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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 194 |
1 files changed, 187 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 03145b7cafaa..f1945d8cbccb 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -2443,18 +2443,20 @@ are, it will do nothing and return an EBUSY error. The parameter is a pointer to a 32-bit unsigned integer variable containing the order (log base 2) of the desired size of the hash table, which must be between 18 and 46. On successful return from the -ioctl, it will have been updated with the order of the hash table that -was allocated. +ioctl, the value will not be changed by the kernel. If no hash table has been allocated when any vcpu is asked to run (with the KVM_RUN ioctl), the host kernel will allocate a default-sized hash table (16 MB). If this ioctl is called when a hash table has already been allocated, -the kernel will clear out the existing hash table (zero all HPTEs) and -return the hash table order in the parameter. (If the guest is using -the virtualized real-mode area (VRMA) facility, the kernel will -re-create the VMRA HPTEs on the next KVM_RUN of any vcpu.) +with a different order from the existing hash table, the existing hash +table will be freed and a new one allocated. If this is ioctl is +called when a hash table has already been allocated of the same order +as specified, the kernel will clear out the existing hash table (zero +all HPTEs). In either case, if the guest is using the virtualized +real-mode area (VRMA) facility, the kernel will re-create the VMRA +HPTEs on the next KVM_RUN of any vcpu. 4.77 KVM_S390_INTERRUPT @@ -3177,7 +3179,7 @@ of IOMMU pages. The rest of functionality is identical to KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE. -4.98 KVM_REINJECT_CONTROL +4.99 KVM_REINJECT_CONTROL Capability: KVM_CAP_REINJECT_CONTROL Architectures: x86 @@ -3201,6 +3203,166 @@ struct kvm_reinject_control { pit_reinject = 0 (!reinject mode) is recommended, unless running an old operating system that uses the PIT for timing (e.g. Linux 2.4.x). +4.100 KVM_PPC_CONFIGURE_V3_MMU + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU or KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 +Architectures: ppc +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg (in) +Returns: 0 on success, + -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg cannot be read, + -EINVAL if the configuration is invalid + +This ioctl controls whether the guest will use radix or HPT (hashed +page table) translation, and sets the pointer to the process table for +the guest. + +struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg { + __u64 flags; + __u64 process_table; +}; + +There are two bits that can be set in flags; KVM_PPC_MMUV3_RADIX and +KVM_PPC_MMUV3_GTSE. KVM_PPC_MMUV3_RADIX, if set, configures the guest +to use radix tree translation, and if clear, to use HPT translation. +KVM_PPC_MMUV3_GTSE, if set and if KVM permits it, configures the guest +to be able to use the global TLB and SLB invalidation instructions; +if clear, the guest may not use these instructions. + +The process_table field specifies the address and size of the guest +process table, which is in the guest's space. This field is formatted +as the second doubleword of the partition table entry, as defined in +the Power ISA V3.00, Book III section 5.7.6.1. + +4.101 KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO + +Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU +Architectures: ppc +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info (out) +Returns: 0 on success, + -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info cannot be written, + -EINVAL if no useful information can be returned + +This ioctl returns a structure containing two things: (a) a list +containing supported radix tree geometries, and (b) a list that maps +page sizes to put in the "AP" (actual page size) field for the tlbie +(TLB invalidate entry) instruction. + +struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info { + struct kvm_ppc_radix_geom { + __u8 page_shift; + __u8 level_bits[4]; + __u8 pad[3]; + } geometries[8]; + __u32 ap_encodings[8]; +}; + +The geometries[] field gives up to 8 supported geometries for the +radix page table, in terms of the log base 2 of the smallest page +size, and the number of bits indexed at each level of the tree, from +the PTE level up to the PGD level in that order. Any unused entries +will have 0 in the page_shift field. + +The ap_encodings gives the supported page sizes and their AP field +encodings, encoded with the AP value in the top 3 bits and the log +base 2 of the page size in the bottom 6 bits. + +4.102 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT +Architectures: powerpc +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in) +Returns: 0 on successful completion, + >0 if a new HPT is being prepared, the value is an estimated + number of milliseconds until preparation is complete + -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read, + -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid + -ENOMEM if unable to allocate the new HPT + -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision when moving existing + HPT entries to the new HPT + -EIO on other error conditions + +Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's +Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this starts, stops or monitors +the preparation of a new potential HPT for the guest, essentially +implementing the H_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE hypercall. + +If called with shift > 0 when there is no pending HPT for the guest, +this begins preparation of a new pending HPT of size 2^(shift) bytes. +It then returns a positive integer with the estimated number of +milliseconds until preparation is complete. + +If called when there is a pending HPT whose size does not match that +requested in the parameters, discards the existing pending HPT and +creates a new one as above. + +If called when there is a pending HPT of the size requested, will: + * If preparation of the pending HPT is already complete, return 0 + * If preparation of the pending HPT has failed, return an error + code, then discard the pending HPT. + * If preparation of the pending HPT is still in progress, return an + estimated number of milliseconds until preparation is complete. + +If called with shift == 0, discards any currently pending HPT and +returns 0 (i.e. cancels any in-progress preparation). + +flags is reserved for future expansion, currently setting any bits in +flags will result in an -EINVAL. + +Normally this will be called repeatedly with the same parameters until +it returns <= 0. The first call will initiate preparation, subsequent +ones will monitor preparation until it completes or fails. + +struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { + __u64 flags; + __u32 shift; + __u32 pad; +}; + +4.103 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT + +Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT +Architectures: powerpc +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in) +Returns: 0 on successful completion, + -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read, + -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid + -ENXIO is there is no pending HPT, or the pending HPT doesn't + have the requested size + -EBUSY if the pending HPT is not fully prepared + -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision when moving existing + HPT entries to the new HPT + -EIO on other error conditions + +Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's +Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this requests that the guest be +transferred to working with the new HPT, essentially implementing the +H_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT hypercall. + +This should only be called after KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE has +returned 0 with the same parameters. In other cases +KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT will return an error (usually -ENXIO or +-EBUSY, though others may be possible if the preparation was started, +but failed). + +This will have undefined effects on the guest if it has not already +placed itself in a quiescent state where no vcpu will make MMU enabled +memory accesses. + +On succsful completion, the pending HPT will become the guest's active +HPT and the previous HPT will be discarded. + +On failure, the guest will still be operating on its previous HPT. + +struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { + __u64 flags; + __u32 shift; + __u32 pad; +}; + 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------ @@ -3942,3 +4104,21 @@ In order to use SynIC, it has to be activated by setting this capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior. + +8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU + +Architectures: ppc + +This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is +available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the +radix MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in the POWER9 +processor). + +8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 + +Architectures: ppc + +This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is +available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the +hashed page table MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in +the POWER9 processor), including in-memory segment tables. |
