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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt82
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt25
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vm.txt87
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt4
4 files changed, 186 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index a4482cce4bae..5237e1b2fd66 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1482,6 +1482,11 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_msi {
__u32 pad;
};
+On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS
+feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled,
+address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the destination id. Bits 7-0 of
+address_hi must be zero.
+
struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter {
__u64 ind_addr;
__u64 summary_addr;
@@ -1583,6 +1588,17 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state {
Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument. The
data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
+If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is
+enabled, then the format of APIC_ID register depends on the APIC mode
+(reported by MSR_IA32_APICBASE) of its VCPU. x2APIC stores APIC ID in
+the APIC_ID register (bytes 32-35). xAPIC only allows an 8-bit APIC ID
+which is stored in bits 31-24 of the APIC register, or equivalently in
+byte 35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's regs field. KVM_GET_LAPIC must then
+be called after MSR_IA32_APICBASE has been set with KVM_SET_MSR.
+
+If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature is disabled, struct kvm_lapic_state
+always uses xAPIC format.
+
4.58 KVM_SET_LAPIC
@@ -1600,6 +1616,10 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state {
Copies the input argument into the Local APIC registers. The data format
and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
+The format of the APIC ID register (bytes 32-35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's
+regs field) depends on the state of the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability.
+See the note in KVM_GET_LAPIC.
+
4.59 KVM_IOEVENTFD
@@ -2032,6 +2052,12 @@ registers, find a list below:
MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG5 | 32
MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG7 | 32
MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ERROREPC | 64
+ MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH1 | 64
+ MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH2 | 64
+ MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH3 | 64
+ MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH4 | 64
+ MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH5 | 64
+ MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH6 | 64
MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_CTL | 64
MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_RESUME | 64
MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_HZ | 64
@@ -2156,7 +2182,7 @@ after pausing the vcpu, but before it is resumed.
4.71 KVM_SIGNAL_MSI
Capability: KVM_CAP_SIGNAL_MSI
-Architectures: x86
+Architectures: x86 arm64
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_msi (in)
Returns: >0 on delivery, 0 if guest blocked the MSI, and -1 on error
@@ -2169,10 +2195,22 @@ struct kvm_msi {
__u32 address_hi;
__u32 data;
__u32 flags;
- __u8 pad[16];
+ __u32 devid;
+ __u8 pad[12];
};
-No flags are defined so far. The corresponding field must be 0.
+flags: KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: devid contains a valid value
+devid: If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, contains a unique device identifier
+ for the device that wrote the MSI message.
+ For PCI, this is usually a BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits.
+
+The per-VM KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the need to provide
+the device ID. If this capability is not set, userland cannot rely on
+the kernel to allow the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag being set.
+
+On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is
+enabled. If it is enabled, address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the
+destination id. Bits 7-0 of address_hi must be zero.
4.71 KVM_CREATE_PIT2
@@ -2520,6 +2558,7 @@ Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Errors:
ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
+ or hardware support is missing.
EPERM: The attribute cannot (currently) be accessed this way
(e.g. read-only attribute, or attribute that only makes
sense when the device is in a different state)
@@ -2547,6 +2586,7 @@ Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Errors:
ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
+ or hardware support is missing.
Tests whether a device supports a particular attribute. A successful
return indicates the attribute is implemented. It does not necessarily
@@ -3803,6 +3843,42 @@ Allows use of runtime-instrumentation introduced with zEC12 processor.
Will return -EINVAL if the machine does not support runtime-instrumentation.
Will return -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created.
+7.7 KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API
+
+Architectures: x86
+Parameters: args[0] - features that should be enabled
+Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid features
+
+Valid feature flags in args[0] are
+
+#define KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS (1ULL << 0)
+#define KVM_X2APIC_API_DISABLE_BROADCAST_QUIRK (1ULL << 1)
+
+Enabling KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS changes the behavior of
+KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING, KVM_SIGNAL_MSI, KVM_SET_LAPIC, and KVM_GET_LAPIC,
+allowing the use of 32-bit APIC IDs. See KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API in their
+respective sections.
+
+KVM_X2APIC_API_DISABLE_BROADCAST_QUIRK must be enabled for x2APIC to work
+in logical mode or with more than 255 VCPUs. Otherwise, KVM treats 0xff
+as a broadcast even in x2APIC mode in order to support physical x2APIC
+without interrupt remapping. This is undesirable in logical mode,
+where 0xff represents CPUs 0-7 in cluster 0.
+
+7.8 KVM_CAP_S390_USER_INSTR0
+
+Architectures: s390
+Parameters: none
+
+With this capability enabled, all illegal instructions 0x0000 (2 bytes) will
+be intercepted and forwarded to user space. User space can use this
+mechanism e.g. to realize 2-byte software breakpoints. The kernel will
+not inject an operating exception for these instructions, user space has
+to take care of that.
+
+This capability can be enabled dynamically even if VCPUs were already
+created and are running.
+
8. Other capabilities.
----------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
index 59541d49e15c..89182f80cc7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
@@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller (VGIC)
Device types supported:
KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0
KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v3.0
+ KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS ARM Interrupt Translation Service Controller
-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.
+Only one VGIC instance of the V2/V3 types above 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.
Creating a guest GICv3 device requires a host GICv3 as well.
GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow a guest GICv2
as well.
+Creating a virtual ITS controller requires a host GICv3 (but does not depend
+on having physical ITS controllers).
+There can be multiple ITS controllers per guest, each of them has to have
+a separate, non-overlapping MMIO region.
+
Groups:
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR
Attributes:
@@ -39,6 +45,13 @@ Groups:
Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3.
This address needs to be 64K aligned.
+ KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_ITS (rw, 64-bit)
+ Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 ITS
+ control register frame. The ITS allows MSI(-X) interrupts to be
+ injected into guests. This extension is optional. If the kernel
+ does not support the ITS, the call returns -ENODEV.
+ Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS.
+ This address needs to be 64K aligned and the region covers 128K.
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
Attributes:
@@ -109,8 +122,8 @@ Groups:
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL
Attributes:
KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
- request the initialization of the VGIC, no additional parameter in
- kvm_device_attr.addr.
+ request the initialization of the VGIC or ITS, no additional parameter
+ in kvm_device_attr.addr.
Errors:
-ENXIO: VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling
this attribute
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vm.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vm.txt
index a9ea8774a45f..b6cda49f2ba4 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vm.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ Enables Collaborative Memory Management Assist (CMMA) for the virtual machine.
1.2. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_S390_VM_MEM_CLR_CMMA
Parameters: none
-Returns: 0
+Returns: -EINVAL if CMMA was not enabled
+ 0 otherwise
Clear the CMMA status for all guest pages, so any pages the guest marked
as unused are again used any may not be reclaimed by the host.
@@ -85,6 +86,90 @@ Returns: -EBUSY in case 1 or more vcpus are already activated (only in write
-ENOMEM if not enough memory is available to process the ioctl
0 in case of success
+2.3. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_S390_VM_CPU_MACHINE_FEAT (r/o)
+
+Allows user space to retrieve available cpu features. A feature is available if
+provided by the hardware and supported by kvm. In theory, cpu features could
+even be completely emulated by kvm.
+
+struct kvm_s390_vm_cpu_feat {
+ __u64 feat[16]; # Bitmap (1 = feature available), MSB 0 bit numbering
+};
+
+Parameters: address of a buffer to load the feature list from.
+Returns: -EFAULT if the given address is not accessible from kernel space.
+ 0 in case of success.
+
+2.4. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_S390_VM_CPU_PROCESSOR_FEAT (r/w)
+
+Allows user space to retrieve or change enabled cpu features for all VCPUs of a
+VM. Features that are not available cannot be enabled.
+
+See 2.3. for a description of the parameter struct.
+
+Parameters: address of a buffer to store/load the feature list from.
+Returns: -EFAULT if the given address is not accessible from kernel space.
+ -EINVAL if a cpu feature that is not available is to be enabled.
+ -EBUSY if at least one VCPU has already been defined.
+ 0 in case of success.
+
+2.5. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_S390_VM_CPU_MACHINE_SUBFUNC (r/o)
+
+Allows user space to retrieve available cpu subfunctions without any filtering
+done by a set IBC. These subfunctions are indicated to the guest VCPU via
+query or "test bit" subfunctions and used e.g. by cpacf functions, plo and ptff.
+
+A subfunction block is only valid if KVM_S390_VM_CPU_MACHINE contains the
+STFL(E) bit introducing the affected instruction. If the affected instruction
+indicates subfunctions via a "query subfunction", the response block is
+contained in the returned struct. If the affected instruction
+indicates subfunctions via a "test bit" mechanism, the subfunction codes are
+contained in the returned struct in MSB 0 bit numbering.
+
+struct kvm_s390_vm_cpu_subfunc {
+ u8 plo[32]; # always valid (ESA/390 feature)
+ u8 ptff[16]; # valid with TOD-clock steering
+ u8 kmac[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist
+ u8 kmc[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist
+ u8 km[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist
+ u8 kimd[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist
+ u8 klmd[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist
+ u8 pckmo[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist-Extension 3
+ u8 kmctr[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist-Extension 4
+ u8 kmf[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist-Extension 4
+ u8 kmo[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist-Extension 4
+ u8 pcc[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist-Extension 4
+ u8 ppno[16]; # valid with Message-Security-Assist-Extension 5
+ u8 reserved[1824]; # reserved for future instructions
+};
+
+Parameters: address of a buffer to load the subfunction blocks from.
+Returns: -EFAULT if the given address is not accessible from kernel space.
+ 0 in case of success.
+
+2.6. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_S390_VM_CPU_PROCESSOR_SUBFUNC (r/w)
+
+Allows user space to retrieve or change cpu subfunctions to be indicated for
+all VCPUs of a VM. This attribute will only be available if kernel and
+hardware support are in place.
+
+The kernel uses the configured subfunction blocks for indication to
+the guest. A subfunction block will only be used if the associated STFL(E) bit
+has not been disabled by user space (so the instruction to be queried is
+actually available for the guest).
+
+As long as no data has been written, a read will fail. The IBC will be used
+to determine available subfunctions in this case, this will guarantee backward
+compatibility.
+
+See 2.5. for a description of the parameter struct.
+
+Parameters: address of a buffer to store/load the subfunction blocks from.
+Returns: -EFAULT if the given address is not accessible from kernel space.
+ -EINVAL when reading, if there was no write yet.
+ -EBUSY if at least one VCPU has already been defined.
+ 0 in case of success.
+
3. GROUP: KVM_S390_VM_TOD
Architectures: s390
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
index 19f94a6b9bb0..f2491a8c68b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/locking.txt
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ In mmu_spte_clear_track_bits():
old_spte = *spte;
/* 'if' condition is satisfied. */
- if (old_spte.Accssed == 1 &&
+ if (old_spte.Accessed == 1 &&
old_spte.W == 0)
spte = 0ull;
on fast page fault path:
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ In mmu_spte_clear_track_bits():
old_spte = xchg(spte, 0ull)
- if (old_spte.Accssed == 1)
+ if (old_spte.Accessed == 1)
kvm_set_pfn_accessed(spte.pfn);
if (old_spte.Dirty == 1)
kvm_set_pfn_dirty(spte.pfn);