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+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -360,10 +360,9 @@ since the last call to this ioctl. Bit 0 is the first page in the
memory slot. Ensure the entire structure is cleared to avoid padding
issues.
-If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies
-the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap.
-They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for
-the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability.
+If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of slot field specifies
+the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap. See
+KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION for details on the usage of slot field.
The bits in the dirty bitmap are cleared before the ioctl returns, unless
KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled. For more information,
@@ -961,6 +960,14 @@ memory.
__u8 pad2[30];
};
+If the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL flag is returned from the
+KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM check, it may be set in the flags field of this ioctl.
+This requests KVM to generate the contents of the hypercall page
+automatically; hypercalls will be intercepted and passed to userspace
+through KVM_EXIT_XEN. In this case, all of the blob size and address
+fields must be zero.
+
+No other flags are currently valid in the struct kvm_xen_hvm_config.
4.29 KVM_GET_CLOCK
------------------
@@ -1281,6 +1288,9 @@ field userspace_addr, which must point at user addressable memory for
the entire memory slot size. Any object may back this memory, including
anonymous memory, ordinary files, and hugetlbfs.
+On architectures that support a form of address tagging, userspace_addr must
+be an untagged address.
+
It is recommended that the lower 21 bits of guest_phys_addr and userspace_addr
be identical. This allows large pages in the guest to be backed by large
pages in the host.
@@ -1333,7 +1343,7 @@ documentation when it pops into existence).
:Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM
:Architectures: all
-:Type: vcpu ioctl
+:Type: vm ioctl
:Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in)
:Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
@@ -2266,6 +2276,8 @@ registers, find a list below:
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PTCR 64
+ PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DAWR1 64
+ PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DAWRX1 64
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR0 64
...
PPC KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR31 64
@@ -3844,49 +3856,20 @@ base 2 of the page size in the bottom 6 bits.
-EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read,
-EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid,
-ENOMEM if unable to allocate the new HPT,
- -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision
-
-::
-
- struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info {
- struct kvm_ppc_radix_geom {
- __u8 page_shift;
- __u8 level_bits[4];
- __u8 pad[3];
- } geometries[8];
- __u32 ap_encodings[8];
- };
-
-The geometries[] field gives up to 8 supported geometries for the
-radix page table, in terms of the log base 2 of the smallest page
-size, and the number of bits indexed at each level of the tree, from
-the PTE level up to the PGD level in that order. Any unused entries
-will have 0 in the page_shift field.
-
-The ap_encodings gives the supported page sizes and their AP field
-encodings, encoded with the AP value in the top 3 bits and the log
-base 2 of the page size in the bottom 6 bits.
-
-4.102 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE
---------------------------------
-
-:Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT
-:Architectures: powerpc
-:Type: vm ioctl
-:Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in)
-:Returns: 0 on successful completion,
- >0 if a new HPT is being prepared, the value is an estimated
- number of milliseconds until preparation is complete,
- -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read,
- -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid,when moving existing
- HPT entries to the new HPT,
- -EIO on other error conditions
Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's
Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this starts, stops or monitors
the preparation of a new potential HPT for the guest, essentially
implementing the H_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE hypercall.
+::
+
+ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
+ __u64 flags;
+ __u32 shift;
+ __u32 pad;
+ };
+
If called with shift > 0 when there is no pending HPT for the guest,
this begins preparation of a new pending HPT of size 2^(shift) bytes.
It then returns a positive integer with the estimated number of
@@ -3914,14 +3897,6 @@ Normally this will be called repeatedly with the same parameters until
it returns <= 0. The first call will initiate preparation, subsequent
ones will monitor preparation until it completes or fails.
-::
-
- struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
- __u64 flags;
- __u32 shift;
- __u32 pad;
- };
-
4.103 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT
-------------------------------
@@ -3944,6 +3919,14 @@ Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this requests that the guest be
transferred to working with the new HPT, essentially implementing the
H_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT hypercall.
+::
+
+ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
+ __u64 flags;
+ __u32 shift;
+ __u32 pad;
+ };
+
This should only be called after KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE has
returned 0 with the same parameters. In other cases
KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT will return an error (usually -ENXIO or
@@ -3959,14 +3942,6 @@ HPT and the previous HPT will be discarded.
On failure, the guest will still be operating on its previous HPT.
-::
-
- struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
- __u64 flags;
- __u32 shift;
- __u32 pad;
- };
-
4.104 KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED
-----------------------------------
@@ -4432,7 +4407,7 @@ to I/O ports.
:Capability: KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2
:Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips
:Type: vm ioctl
-:Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in)
+:Parameters: struct kvm_clear_dirty_log (in)
:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
::
@@ -4459,10 +4434,9 @@ in KVM's dirty bitmap, and dirty tracking is re-enabled for that page
(for example via write-protection, or by clearing the dirty bit in
a page table entry).
-If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies
-the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap.
-They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for
-the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability.
+If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of slot field specifies
+the address space for which you want to clear the dirty status. See
+KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION for details on the usage of slot field.
