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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-03-09 13:50:42 +0300
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-03-09 13:50:42 +0300
commitab92f30875a7ec3e84644a5494febd8901e66742 (patch)
tree5254eb36b20b0d1c584c15d0bf3d6a5a9c1bb451 /Documentation/virtual
parentbb9eadf0c35f2e7eb5ca6468f46ebb7473b85537 (diff)
parentb40c4892d175874d118860c8282a85ee7b64bcbb (diff)
downloadlinux-ab92f30875a7ec3e84644a5494febd8901e66742.tar.xz
Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-4.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into HEAD
KVM/ARM updates for 4.6 - VHE support so that we can run the kernel at EL2 on ARMv8.1 systems - PMU support for guests - 32bit world switch rewritten in C - Various optimizations to the vgic save/restore code Conflicts: include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt12
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt33
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 335fe889efd9..4d0542c5206b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2507,8 +2507,9 @@ struct kvm_create_device {
4.80 KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR/KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device
-Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device,
+ KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device
+Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Errors:
@@ -2533,8 +2534,9 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
4.81 KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device
-Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device,
+ KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device
+Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Errors:
@@ -2577,6 +2579,8 @@ Possible features:
Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT (arm64 only).
- KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 for the CPU.
Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2.
+ - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3: Emulate PMUv3 for the CPU.
+ Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3.
4.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c04165868faf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Generic vcpu interface
+====================================
+
+The virtual cpu "device" also accepts the ioctls KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR,
+KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR, and KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR. The interface uses the same struct
+kvm_device_attr as other devices, but targets VCPU-wide settings and controls.
+
+The groups and attributes per virtual cpu, if any, are architecture specific.
+
+1. GROUP: KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_CTRL
+Architectures: ARM64
+
+1.1. ATTRIBUTE: KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_IRQ
+Parameters: in kvm_device_attr.addr the address for PMU overflow interrupt is a
+ pointer to an int
+Returns: -EBUSY: The PMU overflow interrupt is already set
+ -ENXIO: The overflow interrupt not set when attempting to get it
+ -ENODEV: PMUv3 not supported
+ -EINVAL: Invalid PMU overflow interrupt number supplied
+
+A value describing the PMUv3 (Performance Monitor Unit v3) overflow interrupt
+number for this vcpu. This interrupt could be a PPI or SPI, but the interrupt
+type must be same for each vcpu. As a PPI, the interrupt number is the same for
+all vcpus, while as an SPI it must be a separate number per vcpu.
+
+1.2 ATTRIBUTE: KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_INIT
+Parameters: no additional parameter in kvm_device_attr.addr
+Returns: -ENODEV: PMUv3 not supported
+ -ENXIO: PMUv3 not properly configured as required prior to calling this
+ attribute
+ -EBUSY: PMUv3 already initialized
+
+Request the initialization of the PMUv3.