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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2015-04-07 19:09:20 +0300
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2015-04-07 19:09:20 +0300
commitbf0fb67cf957fc8ecfaaa2819b7d6a0f795e2ef2 (patch)
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parentd44758c0dfc5993a4b9952935a7eae4c91ebb6b4 (diff)
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Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-4.1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into 'kvm-next'
KVM/ARM changes for v4.1: - fixes for live migration - irqfd support - kvm-io-bus & vgic rework to enable ioeventfd - page ageing for stage-2 translation - various cleanups
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt22
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 1490eb0ef798..57d25fdd3d7e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ for vm-wide capabilities.
4.38 KVM_GET_MP_STATE
Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE
-Architectures: x86, s390
+Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (out)
Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ uniprocessor guests).
Possible values are:
- - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86]
+ - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86,arm/arm64]
- KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED: the vcpu is an application processor (AP)
which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86]
- KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED: the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ Possible values are:
is waiting for an interrupt [x86]
- KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector
accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86]
- - KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED: the vcpu is stopped [s390]
+ - KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED: the vcpu is stopped [s390,arm/arm64]
- KVM_MP_STATE_CHECK_STOP: the vcpu is in a special error state [s390]
- KVM_MP_STATE_OPERATING: the vcpu is operating (running or halted)
[s390]
@@ -1031,11 +1031,15 @@ On x86, 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.
+For arm/arm64:
+
+The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and
+KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu is paused or not.
4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE
Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE
-Architectures: x86, s390
+Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (in)
Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
@@ -1047,6 +1051,10 @@ On x86, 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.
+For arm/arm64:
+
+The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and
+KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu should be paused or not.
4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR
@@ -2263,7 +2271,7 @@ into the hash PTE second double word).
4.75 KVM_IRQFD
Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQFD
-Architectures: x86 s390
+Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_irqfd (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
@@ -2289,6 +2297,10 @@ Note that closing the resamplefd is not sufficient to disable the
irqfd. The KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is only necessary on assignment
and need not be specified with KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN.
+On ARM/ARM64, the gsi field in the kvm_irqfd struct specifies the Shared
+Peripheral Interrupt (SPI) index, such that the GIC interrupt ID is
+given by gsi + 32.
+
4.76 KVM_PPC_ALLOCATE_HTAB
Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB