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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 6cd63a9010fb..651caaf3dfa2 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -148,9 +148,9 @@ of banks, as set via the KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE ioctl. 4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION -Capability: basic +Capability: basic, KVM_CAP_CHECK_EXTENSION_VM for vm ioctl Architectures: all -Type: system ioctl +Type: system ioctl, vm ioctl Parameters: extension identifier (KVM_CAP_*) Returns: 0 if unsupported; 1 (or some other positive integer) if supported @@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ receives an integer that describes the extension availability. Generally 0 means no and 1 means yes, but some extensions may report additional information in the integer return value. +Based on their initialization different VMs may have different capabilities. +It is thus encouraged to use the vm ioctl to query for capabilities (available +with KVM_CAP_CHECK_EXTENSION_VM on the vm fd) 4.5 KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE @@ -969,18 +972,20 @@ uniprocessor guests). Possible values are: - - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running + - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86, ia64] - KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED: the vcpu is an application processor (AP) - which has not yet received an INIT signal + which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86, + ia64] - KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED: the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is - now ready for a SIPI + now ready for a SIPI [x86, ia64] - KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and - is waiting for an interrupt + is waiting for an interrupt [x86, ia64] - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector - accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) + accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86, ia64] -This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel -irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. +On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an +in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on +these architectures. 4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE @@ -994,8 +999,9 @@ Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error Sets the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state"; see KVM_GET_MP_STATE for arguments. -This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel -irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. +On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an +in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on +these architectures. 4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR @@ -2705,6 +2711,21 @@ It gets triggered whenever both KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR are enabled and an external interrupt has just been delivered into the guest. User space should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field. + /* KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT */ + struct { +#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN 1 +#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET 2 + __u32 type; + __u64 flags; + } system_event; + +If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT then the vcpu has triggered +a system-level event using some architecture specific mechanism (hypercall +or some special instruction). In case of ARM/ARM64, this is triggered using +HVC instruction based PSCI call from the vcpu. The 'type' field describes +the system-level event type. The 'flags' field describes architecture +specific flags for the system-level event. + /* Fix the size of the union. */ char padding[256]; }; |