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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 7945b0bd35e..e1d94bf4056 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1100,6 +1100,15 @@ emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows: eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for this function/index combination +The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned +as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC +support. Instead it is reported via + + ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER) + +if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the +feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2. + 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO @@ -1151,6 +1160,13 @@ following flags are specified: /* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */ #define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0) +The KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU flag is a mandatory option to ensure +isolation of the device. Usages not specifying this flag are deprecated. + +Only PCI header type 0 devices with PCI BAR resources are supported by +device assignment. The user requesting this ioctl must have read/write +access to the PCI sysfs resource files associated with the device. + 4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT @@ -1450,6 +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 |