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authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>2022-02-22 09:06:54 -0500
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2022-02-22 09:06:54 -0500
commit93b71801a8274cd9511557faf04365a5de487197 (patch)
treed03be12abb4716efe6900a9b0114c59037982657 /Documentation
parent710c476514313c74045c41c0571bb5178fd16e3d (diff)
KVM: PPC: reserve capability 210 for KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3
Add KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3 to advertise the capability to set the AIL resource mode to 3 with the H_SET_MODE hypercall. This capability differs between processor types and KVM types (PR, HV, Nested HV), and affects guest-visible behaviour. QEMU will implement a cap-ail-mode-3 to control this behaviour[1], and use the KVM CAP if available to determine KVM support[2]. Reviewed-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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@@ -6997,6 +6997,20 @@ indicated by the fd to the VM this is called on.
This is intended to support intra-host migration of VMs between userspace VMMs,
upgrading the VMM process without interrupting the guest.
+7.30 KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3
+-------------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3
+:Architectures: ppc
+:Type: vm
+
+This capability indicates that the kernel supports the mode 3 setting for the
+"Address Translation Mode on Interrupt" aka "Alternate Interrupt Location"
+resource that is controlled with the H_SET_MODE hypercall.
+
+This capability allows a guest kernel to use a better-performance mode for
+handling interrupts and system calls.
+
8. Other capabilities.
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