This ioctl is mostly useful when KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2
is enabled; for more information, see the description of the capability.
@@ -4508,6 +4482,7 @@ KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID ioctl because some of them intersect with KVM feature
leaves (0x40000000, 0x40000001).
Currently, the following list of CPUID leaves are returned:
+
- HYPERV_CPUID_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS
- HYPERV_CPUID_INTERFACE
- HYPERV_CPUID_VERSION
@@ -4532,6 +4507,7 @@ userspace should not expect to get any particular value there.
Note, vcpu version of KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID is currently deprecated. Unlike
system ioctl which exposes all supported feature bits unconditionally, vcpu
version has the following quirks:
+
- HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES leaf and HV_X64_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS_RECOMMENDED
feature bit are only exposed when Enlightened VMCS was previously enabled
on the corresponding vCPU (KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS).
@@ -4830,6 +4806,137 @@ into user space.
If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
+4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
+--------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
+:Architectures: x86
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_hvm_attr
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+
+::
+
+ struct kvm_xen_hvm_attr {
+ __u16 type;
+ __u16 pad[3];
+ union {
+ __u8 long_mode;
+ __u8 vector;
+ struct {
+ __u64 gfn;
+ } shared_info;
+ __u64 pad[4];
+ } u;
+ };
+
+type values:
+
+KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_LONG_MODE
+ Sets the ABI mode of the VM to 32-bit or 64-bit (long mode). This
+ determines the layout of the shared info pages exposed to the VM.
+
+KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO
+ Sets the guest physical frame number at which the Xen "shared info"
+ page resides. Note that although Xen places vcpu_info for the first
+ 32 vCPUs in the shared_info page, KVM does not automatically do so
+ and instead requires that KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO be used
+ explicitly even when the vcpu_info for a given vCPU resides at the
+ "default" location in the shared_info page. This is because KVM is
+ not aware of the Xen CPU id which is used as the index into the
+ vcpu_info[] array, so cannot know the correct default location.
+
+KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
+ Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls.
+
+4.128 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
+--------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
+:Architectures: x86
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_hvm_attr
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+
+Allows Xen VM attributes to be read. For the structure and types,
+see KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR above.
+
+4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
+---------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
+:Architectures: x86
+:Type: vcpu ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_vcpu_attr
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+
+::
+
+ struct kvm_xen_vcpu_attr {
+ __u16 type;
+ __u16 pad[3];
+ union {
+ __u64 gpa;
+ __u64 pad[4];
+ struct {
+ __u64 state;
+ __u64 state_entry_time;
+ __u64 time_running;
+ __u64 time_runnable;
+ __u64 time_blocked;
+ __u64 time_offline;
+ } runstate;
+ } u;
+ };
+
+type values:
+
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO
+ Sets the guest physical address of the vcpu_info for a given vCPU.
+
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_TIME_INFO
+ Sets the guest physical address of an additional pvclock structure
+ for a given vCPU. This is typically used for guest vsyscall support.
+
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADDR
+ Sets the guest physical address of the vcpu_runstate_info for a given
+ vCPU. This is how a Xen guest tracks CPU state such as steal time.
+
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_CURRENT
+ Sets the runstate (RUNSTATE_running/_runnable/_blocked/_offline) of
+ the given vCPU from the .u.runstate.state member of the structure.
+ KVM automatically accounts running and runnable time but blocked
+ and offline states are only entered explicitly.
+
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_DATA
+ Sets all fields of the vCPU runstate data from the .u.runstate member
+ of the structure, including the current runstate. The state_entry_time
+ must equal the sum of the other four times.
+
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST
+ This *adds* the contents of the .u.runstate members of the structure
+ to the corresponding members of the given vCPU's runstate data, thus
+ permitting atomic adjustments to the runstate times. The adjustment
+ to the state_entry_time must equal the sum of the adjustments to the
+ other four times. The state field must be set to -1, or to a valid
+ runstate value (RUNSTATE_running, RUNSTATE_runnable, RUNSTATE_blocked
+ or RUNSTATE_offline) to set the current accounted state as of the
+ adjusted state_entry_time.
+
+4.130 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
+---------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
+:Architectures: x86
+:Type: vcpu ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_vcpu_attr
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
+
+Allows Xen vCPU attributes to be read. For the structure and types,
+see KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR above.
+
+The KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST type may not be used
+with the KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctl.
5. The kvm_run structure
========================
@@ -4892,9 +4999,12 @@ local APIC is not used.
__u16 flags;
More architecture-specific flags detailing state of the VCPU that may
-affect the device's behavior. The only currently defined flag is
-KVM_RUN_X86_SMM, which is valid on x86 machines and is set if the
-VCPU is in system management mode.
+affect the device's behavior. Current defined flags::
+
+ /* x86, set if the VCPU is in system management mode */
+ #define KVM_RUN_X86_SMM (1 << 0)
+ /* x86, set if bus lock detected in VM */
+ #define KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK (1 << 1)
::
@@ -4995,13 +5105,18 @@ to the byte array.
