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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index c7b165ca70b6..c6212c2d5fe3 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ in-kernel irqchip (GIC), and for in-kernel irqchip can tell the GIC to use PPIs designated for specific cpus. The irq field is interpreted like this:: - bits: | 31 ... 28 | 27 ... 24 | 23 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | + bits: | 31 ... 28 | 27 ... 24 | 23 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | field: | vcpu2_index | irq_type | vcpu_index | irq_id | The irq_type field has the following values: @@ -2149,10 +2149,10 @@ prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl. Errors: ====== ============================================================ - ENOENT no such register - EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in + ENOENT no such register + EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in protected virtualization mode on s390 - EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization + EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization ====== ============================================================ (These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error @@ -2590,10 +2590,10 @@ following id bit patterns:: Errors include: ======== ============================================================ - ENOENT no such register - EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in + ENOENT no such register + EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in protected virtualization mode on s390 - EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization + EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization ======== ============================================================ (These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error @@ -3112,13 +3112,13 @@ current state. "addr" is ignored. Errors: ====== ================================================================= - EINVAL the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid. - ENOENT a features bit specified is unknown. + EINVAL the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid. + ENOENT a features bit specified is unknown. ====== ================================================================= This tells KVM what type of CPU to present to the guest, and what -optional features it should have. This will cause a reset of the cpu -registers to their initial values. If this is not called, KVM_RUN will +optional features it should have. This will cause a reset of the cpu +registers to their initial values. If this is not called, KVM_RUN will return ENOEXEC for that vcpu. The initial values are defined as: @@ -3239,8 +3239,8 @@ VCPU matching underlying host. Errors: ===== ============================================================== - E2BIG the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by - the user (the number required will be written into n). + E2BIG the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by + the user (the number required will be written into n). ===== ============================================================== :: @@ -3288,7 +3288,7 @@ specific device. ARM/arm64 divides the id field into two parts, a device id and an address type id specific to the individual device:: - bits: | 63 ... 32 | 31 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | + bits: | 63 ... 32 | 31 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | field: | 0x00000000 | device id | addr type id | ARM/arm64 currently only require this when using the in-kernel GIC @@ -5077,7 +5077,7 @@ of bytes successfully copied is returned. If the call completes successfully then ``length`` is returned. 4.131 KVM_GET_SREGS2 ------------------- +-------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_SREGS2 :Architectures: x86 @@ -5090,17 +5090,17 @@ This ioctl (when supported) replaces the KVM_GET_SREGS. :: -struct kvm_sregs2 { - /* out (KVM_GET_SREGS2) / in (KVM_SET_SREGS2) */ - struct kvm_segment cs, ds, es, fs, gs, ss; - struct kvm_segment tr, ldt; - struct kvm_dtable gdt, idt; - __u64 cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8; - __u64 efer; - __u64 apic_base; - __u64 flags; - __u64 pdptrs[4]; -}; + struct kvm_sregs2 { + /* out (KVM_GET_SREGS2) / in (KVM_SET_SREGS2) */ + struct kvm_segment cs, ds, es, fs, gs, ss; + struct kvm_segment tr, ldt; + struct kvm_dtable gdt, idt; + __u64 cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8; + __u64 efer; + __u64 apic_base; + __u64 flags; + __u64 pdptrs[4]; + }; flags values for ``kvm_sregs2``: @@ -5110,7 +5110,7 @@ flags values for ``kvm_sregs2``: 4.132 KVM_SET_SREGS2 ------------------- +-------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_SREGS2 :Architectures: x86 @@ -5201,6 +5201,7 @@ trailing ``'\0'``, is indicated by the ``name_size`` field in the header. The descriptors block is only needed to be read once for the lifetime of the file descriptor contains a sequence of ``struct kvm_stats_desc``, each followed by a string of size ``name_size``. +:: #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT 0 #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) @@ -5234,6 +5235,7 @@ by this descriptor. Its endianness is CPU native. The following flags are supported: Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type: + * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE`` The statistics data is cumulative. The value of data can only be increased. Most of the counters used in KVM are of this type. @@ -5252,6 +5254,7 @@ Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type: The corresponding ``size`` field for this type is always 1. Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit: + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE`` There is no unit for the value of statistics data. This usually means that the value is a simple counter of an event. @@ -5266,6 +5269,7 @@ Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit: Bits 8-11 of ``flags``, together with ``exponent``, encode the scale of the unit: + * ``KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10`` The scale is based on power of 10. It is used for measurement of time and CPU clock cycles. For example, an exponent of -9 can be used with @@ -7049,7 +7053,7 @@ In combination with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, this allows user space to trap and emulate MSRs that are outside of the scope of KVM as well as limit the attack surface on KVM's MSR emulation code. -8.28 KVM_CAP_ENFORCE_PV_CPUID +8.28 KVM_CAP_ENFORCE_PV_FEATURE_CPUID ----------------------------- Architectures: x86 @@ -7213,7 +7217,7 @@ supported in the host. A VMM can check whether the service is available to the guest on migration. 8.33 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENFORCE_CPUID ------------------------------ +--------------------------------- Architectures: x86 |