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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>2020-02-10 07:02:57 +0100
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2020-02-12 20:10:01 +0100
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parentdocs: kvm: convert arm/hyp-abi.txt to ReST (diff)
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docs: kvm: arm/psci.txt: convert to ReST
- Add a title for the document; - Adjust whitespaces for it to be properly formatted after parsed. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/psci.rst (renamed from Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/psci.txt)46
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
index 134fa5fa77e5..3e2b2aba90fc 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ ARM
:maxdepth: 2
hyp-abi
+ psci
pvtime
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/psci.txt b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/psci.rst
index 559586fc9d37..d52c2e83b5b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/psci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/psci.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=========================================
+Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)
+=========================================
+
KVM implements the PSCI (Power State Coordination Interface)
specification in order to provide services such as CPU on/off, reset
and power-off to the guest.
@@ -30,32 +36,42 @@ The following register is defined:
- Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu)
* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1:
- Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2017-5715, as
- offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
- under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 in [1].
+ Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2017-5715, as
+ offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
+ under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 in [1].
+
Accepted values are:
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_AVAIL: KVM does not offer
+
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_AVAIL:
+ KVM does not offer
firmware support for the workaround. The mitigation status for the
guest is unknown.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_AVAIL: The workaround HVC call is
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_AVAIL:
+ The workaround HVC call is
available to the guest and required for the mitigation.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_REQUIRED: The workaround HVC call
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_REQUIRED:
+ The workaround HVC call
is available to the guest, but it is not needed on this VCPU.
* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2:
- Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2018-3639, as
- offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
- under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2 in [1].
+ Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2018-3639, as
+ offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
+ under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2 in [1]_.
+
Accepted values are:
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_AVAIL: A workaround is not
+
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_AVAIL:
+ A workaround is not
available. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_UNKNOWN: The workaround state is
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_UNKNOWN:
+ The workaround state is
unknown. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_AVAIL: The workaround is available,
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_AVAIL:
+ The workaround is available,
and can be disabled by a vCPU. If
KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_ENABLED is set, it is active for
this vCPU.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_REQUIRED: The workaround is
- always active on this vCPU or it is not needed.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_REQUIRED:
+ The workaround is always active on this vCPU or it is not needed.
-[1] https://developer.arm.com/-/media/developer/pdf/ARM_DEN_0070A_Firmware_interfaces_for_mitigating_CVE-2017-5715.pdf
+.. [1] https://developer.arm.com/-/media/developer/pdf/ARM_DEN_0070A_Firmware_interfaces_for_mitigating_CVE-2017-5715.pdf