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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-10 09:57:11 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-10 09:57:11 -0800 |
commit | 3dcf6c1b6b29f327ec24a1986aaa8eba399b463f (patch) | |
tree | 51e8d0659aa3e4aa50ac94cf13051fef135bda19 /Documentation | |
parent | e4e11180dfa545233e5145919b75b7fac88638df (diff) | |
parent | da69dee073a27ee2d4e50c9b19e9faf8776857eb (diff) |
Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
* 'kvm-updates/3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (74 commits)
KVM: PPC: Whitespace fix for kvm.h
KVM: Fix whitespace in kvm_para.h
KVM: PPC: annotate kvm_rma_init as __init
KVM: x86 emulator: implement RDPMC (0F 33)
KVM: x86 emulator: fix RDPMC privilege check
KVM: Expose the architectural performance monitoring CPUID leaf
KVM: VMX: Intercept RDPMC
KVM: SVM: Intercept RDPMC
KVM: Add generic RDPMC support
KVM: Expose a version 2 architectural PMU to a guests
KVM: Expose kvm_lapic_local_deliver()
KVM: x86 emulator: Use opcode::execute for Group 9 instruction
KVM: x86 emulator: Use opcode::execute for Group 4/5 instructions
KVM: x86 emulator: Use opcode::execute for Group 1A instruction
KVM: ensure that debugfs entries have been created
KVM: drop bsp_vcpu pointer from kvm struct
KVM: x86: Consolidate PIT legacy test
KVM: x86: Do not rely on implicit inclusions
KVM: Make KVM_INTEL depend on CPU_SUP_INTEL
KVM: Use memdup_user instead of kmalloc/copy_from_user
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 3 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 25 |
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 284b4425975..5575759b84e 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -350,15 +350,6 @@ Who: anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org> ---------------------------- -What: KVM paravirt mmu host support -When: January 2011 -Why: The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both - on newer and older hardware. It is already not exposed to the guest, - and kept only for live migration purposes. -Who: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> - ----------------------------- - What: iwlwifi 50XX module parameters When: 3.0 Why: The "..50" modules parameters were used to configure 5000 series and diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 7b2e5c5eefa..e69a461a06c 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1178,9 +1178,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs. Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP) - kvm.oos_shadow= [KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging. - Default is 1 (enabled) - kvm.mmu_audit= [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit KVM MMU at runtime. Default is 0 (off) diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index e2a4b528736..e1d94bf4056 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1466,6 +1466,31 @@ is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it, because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility. +4.64 KVM_NMI + +Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_NMI +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: none +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Queues an NMI on the thread's vcpu. Note this is well defined only +when KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP has not been called, since this is an interface +between the virtual cpu core and virtual local APIC. After KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP +has been called, this interface is completely emulated within the kernel. + +To use this to emulate the LINT1 input with KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, use the +following algorithm: + + - pause the vpcu + - read the local APIC's state (KVM_GET_LAPIC) + - check whether changing LINT1 will queue an NMI (see the LVT entry for LINT1) + - if so, issue KVM_NMI + - resume the vcpu + +Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in +debugging. + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |