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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt | 73 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt | 80 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/timekeeping.txt | 2 |
7 files changed, 170 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index a30035dd4c26..366bf4b47ef4 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Allows setting an eventfd to directly trigger a guest interrupt. kvm_irqfd.fd specifies the file descriptor to use as the eventfd and kvm_irqfd.gsi specifies the irqchip pin toggled by this event. When -an event is tiggered on the eventfd, an interrupt is injected into +an event is triggered on the eventfd, an interrupt is injected into the guest using the specified gsi pin. The irqfd is removed using the KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN flag, specifying both kvm_irqfd.fd and kvm_irqfd.gsi. @@ -2115,7 +2115,7 @@ interrupts. When KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is set the user must pass an additional eventfd in the kvm_irqfd.resamplefd field. When operating in resample mode, posting of an interrupt through kvm_irq.fd asserts the specified gsi in the irqchip. When the irqchip is resampled, such -as from an EOI, the gsi is de-asserted and the user is notifed via +as from an EOI, the gsi is de-asserted and the user is notified via kvm_irqfd.resamplefd. It is the user's responsibility to re-queue the interrupt if the device making use of it still requires service. Note that closing the resamplefd is not sufficient to disable the @@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ current state. "addr" is ignored. Capability: basic Architectures: arm, arm64 Type: vcpu ioctl -Parameters: struct struct kvm_vcpu_init (in) +Parameters: 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. @@ -2391,7 +2391,8 @@ struct kvm_reg_list { This ioctl returns the guest registers that are supported for the KVM_GET_ONE_REG/KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls. -4.85 KVM_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR + +4.85 KVM_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR (deprecated) Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR Architectures: arm, arm64 @@ -2429,6 +2430,10 @@ must be called after calling KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, but before calling KVM_RUN on any of the VCPUs. Calling this ioctl twice for any of the base addresses will return -EEXIST. +Note, this IOCTL is deprecated and the more flexible SET/GET_DEVICE_ATTR API +should be used instead. + + 4.86 KVM_PPC_RTAS_DEFINE_TOKEN Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RTAS diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7f4e91b1316b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ +ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller (VGIC) +=============================================== + +Device types supported: + KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0 + +Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the +legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP api. The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt +controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the +VGIC instead of directly to CPUs. + +Groups: + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR + Attributes: + KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit) + Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC distributor + register mappings. + + KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_CPU (rw, 64-bit) + Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC virtual cpu + interface register mappings. + + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS + Attributes: + The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values: + bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 | + values: | reserved | cpu id | offset | + + All distributor regs are (rw, 32-bit) + + The offset is relative to the "Distributor base address" as defined in the + GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the same effect as + reading or writing the register on the actual hardware from the cpu + specified with cpu id field. Note that most distributor fields are not + banked, but return the same value regardless of the cpu id used to access + the register. + Limitations: + - Priorities are not implemented, and registers are RAZ/WI + Errors: + -ENODEV: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported + -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running + + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS + Attributes: + The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values: + bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 | + values: | reserved | cpu id | offset | + + All CPU interface regs are (rw, 32-bit) + + The offset specifies the offset from the "CPU interface base address" as + defined in the GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the + same effect as reading or writing the register on the actual hardware. + + The Active Priorities Registers APRn are implementation defined, so we set a + fixed format for our implementation that fits with the model of a "GICv2 + implementation without the security extensions" which we present to the + guest. This interface always exposes four register APR[0-3] describing the + maximum possible 128 preemption levels. The semantics of the register + indicate if any interrupts in a given preemption level are in the active + state by setting the corresponding bit. + + Thus, preemption level X has one or more active interrupts if and only if: + + APRn[X mod 32] == 0b1, where n = X / 32 + + Bits for undefined preemption levels are RAZ/WI. + + Limitations: + - Priorities are not implemented, and registers are RAZ/WI + Errors: + -ENODEV: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported + -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt index 022198e389d7..c8d040e27046 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ S390: S390 uses diagnose instruction as hypercall (0x500) along with hypercall number in R1. + For further information on the S390 diagnose call as supported by KVM, + refer to Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt. + PowerPC: It uses R3-R10 and hypercall number in R11. R4-R11 are used as output registers. Return value is placed in R3. @@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ Usage example : A vcpu of a paravirtualized guest that is busywaiting in guest kernel mode for an event to occur (ex: a spinlock to become available) can execute HLT instruction once it has busy-waited for more than a threshold time-interval. Execution of HLT instruction would cause the hypervisor to put -the vcpu to sleep until occurence of an appropriate event. Another vcpu of the +the vcpu to sleep until occurrence of an appropriate event. Another vcpu of the same guest can wakeup the sleeping vcpu by issuing KVM_HC_KICK_CPU hypercall, specifying APIC ID (a1) of the vcpu to be woken up. An additional argument (a0) is used in the hypercall for future use. