virt/kvm/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/linux into next/virt
* 'for-rmk/virt/kvm/core' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/will/linux:
KVM: ARM: Add maintainer entry for KVM/ARM
KVM: ARM: Power State Coordination Interface implementation
KVM: ARM: Handle I/O aborts
KVM: ARM: Handle guest faults in KVM
KVM: ARM: VFP userspace interface
KVM: ARM: Demux CCSIDR in the userspace API
KVM: ARM: User space API for getting/setting co-proc registers
KVM: ARM: Emulation framework and CP15 emulation
KVM: ARM: World-switch implementation
KVM: ARM: Inject IRQs and FIQs from userspace
KVM: ARM: Memory virtualization setup
KVM: ARM: Hypervisor initialization
KVM: ARM: Initial skeleton to compile KVM support
ARM: Section based HYP idmap
ARM: Add page table and page defines needed by KVM
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 99 |
1 files changed, 91 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index a4df5535996b..c25439a58274 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ kvm_run' (see below). 4.11 KVM_GET_REGS Capability: basic -Architectures: all +Architectures: all except ARM Type: vcpu ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_regs (out) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ struct kvm_regs { 4.12 KVM_SET_REGS Capability: basic -Architectures: all +Architectures: all except ARM Type: vcpu ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_regs (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ struct kvm_fpu { 4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP -Architectures: x86, ia64 +Architectures: x86, ia64, ARM Type: vm ioctl Parameters: none Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -608,21 +608,39 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Creates an interrupt controller model in the kernel. On x86, creates a virtual 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. +only go to the IOAPIC. On ia64, a IOSAPIC is created. On ARM, a GIC is +created. 4.25 KVM_IRQ_LINE Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP -Architectures: x86, ia64 +Architectures: x86, ia64, arm Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_irq_level Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Sets the level of a GSI input to the interrupt controller model in the kernel. -Requires that an interrupt controller model has been previously created with -KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Note that edge-triggered interrupts require the level -to be set to 1 and then back to 0. +On some architectures it is required that an interrupt controller model has +been previously created with KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Note that edge-triggered +interrupts require the level to be set to 1 and then back to 0. + +ARM can signal an interrupt either at the CPU level, or at the in-kernel irqchip +(GIC), and for in-kernel irqchip can tell the GIC to use PPIs designated for +specific cpus. The irq field is interpreted like this: + + bits: | 31 ... 24 | 23 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | + field: | irq_type | vcpu_index | irq_id | + +The irq_type field has the following values: +- irq_type[0]: out-of-kernel GIC: irq_id 0 is IRQ, irq_id 1 is FIQ +- irq_type[1]: in-kernel GIC: SPI, irq_id between 32 and 1019 (incl.) + (the vcpu_index field is ignored) +- irq_type[2]: in-kernel GIC: PPI, irq_id between 16 and 31 (incl.) + +(The irq_id field thus corresponds nicely to the IRQ ID in the ARM GIC specs) + +In both cases, level is used to raise/lower the line. struct kvm_irq_level { union { @@ -1775,6 +1793,27 @@ registers, find a list below: PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_DTL | 128 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPCR | 32 +ARM registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that +is the register group type, or coprocessor number: + +ARM core registers have the following id bit patterns: + 0x4002 0000 0010 <index into the kvm_regs struct:16> + +ARM 32-bit CP15 registers have the following id bit patterns: + 0x4002 0000 000F <zero:1> <crn:4> <crm:4> <opc1:4> <opc2:3> + +ARM 64-bit CP15 registers have the following id bit patterns: + 0x4003 0000 000F <zero:1> <zero:4> <crm:4> <opc1:4> <zero:3> + +ARM CCSIDR registers are demultiplexed by CSSELR value: + 0x4002 0000 0011 00 <csselr:8> + +ARM 32-bit VFP control registers have the following id bit patterns: + 0x4002 0000 0012 1 <regno:12> + +ARM 64-bit FP registers have the following id bit patterns: + 0x4002 0000 0012 0 <regno:12> + 4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG @@ -2127,6 +2166,50 @@ written, then `n_invalid' invalid entries, invalidating any previously valid entries found. +4.77 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT + +Capability: basic +Architectures: arm +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct struct kvm_vcpu_init (in) +Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error +Errors: + EINVAL: the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid. + ENOENT: a features bit specified is unknown. + +This tells KVM what type of CPU to present to the guest, and what +optional features it should have. This will cause a reset of the cpu +registers to their initial values. If this is not called, KVM_RUN will +return ENOEXEC for that vcpu. + +Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus +should be created before this ioctl is invoked. + +Possible features: + - KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF: Starts the CPU in a power-off state. + Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI. + + +4.78 KVM_GET_REG_LIST + +Capability: basic +Architectures: arm +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_reg_list (in/out) +Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error +Errors: + E2BIG: the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by + the user (the number required will be written into n). + +struct kvm_reg_list { + __u64 n; /* number of registers in reg[] */ + __u64 reg[0]; +}; + +This ioctl returns the guest registers that are supported for the +KVM_GET_ONE_REG/KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls. + + 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------ |