.. note::
- For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR,
+ For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR, KVM_EXIT_XEN,
KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR the corresponding
operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace
has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish
- incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace
- can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete
- pending operations.
+ incomplete operations and then check for pending signals.
+
+ The pending state of the operation is not preserved in state which is
+ visible to userspace, thus userspace should ensure that the operation is
+ completed before performing a live migration. Userspace can re-enter the
+ guest with an unmasked signal pending or with the immediate_exit field set
+ to complete pending operations without allowing any further instructions
+ to be executed.
::
@@ -5328,6 +5443,34 @@ vCPU execution. If the MSR write was unsuccessful, user space also sets the
::
+
+ struct kvm_xen_exit {
+ #define KVM_EXIT_XEN_HCALL 1
+ __u32 type;
+ union {
+ struct {
+ __u32 longmode;
+ __u32 cpl;
+ __u64 input;
+ __u64 result;
+ __u64 params[6];
+ } hcall;
+ } u;
+ };
+ /* KVM_EXIT_XEN */
+ struct kvm_hyperv_exit xen;
+
+Indicates that the VCPU exits into userspace to process some tasks
+related to Xen emulation.
+
+Valid values for 'type' are:
+
+ - KVM_EXIT_XEN_HCALL -- synchronously notify user-space about Xen hypercall.
+ Userspace is expected to place the hypercall result into the appropriate
+ field before invoking KVM_RUN again.
+
+::
+
/* Fix the size of the union. */
char padding[256];
};
@@ -6037,6 +6180,53 @@ KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications which user space
can then handle to implement model specific MSR handling and/or user notifications
to inform a user that an MSR was not handled.
+7.22 KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT
+-------------------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+:Target: VM
+:Parameters: args[0] defines the policy used when bus locks detected in guest
+:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid bits
+
+Valid bits in args[0] are::
+
+ #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF (1 << 0)
+ #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT (1 << 1)
+
+Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to select
+a policy to handle the bus locks detected in guest. Userspace can obtain
+the supported modes from the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION and define it
+through the KVM_ENABLE_CAP.
+
+KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF and KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT are supported
+currently and mutually exclusive with each other. More bits can be added in
+the future.
+
+With KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF set, bus locks in guest will not cause vm exits
+so that no additional actions are needed. This is the default mode.
+
+With KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT set, vm exits happen when bus lock detected
+in VM. KVM just exits to userspace when handling them. Userspace can enforce
+its own throttling or other policy based mitigations.
+
+This capability is aimed to address the thread that VM can exploit bus locks to
+degree the performance of the whole system. Once the userspace enable this
+capability and select the KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT mode, KVM will set the
+KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK flag in vcpu-run->flags field and exit to userspace. Concerning
+the bus lock vm exit can be preempted by a higher priority VM exit, the exit
+notifications to userspace can be KVM_EXIT_BUS_LOCK or other reasons.
+KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK flag is used to distinguish between them.
+
+7.23 KVM_CAP_PPC_DAWR1
+----------------------
+
+:Architectures: ppc
+:Parameters: none
+:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when CPU doesn't support 2nd DAWR
+
+This capability can be used to check / enable 2nd DAWR feature provided
+by POWER10 processor.
+
8. Other capabilities.
======================
@@ -6414,7 +6604,6 @@ guest according to the bits in the KVM_CPUID_FEATURES CPUID leaf
(0x40000001). Otherwise, a guest may use the paravirtual features
regardless of what has actually been exposed through the CPUID leaf.
-
8.29 KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING
---------------------------
@@ -6501,3 +6690,34 @@ KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG and KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG. After enabling
KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING with an acceptable dirty ring size, the virtual
machine will switch to ring-buffer dirty page tracking and further
KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG or KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG ioctls will fail.
+
+8.30 KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
+--------------------
+
+:Architectures: x86
+
+This capability indicates the features that Xen supports for hosting Xen
+PVHVM guests. Valid flags are::
+
+ #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_HYPERCALL_MSR (1 << 0)
+ #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL (1 << 1)
+ #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO (1 << 2)
+ #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE (1 << 2)
+
+The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_HYPERCALL_MSR flag indicates that the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG
+ioctl is available, for the guest to set its hypercall page.
+
+If KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL is also set, the same flag may also be
+provided in the flags to KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG, without providing hypercall page
+contents, to request that KVM generate hypercall page content automatically
+and also enable interception of guest hypercalls with KVM_EXIT_XEN.
+
+The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO flag indicates the availability of the
+KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR, KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR, KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR and
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctls, as well as the delivery of exception vectors
+for event channel upcalls when the evtchn_upcall_pending field of a vcpu's
+vcpu_info is set.
+
+The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE flag indicates that the runstate-related
+features KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADDR/_CURRENT/_DATA/_ADJUST are
+supported by the KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR/KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctls.