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Paul Bolle
68ba69740b doc: Fix numbering of KVM API description sections
Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>
Reviewed-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2011-02-15 10:28:12 +01:00
Linus Torvalds
55065bc527 Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
* 'kvm-updates/2.6.38' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (142 commits)
  KVM: Initialize fpu state in preemptible context
  KVM: VMX: when entering real mode align segment base to 16 bytes
  KVM: MMU: handle 'map_writable' in set_spte() function
  KVM: MMU: audit: allow audit more guests at the same time
  KVM: Fetch guest cr3 from hardware on demand
  KVM: Replace reads of vcpu->arch.cr3 by an accessor
  KVM: MMU: only write protect mappings at pagetable level
  KVM: VMX: Correct asm constraint in vmcs_load()/vmcs_clear()
  KVM: MMU: Initialize base_role for tdp mmus
  KVM: VMX: Optimize atomic EFER load
  KVM: VMX: Add definitions for more vm entry/exit control bits
  KVM: SVM: copy instruction bytes from VMCB
  KVM: SVM: implement enhanced INVLPG intercept
  KVM: SVM: enhance mov DR intercept handler
  KVM: SVM: enhance MOV CR intercept handler
  KVM: SVM: add new SVM feature bit names
  KVM: cleanup emulate_instruction
  KVM: move complete_insn_gp() into x86.c
  KVM: x86: fix CR8 handling
  KVM guest: Fix kvm clock initialization when it's configured out
  ...
2011-01-13 10:14:24 -08:00
Jan Kiszka
49f4817204 KVM: Document device assigment API
Adds API documentation for KVM_[DE]ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE,
KVM_[DE]ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ, KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING, KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_NR, and
KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_ENTRY.

Acked-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-01-12 11:29:25 +02:00
Uwe Kleine-König
b595076a18 tree-wide: fix comment/printk typos
"gadget", "through", "command", "maintain", "maintain", "controller", "address",
"between", "initiali[zs]e", "instead", "function", "select", "already",
"equal", "access", "management", "hierarchy", "registration", "interest",
"relative", "memory", "offset", "already",

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2010-11-01 15:38:34 -04:00
Avi Kivity
c39cbd2a00 KVM: Document that KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID may return emulated values
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:52:48 +02:00
Alexander Graf
6f7a2bd41f KVM: PPC: Document KVM_INTERRUPT ioctl
This adds some documentation for the KVM_INTERRUPT special cases that
PowerPC now implements.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
2010-10-24 10:52:20 +02:00
Alexander Graf
15711e9c92 KVM: PPC: Add get_pvinfo interface to query hypercall instructions
We need to tell the guest the opcodes that make up a hypercall through
interfaces that are controlled by userspace. So we need to add a call
for userspace to allow it to query those opcodes so it can pass them
on.

This is required because the hypercall opcodes can change based on
the hypervisor conditions. If we're running in hardware accelerated
hypervisor mode, a hypercall looks different from when we're running
without hardware acceleration.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-10-24 10:50:57 +02:00
Avi Kivity
d153513dde KVM: Document KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID2 ioctl
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-08-02 06:40:50 +03:00
Avi Kivity
2e2602ca5d KVM: Document MCE banks non-exposure via KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-08-02 06:40:38 +03:00
Avi Kivity
b74a07beed KVM: Remove kernel-allocated memory regions
Equivalent (and better) functionality is provided by user-allocated memory
regions.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01 10:47:01 +03:00
Avi Kivity
a1f4d39500 KVM: Remove memory alias support
As advertised in feature-removal-schedule.txt.  Equivalent support is provided
by overlapping memory regions.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01 10:47:00 +03:00
Sheng Yang
2d5b5a6655 KVM: x86: XSAVE/XRSTOR live migration support
This patch enable save/restore of xsave state.

Signed-off-by: Sheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-08-01 10:46:37 +03:00
Avi Kivity
57bc24cfd6 KVM: Document KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01 10:35:40 +03:00
Avi Kivity
47dbb84f9e KVM: Document KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP ioctl
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-08-01 10:35:40 +03:00
Avi Kivity
b843f06548 KVM: Document KVM_GET_MP_STATE and KVM_SET_MP_STATE
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-05-17 12:19:30 +03:00
Avi Kivity
647dc49eeb KVM: Document replacements for KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-05-17 12:17:22 +03:00
Alexander Graf
ad0a048b09 KVM: PPC: Add OSI hypercall interface
MOL uses its own hypercall interface to call back into userspace when
the guest wants to do something.

So let's implement that as an exit reason, specify it with a CAP and
only really use it when userspace wants us to.

