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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt14
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 5519df0d3ed0..818ac97fdabc 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1873,8 +1873,10 @@ Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in)
Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure
Errors:
 ENOENT:   no such register
-  EPERM:    register access forbidden for architecture-dependent reasons
-  EINVAL:   other errors, such as bad size encoding for a known register
+  EINVAL:   invalid register ID, or no such register
+  EPERM:    (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization
+(These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error
+code being returned in a specific situation.)
struct kvm_one_reg {
__u64 id;
@@ -2260,10 +2262,12 @@ Architectures: all
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in and out)
Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure
-Errors:
+Errors include:
 ENOENT:   no such register
-  EPERM:    register access forbidden for architecture-dependent reasons
-  EINVAL:   other errors, such as bad size encoding for a known register
+  EINVAL:   invalid register ID, or no such register
+  EPERM:    (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization
+(These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error
+code being returned in a specific situation.)
This ioctl allows to receive the value of a single register implemented
in a vcpu. The register to read is indicated by the "id" field of the