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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index e1d94bf4056e..6386f8c0482e 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ described as 'basic' will be available. Capability: basic Architectures: all Type: system ioctl -Parameters: none +Parameters: machine type identifier (KVM_VM_*) Returns: a VM fd that can be used to control the new virtual machine. The new VM has no virtual cpus and no memory. An mmap() of a VM fd @@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ will access the virtual machine's physical address space; offset zero corresponds to guest physical address zero. Use of mmap() on a VM fd is discouraged if userspace memory allocation (KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY) is available. +You most certainly want to use 0 as machine type. + +In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check +KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as +privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN). 4.3 KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST @@ -213,6 +218,11 @@ allocation of vcpu ids. For example, if userspace wants single-threaded guest vcpus, it should make all vcpu ids be a multiple of the number of vcpus per vcore. +For virtual cpus that have been created with S390 user controlled virtual +machines, the resulting vcpu fd can be memory mapped at page offset +KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET in order to obtain a memory map of the virtual +cpu's hardware control block. + 4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) Capability: basic @@ -1159,6 +1169,14 @@ following flags are specified: /* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */ #define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0) +/* The following two depend on KVM_CAP_PCI_2_3 */ +#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_PCI_2_3 (1 << 1) +#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_MASK_INTX (1 << 2) + +If KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_PCI_2_3 is set, the kernel will manage legacy INTx interrupts +via the PCI-2.3-compliant device-level mask, thus enable IRQ sharing with other +assigned devices or host devices. KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_MASK_INTX specifies the +guest's view on the INTx mask, see KVM_ASSIGN_SET_INTX_MASK for details. The KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU flag is a mandatory option to ensure isolation of the device. Usages not specifying this flag are deprecated. @@ -1399,6 +1417,71 @@ The following flags are defined: If datamatch flag is set, the event will be signaled only if the written value to the registered address is equal to datamatch in struct kvm_ioeventfd. +4.59 KVM_DIRTY_TLB + +Capability: KVM_CAP_SW_TLB +Architectures: ppc +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_tlb (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +struct kvm_dirty_tlb { + __u64 bitmap; + __u32 num_dirty; +}; + +This must be called whenever userspace has changed an entry in the shared +TLB, prior to calling KVM_RUN on the associated vcpu. + +The "bitmap" field is the userspace address of an array. This array +consists of a number of bits, equal to the total number of TLB entries as +determined by the last successful call to KVM_CONFIG_TLB, rounded up to the +nearest multiple of 64. + +Each bit corresponds to one TLB entry, ordered the same as in the shared TLB +array. + +The array is little-endian: the bit 0 is the least significant bit of the +first byte, bit 8 is the least significant bit of the second byte, etc. +This avoids any complications with differing word sizes. + +The "num_dirty" field is a performance hint for KVM to determine whether it +should skip processing the bitmap and just invalidate everything. It must +be set to the number of set bits in the bitmap. + +4.60 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_INTX_MASK + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PCI_2_3 +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Allows userspace to mask PCI INTx interrupts from the assigned device. The +kernel will not deliver INTx interrupts to the guest between setting and +clearing of KVM_ASSIGN_SET_INTX_MASK via this interface. This enables use of +and emulation of PCI 2.3 INTx disable command register behavior. + +This may be used for both PCI 2.3 devices supporting INTx disable natively and +older devices lacking this support. Userspace is responsible for emulating the +read value of the INTx disable bit in the guest visible PCI command register. +When modifying the INTx disable state, userspace should precede updating the +physical device command register by calling this ioctl to inform the kernel of +the new intended INTx mask state. + +Note that the kernel uses the device INTx disable bit to internally manage the +device interrupt state for PCI 2.3 devices. Reads of this register may +therefore not match the expected value. Writes should always use the guest +intended INTx disable value rather than attempting to read-copy-update the +current physical device state. Races between user and kernel updates to the +INTx disable bit are handled lazily in the kernel. It's possible the device +may generate unintended interrupts, but they will not be injected into the +guest. + +See KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ for the data structure. The target device is specified +by assigned_dev_id. In the flags field, only KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_MASK_INTX is +evaluated. + 4.62 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE @@ -1491,6 +1574,101 @@ following algorithm: Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in debugging. +4.65 KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP + +Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL +Architectures: s390 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping (in) +Returns: 0 in case of success + +The parameter is defined like this: + struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping { + __u64 user_addr; + __u64 vcpu_addr; + __u64 length; + }; + +This ioctl maps the memory at "user_addr" with the length "length" to +the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr". All parameters need to +be alligned by 1 megabyte. + +4.66 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP + +Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL +Architectures: s390 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping (in) +Returns: 0 in case of success + +The parameter is defined like this: + struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping { + __u64 user_addr; + __u64 vcpu_addr; + __u64 length; + }; + +This ioctl unmaps the memory in the vcpu's address space starting at +"vcpu_addr" with the length "length". The field "user_addr" is ignored. +All parameters need to be alligned by 1 megabyte. + +4.67 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT + +Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL +Architectures: s390 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: vcpu absolute address (in) +Returns: 0 in case of success + +This call creates a page table entry on the virtual cpu's address space +(for user controlled virtual machines) or the virtual machine's address +space (for regular virtual machines). This only works for minor faults, +thus it's recommended to access subject memory page via the user page +table upfront. This is useful to handle validity intercepts for user +controlled virtual machines to fault in the virtual cpu's lowcore pages +prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl. + +4.68 KVM_SET_ONE_REG + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG +Architectures: all +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in) +Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure + +struct kvm_one_reg { + __u64 id; + __u64 addr; +}; + +Using this ioctl, a single vcpu register can be set to a specific value +defined by user space with the passed in struct kvm_one_reg, where id +refers to the register identifier as described below and addr is a pointer +to a variable with the respective size. There can be architecture agnostic +and architecture specific registers. Each have their own range of operation +and their own constants and width. To keep track of the implemented +registers, find a list below: + + Arch | Register | Width (bits) + | | + PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_HIOR | 64 + +4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG +Architectures: all +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in and out) +Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure + +This ioctl allows to receive the value of a single register implemented +in a vcpu. The register to read is indicated by the "id" field of the +kvm_one_reg struct passed in. On success, the register value can be found +at the memory location pointed to by "addr". + +The list of registers accessible using this interface is identical to the +list in 4.64. + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by @@ -1651,6 +1829,20 @@ s390 specific. s390 specific. + /* KVM_EXIT_S390_UCONTROL */ + struct { + __u64 trans_exc_code; + __u32 pgm_code; + } s390_ucontrol; + +s390 specific. A page fault has occurred for a user controlled virtual +machine (KVM_VM_S390_UNCONTROL) on it's host page table that cannot be +resolved by the kernel. +The program code and the translation exception code that were placed +in the cpu's lowcore are presented here as defined by the z Architecture +Principles of Operation Book in the Chapter for Dynamic Address Translation +(DAT) + /* KVM_EXIT_DCR */ struct { __u32 dcrn; @@ -1693,6 +1885,29 @@ developer registration required to access it). /* Fix the size of the union. */ char padding[256]; }; + + /* + * shared registers between kvm and userspace. + * kvm_valid_regs specifies the register classes set by the host + * kvm_dirty_regs specified the register classes dirtied by userspace + * struct kvm_sync_regs is architecture specific, as well as the + * bits for kvm_valid_regs and kvm_dirty_regs + */ + __u64 kvm_valid_regs; + __u64 kvm_dirty_regs; + union { + struct kvm_sync_regs regs; + char padding[1024]; + } s; + +If KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS is defined, these fields allow userspace to access +certain guest registers without having to call SET/GET_*REGS. Thus we can +avoid some system call overhead if userspace has to handle the exit. +Userspace can query the validity of the structure by checking +kvm_valid_regs for specific bits. These bits are architecture specific +and usually define the validity of a groups of registers. (e.g. one bit + for general purpose registers) + }; 6. Capabilities that can be enabled @@ -1741,3 +1956,45 @@ HTAB address part of SDR1 contains an HVA instead of a GPA, as PAPR keeps the HTAB invisible to the guest. When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL can occur. + +6.3 KVM_CAP_SW_TLB + +Architectures: ppc +Parameters: args[0] is the address of a struct kvm_config_tlb +Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error + +struct kvm_config_tlb { + __u64 params; + __u64 array; + __u32 mmu_type; + __u32 array_len; +}; + +Configures the virtual CPU's TLB array, establishing a shared memory area +between userspace and KVM. The "params" and "array" fields are userspace +addresses of mmu-type-specific data structures. The "array_len" field is an +safety mechanism, and should be set to the size in bytes of the memory that +userspace has reserved for the array. It must be at least the size dictated +by "mmu_type" and "params". + +While KVM_RUN is active, the shared region is under control of KVM. Its +contents are undefined, and any modification by userspace results in +boundedly undefined behavior. + +On return from KVM_RUN, the shared region will reflect the current state of +the guest's TLB. If userspace makes any changes, it must call KVM_DIRTY_TLB +to tell KVM which entries have been changed, prior to calling KVM_RUN again +on this vcpu. + +For mmu types KVM_MMU_FSL_BOOKE_NOHV and KVM_MMU_FSL_BOOKE_HV: + - The "params" field is of type "struct kvm_book3e_206_tlb_params". + - The "array" field points to an array of type "struct + kvm_book3e_206_tlb_entry". + - The array consists of all entries in the first TLB, followed by all + entries in the second TLB. + - Within a TLB, entries are ordered first by increasing set number. Within a + set, entries are ordered by way (increasing ESEL). + - The hash for determining set number in TLB0 is: (MAS2 >> 12) & (num_sets - 1) + where "num_sets" is the tlb_sizes[] value divided by the tlb_ways[] value. + - The tsize field of mas1 shall be set to 4K on TLB0, even though the + hardware ignores this value for TLB0. |
