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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index a4d07b866dea..c6857f6b25ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -6473,29 +6473,29 @@ if it decides to decode and emulate the instruction. Used on x86 systems. When the VM capability KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR is enabled, MSR accesses to registers that would invoke a #GP by KVM kernel code -will instead trigger a KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR exit for reads and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR +may instead trigger a KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR exit for reads and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit for writes. -The "reason" field specifies why the MSR trap occurred. User space will only -receive MSR exit traps when a particular reason was requested during through +The "reason" field specifies why the MSR interception occurred. Userspace will +only receive MSR exits when a particular reason was requested during through ENABLE_CAP. Currently valid exit reasons are: KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_UNKNOWN - access to MSR that is unknown to KVM KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_INVAL - access to invalid MSRs or reserved bits KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER - access blocked by KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER -For KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR, the "index" field tells user space which MSR the guest -wants to read. To respond to this request with a successful read, user space +For KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR, the "index" field tells userspace which MSR the guest +wants to read. To respond to this request with a successful read, userspace writes the respective data into the "data" field and must continue guest execution to ensure the read data is transferred into guest register state. -If the RDMSR request was unsuccessful, user space indicates that with a "1" in +If the RDMSR request was unsuccessful, userspace indicates that with a "1" in the "error" field. This will inject a #GP into the guest when the VCPU is executed again. -For KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR, the "index" field tells user space which MSR the guest -wants to write. Once finished processing the event, user space must continue -vCPU execution. If the MSR write was unsuccessful, user space also sets the +For KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR, the "index" field tells userspace which MSR the guest +wants to write. Once finished processing the event, userspace must continue +vCPU execution. If the MSR write was unsuccessful, userspace also sets the "error" field to "1". See KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER for details on the interaction with MSR filtering. @@ -7265,19 +7265,27 @@ the module parameter for the target VM. :Parameters: args[0] contains the mask of KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_* events to report :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error -This capability enables trapping of #GP invoking RDMSR and WRMSR instructions -into user space. +This capability allows userspace to intercept RDMSR and WRMSR instructions if +access to an MSR is denied. By default, KVM injects #GP on denied accesses. When a guest requests to read or write an MSR, KVM may not implement all MSRs that are relevant to a respective system. It also does not differentiate by CPU type. -To allow more fine grained control over MSR handling, user space may enable +To allow more fine grained control over MSR handling, userspace may enable this capability. With it enabled, MSR accesses that match the mask specified in -args[0] and trigger a #GP event inside the guest by KVM will instead trigger -KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications which user space -can then handle to implement model specific MSR handling and/or user notifications -to inform a user that an MSR was not handled. +args[0] and would trigger a #GP inside the guest will instead trigger +KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications. Userspace +can then implement model specific MSR handling and/or user notifications +to inform a user that an MSR was not emulated/virtualized by KVM. + +The valid mask flags are: + + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_UNKNOWN - intercept accesses to unknown (to KVM) MSRs + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_INVAL - intercept accesses that are architecturally + invalid according to the vCPU model and/or mode + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER - intercept accesses that are denied by userspace + via KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER 7.22 KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT ------------------------------- |