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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt | 14 |
3 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index ef925eaa1460..858aecf21db2 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ incompatible change are allowed. However, there is an extension facility that allows backward-compatible extensions to the API to be queried and used. -The extension mechanism is not based on on the Linux version number. +The extension mechanism is not based on the Linux version number. Instead, kvm defines extension identifiers and a facility to query whether a particular extension identifier is available. If it is, a set of ioctls is available for application use. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt index 83afe65d4966..22ff659bc0fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2 || 3 || kvmclock available at msrs KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF || 4 || async pf can be enabled by || || writing to msr 0x4b564d02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT || 7 || guest checks this feature bit + || || before enabling paravirtualized + || || spinlock support. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT || 24 || host will warn if no guest-side || || per-cpu warps are expected in || || kvmclock. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt index ea113b5d87a4..022198e389d7 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt @@ -64,3 +64,17 @@ Purpose: To enable communication between the hypervisor and guest there is a shared page that contains parts of supervisor visible register state. The guest can map this shared page to access its supervisor register through memory using this hypercall. + +5. KVM_HC_KICK_CPU +------------------------ +Architecture: x86 +Status: active +Purpose: Hypercall used to wakeup a vcpu from HLT state +Usage example : A vcpu of a paravirtualized guest that is busywaiting in guest +kernel mode for an event to occur (ex: a spinlock to become available) can +execute HLT instruction once it has busy-waited for more than a threshold +time-interval. Execution of HLT instruction would cause the hypervisor to put +the vcpu to sleep until occurence of an appropriate event. Another vcpu of the +same guest can wakeup the sleeping vcpu by issuing KVM_HC_KICK_CPU hypercall, +specifying APIC ID (a1) of the vcpu to be woken up. An additional argument (a0) +is used in the hypercall for future use. |