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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/memory.rst | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 27 |
3 files changed, 34 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst b/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst index 2a641ba7be3b..55a55f30eed8 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/memory.rst @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ AArch64 Linux memory layout with 4KB pages + 4 levels (48-bit):: 0000000000000000 0000ffffffffffff 256TB user ffff000000000000 ffff7fffffffffff 128TB kernel logical memory map [ffff600000000000 ffff7fffffffffff] 32TB [kasan shadow region] - ffff800000000000 ffff800007ffffff 128MB modules - ffff800008000000 fffffbffefffffff 124TB vmalloc + ffff800000000000 ffff80007fffffff 2GB modules + ffff800080000000 fffffbffefffffff 124TB vmalloc fffffbfff0000000 fffffbfffdffffff 224MB fixed mappings (top down) fffffbfffe000000 fffffbfffe7fffff 8MB [guard region] fffffbfffe800000 fffffbffff7fffff 16MB PCI I/O space @@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ AArch64 Linux memory layout with 64KB pages + 3 levels (52-bit with HW support): 0000000000000000 000fffffffffffff 4PB user fff0000000000000 ffff7fffffffffff ~4PB kernel logical memory map [fffd800000000000 ffff7fffffffffff] 512TB [kasan shadow region] - ffff800000000000 ffff800007ffffff 128MB modules - ffff800008000000 fffffbffefffffff 124TB vmalloc + ffff800000000000 ffff80007fffffff 2GB modules + ffff800080000000 fffffbffefffffff 124TB vmalloc fffffbfff0000000 fffffbfffdffffff 224MB fixed mappings (top down) fffffbfffe000000 fffffbfffe7fffff 8MB [guard region] fffffbfffe800000 fffffbffff7fffff 16MB PCI I/O space diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst index 9e311bc43e05..cd46e2b20a81 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/silicon-errata.rst @@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ stable kernels. | Allwinner | A64/R18 | UNKNOWN1 | SUN50I_ERRATUM_UNKNOWN1 | +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ +| Ampere | AmpereOne | AC03_CPU_38 | AMPERE_ERRATUM_AC03_CPU_38 | ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ ++----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A510 | #2457168 | ARM64_ERRATUM_2457168 | +----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------------------+ | ARM | Cortex-A510 | #2064142 | ARM64_ERRATUM_2064142 | diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index add067793b90..656bd293c8f4 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -8445,6 +8445,33 @@ structure. When getting the Modified Change Topology Report value, the attr->addr must point to a byte where the value will be stored or retrieved from. +8.40 KVM_CAP_ARM_EAGER_SPLIT_CHUNK_SIZE +--------------------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_EAGER_SPLIT_CHUNK_SIZE +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: arg[0] is the new split chunk size. +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if any memslot was already created. + +This capability sets the chunk size used in Eager Page Splitting. + +Eager Page Splitting improves the performance of dirty-logging (used +in live migrations) when guest memory is backed by huge-pages. It +avoids splitting huge-pages (into PAGE_SIZE pages) on fault, by doing +it eagerly when enabling dirty logging (with the +KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag for a memory region), or when using +KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG. + +The chunk size specifies how many pages to break at a time, using a +single allocation for each chunk. Bigger the chunk size, more pages +need to be allocated ahead of time. + +The chunk size needs to be a valid block size. The list of acceptable +block sizes is exposed in KVM_CAP_ARM_SUPPORTED_BLOCK_SIZES as a +64-bit bitmap (each bit describing a block size). The default value is +0, to disable the eager page splitting. + 9. Known KVM API problems ========================= |