The only user of it so far is MOL.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-05-17 12:17:10 +03:00
Alexander Graf
71fbfd5f38 KVM: Add support for enabling capabilities per-vcpu
Some times we don't want all capabilities to be available to all
our vcpus. One example for that is the OSI interface, implemented
in the next patch.

In order to have a generic mechanism in how to enable capabilities
individually, this patch introduces a new ioctl that can be used
for this purpose. That way features we don't want in all guests or
userspace configurations can just not be enabled and we're good.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-05-17 12:17:09 +03:00
Avi Kivity
8a5416db83 KVM: Document KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-05-17 12:16:47 +03:00
Avi Kivity
0f2d8f4dd0 KVM: Document KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-05-17 12:16:46 +03:00
Jan Kiszka
a1efbe77c1 KVM: x86: Add support for saving&restoring debug registers
So far user space was not able to save and restore debug registers for
migration or after reset. Plug this hole.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-04-25 12:39:10 +03:00
Jan Kiszka
48005f64d0 KVM: x86: Save&restore interrupt shadow mask
The interrupt shadow created by STI or MOV-SS-like operations is part of
the VCPU state and must be preserved across migration. Transfer it in
the spare padding field of kvm_vcpu_events.interrupt.

As a side effect we now have to make vmx_set_interrupt_shadow robust
against both shadow types being set. Give MOV SS a higher priority and
skip STI in that case to avoid that VMX throws a fault on next entry.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-04-25 12:38:28 +03:00
Marcelo Tosatti
679613442f KVM: add doc note about PIO/MMIO completion API
Document that partially emulated instructions leave the guest state
inconsistent, and that the kernel will complete operations before
checking for pending signals.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2010-04-25 12:26:32 +03:00
Wu Fengguang
2044892d4a KVM: trivial document fixes
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2010-03-01 12:35:43 -03:00
Jan Kiszka
dab4b911a5 KVM: x86: Extend KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS with selective updates
User space may not want to overwrite asynchronously changing VCPU event
states on write-back. So allow to skip nmi.pending and sipi_vector by
setting corresponding bits in the flags field of kvm_vcpu_events.

[avi: advertise the bits in KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS]

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-12-27 13:36:33 -02:00
Jan Kiszka
3cfc3092f4 KVM: x86: Add KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS
This new IOCTL exports all yet user-invisible states related to
exceptions, interrupts, and NMIs. Together with appropriate user space
changes, this fixes sporadic problems of vmsave/restore, live migration
and system reset.

[avi: future-proof abi by adding a flags field]

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-12-03 09:32:25 +02:00
Glauber Costa
afbcf7ab8d KVM: allow userspace to adjust kvmclock offset
When we migrate a kvm guest that uses pvclock between two hosts, we may
suffer a large skew. This is because there can be significant differences
between the monotonic clock of the hosts involved. When a new host with
a much larger monotonic time starts running the guest, the view of time
will be significantly impacted.

Situation is much worse when we do the opposite, and migrate to a host with
a smaller monotonic clock.

This proposed ioctl will allow userspace to inform us what is the monotonic
clock value in the source host, so we can keep the time skew short, and
more importantly, never goes backwards. Userspace may also need to trigger
the current data, since from the first migration onwards, it won't be
reflected by a simple call to clock_gettime() anymore.

[marcelo: future-proof abi with a flags field]
[jan: fix KVM_GET_CLOCK by clearing flags field instead of checking it]

Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-12-03 09:32:19 +02:00
Ed Swierk
ffde22ac53 KVM: Xen PV-on-HVM guest support
Support for Xen PV-on-HVM guests can be implemented almost entirely in
userspace, except for handling one annoying MSR that maps a Xen
hypercall blob into guest address space.

A generic mechanism to delegate MSR writes to userspace seems overkill
and risks encouraging similar MSR abuse in the future.  Thus this patch
adds special support for the Xen HVM MSR.

I implemented a new ioctl, KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG, that lets userspace tell
KVM which MSR the guest will write to, as well as the starting address
and size of the hypercall blobs (one each for 32-bit and 64-bit) that
userspace has loaded from files.  When the guest writes to the MSR, KVM
copies one page of the blob from userspace to the guest.

I've tested this patch with a hacked-up version of Gerd's userspace
code, booting a number of guests (CentOS 5.3 i386 and x86_64, and
FreeBSD 8.0-RC1 amd64) and exercising PV network and block devices.

[jan: fix i386 build warning]
[avi: future proof abi with a flags field]

Signed-off-by: Ed Swierk <eswierk@aristanetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-12-03 09:32:18 +02:00
Avi Kivity
5dadbfd647 KVM: Document KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-09-10 10:46:55 +03:00
Avi Kivity
9c1b96e347 KVM: Document basic API
Document the basic API corresponding to the 2.6.22 release.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2009-09-10 08:33:09 +03:00