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@@ -141,3 +141,14 @@ a0 corresponds to the APIC ID in the third argument (a2), bit 1
corresponds to the APIC ID a2+1, and so on.
Returns the number of CPUs to which the IPIs were delivered successfully.
+
+7. KVM_HC_SCHED_YIELD
+------------------------
+Architecture: x86
+Status: active
+Purpose: Hypercall used to yield if the IPI target vCPU is preempted
+
+a0: destination APIC ID
+
+Usage example: When sending a call-function IPI-many to vCPUs, yield if
+any of the IPI target vCPUs was preempted.