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authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2010-02-15 10:45:43 +0100
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-04-25 12:39:10 +0300
commita1efbe77c1fd7c34a97a76a61520bf23fb3663f6 (patch)
treed2e42935b12867d1b0dcd9c78bb06f76c0c71078 /Documentation/kvm
parent48005f64d0ea965d454e38b5181af4aba9bdef5b (diff)
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>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
index 9e5de5a1c4e..d170cb43554 100644
--- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt
@@ -718,6 +718,37 @@ If KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW is available, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW can be set in
the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and
shall be written into the VCPU.
+4.32 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS
+Architectures: x86
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (out)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Reads debug registers from the vcpu.
+
+struct kvm_debugregs {
+ __u64 db[4];
+ __u64 dr6;
+ __u64 dr7;
+ __u64 flags;
+ __u64 reserved[9];
+};
+
+4.33 KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS
+Architectures: x86
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (in)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Writes debug registers into the vcpu.
+
+See KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS for the data structure. The flags field is unused
+yet and must be cleared on entry.
+
5. The kvm_run structure