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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 383b292966fa..2cd6250b2896 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -4081,6 +4081,32 @@ KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE call. See KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT for details of vcpu features that require finalization using this ioctl. +4.120 KVM_SET_PMU_EVENT_FILTER + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PMU_EVENT_FILTER +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_pmu_event_filter (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +struct kvm_pmu_event_filter { + __u32 action; + __u32 nevents; + __u64 events[0]; +}; + +This ioctl restricts the set of PMU events that the guest can program. +The argument holds a list of events which will be allowed or denied. +The eventsel+umask of each event the guest attempts to program is compared +against the events field to determine whether the guest should have access. +This only affects general purpose counters; fixed purpose counters can +be disabled by changing the perfmon CPUID leaf. + +Valid values for 'action': +#define KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW 0 +#define KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY 1 + + 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------ @@ -4909,6 +4935,8 @@ Valid bits in args[0] are #define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_MWAIT (1 << 0) #define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HLT (1 << 1) +#define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_PAUSE (1 << 2) +#define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_CSTATE (1 << 3) Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to no longer intercept some instructions for improved latency in some |