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authorJon Doron <arilou@gmail.com>2020-04-24 14:37:40 +0300
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2020-06-01 04:26:09 -0400
commitf7d31e65368aeef973fab788aa22c4f1d5a6af66 (patch)
tree2eac8adacc322fc13f11509c957ab4935897d231 /Documentation/virt
parent27461da31089ace6966e4f1695cba7eb87ffbe4f (diff)
x86/kvm/hyper-v: Explicitly align hcall param for kvm_hyperv_exit
The problem the patch is trying to address is the fact that 'struct kvm_hyperv_exit' has different layout on when compiling in 32 and 64 bit modes. In 64-bit mode the default alignment boundary is 64 bits thus forcing extra gaps after 'type' and 'msr' but in 32-bit mode the boundary is at 32 bits thus no extra gaps. This is an issue as even when the kernel is 64 bit, the userspace using the interface can be both 32 and 64 bit but the same 32 bit userspace has to work with 32 bit kernel. The issue is fixed by forcing the 64 bit layout, this leads to ABI change for 32 bit builds and while we are obviously breaking '32 bit userspace with 32 bit kernel' case, we're fixing the '32 bit userspace with 64 bit kernel' one. As the interface has no (known) users and 32 bit KVM is rather baroque nowadays, this seems like a reasonable decision. Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jon Doron <arilou@gmail.com> Message-Id: <20200424113746.3473563-2-arilou@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Roman Kagan <rvkagan@yandex-team.ru> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index d871dacb984e..d0569db2b1e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -5067,9 +5067,11 @@ EOI was received.
#define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC 1
#define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_HCALL 2
__u32 type;
+ __u32 pad1;
union {
struct {
__u32 msr;
+ __u32 pad2;
__u64 control;
__u64 evt_page;
__u64 msg_page;