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt index f8869410d40c..d68af4dc3006 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ The Dirty bit is lost in this case. In order to avoid this kind of issue, we always treat the spte as "volatile" if it can be updated out of mmu-lock, see spte_has_volatile_bits(), it means, -the spte is always atomicly updated in this case. +the spte is always atomically updated in this case. 3): flush tlbs due to spte updated If the spte is updated from writable to readonly, we should flush all TLBs, @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ be flushed caused by this reason in mmu_spte_update() since this is a common function to update spte (present -> present). Since the spte is "volatile" if it can be updated out of mmu-lock, we always -atomicly update the spte, the race caused by fast page fault can be avoided, +atomically update the spte, the race caused by fast page fault can be avoided, See the comments in spte_has_volatile_bits() and mmu_spte_update(). 3. Reference diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt index 4cd076febb02..4643cde517c4 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ If any other bit changes in the MSR, please still use mtmsr(d). Patched instructions ==================== -The "ld" and "std" instructions are transormed to "lwz" and "stw" instructions +The "ld" and "std" instructions are transformed to "lwz" and "stw" instructions respectively on 32 bit systems with an added offset of 4 to accommodate for big endianness. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f1de4fbade15 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +The s390 DIAGNOSE call on KVM +============================= + +KVM on s390 supports the DIAGNOSE call for making hypercalls, both for +native hypercalls and for selected hypercalls found on other s390 +hypervisors. + +Note that bits are numbered as by the usual s390 convention (most significant +bit on the left). + + +General remarks +--------------- + +DIAGNOSE calls by the guest cause a mandatory intercept. This implies +all supported DIAGNOSE calls need to be handled by either KVM or its +userspace. + +All DIAGNOSE calls supported by KVM use the RS-a format: + +-------------------------------------- +| '83' | R1 | R3 | B2 | D2 | +-------------------------------------- +0 8 12 16 20 31 + +The second-operand address (obtained by the base/displacement calculation) +is not used to address data. Instead, bits 48-63 of this address specify +the function code, and bits 0-47 are ignored. + +The supported DIAGNOSE function codes vary by the userspace used. For +DIAGNOSE function codes not specific to KVM, please refer to the +documentation for the s390 hypervisors defining them. + + +DIAGNOSE function code 'X'500' - KVM virtio functions +----------------------------------------------------- + +If the function code specifies 0x500, various virtio-related functions +are performed. + +General register 1 contains the virtio subfunction code. Supported +virtio subfunctions depend on KVM's userspace. Generally, userspace +provides either s390-virtio (subcodes 0-2) or virtio-ccw (subcode 3). + +Upon completion of the DIAGNOSE instruction, general register 2 contains +the function's return code, which is either a return code or a subcode +specific value. + +Subcode 0 - s390-virtio notification and early console printk + Handled by userspace. + +Subcode 1 - s390-virtio reset + Handled by userspace. + +Subcode 2 - s390-virtio set status + Handled by userspace. + +Subcode 3 - virtio-ccw notification + Handled by either userspace or KVM (ioeventfd case). + + General register 2 contains a subchannel-identification word denoting + the subchannel of the virtio-ccw proxy device to be notified. + + General register 3 contains the number of the virtqueue to be notified. + + General register 4 contains a 64bit identifier for KVM usage (the + kvm_io_bus cookie). If general register 4 does not contain a valid + identifier, it is ignored. + + After completion of the DIAGNOSE call, general register 2 may contain + a 64bit identifier (in the kvm_io_bus cookie case). + + See also the virtio standard for a discussion of this hypercall. + + +DIAGNOSE function code 'X'501 - KVM breakpoint +---------------------------------------------- + +If the function code specifies 0x501, breakpoint functions may be performed. +This function code is handled by userspace. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/timekeeping.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/timekeeping.txt index df8946377cb6..76808a17ad84 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/timekeeping.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/timekeeping.txt @@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ at any time. This causes problems as the passage of real time, the injection of machine interrupts and the associated clock sources are no longer completely synchronized with real time. -This same problem can occur on native harware to a degree, as SMM mode may +This same problem can occur on native hardware to a degree, as SMM mode may steal cycles from the naturally on X86 systems when SMM mode is used by the BIOS, but not in such an extreme fashion. However, the fact that SMM mode may cause similar problems to virtualization makes it a good justification for |