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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index d10944e619d3..7b83b176c662 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -3561,6 +3561,62 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -ENOENT on deassign if the conn_id isn't registered -EEXIST on assign if the conn_id is already registered +4.114 KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_nested_state (in/out) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error +Errors: + E2BIG: the total state size (including the fixed-size part of struct + kvm_nested_state) exceeds the value of 'size' specified by + the user; the size required will be written into size. + +struct kvm_nested_state { + __u16 flags; + __u16 format; + __u32 size; + union { + struct kvm_vmx_nested_state vmx; + struct kvm_svm_nested_state svm; + __u8 pad[120]; + }; + __u8 data[0]; +}; + +#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001 +#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_RUN_PENDING 0x00000002 + +#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001 +#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_SMM_VMXON 0x00000002 + +struct kvm_vmx_nested_state { + __u64 vmxon_pa; + __u64 vmcs_pa; + + struct { + __u16 flags; + } smm; +}; + +This ioctl copies the vcpu's nested virtualization state from the kernel to +userspace. + +The maximum size of the state, including the fixed-size part of struct +kvm_nested_state, can be retrieved by passing KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE to +the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl(). + +4.115 KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_nested_state (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +This copies the vcpu's kvm_nested_state struct from userspace to the kernel. For +the definition of struct kvm_nested_state, see KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE. 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------ @@ -4391,6 +4447,22 @@ all such vmexits. Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits. +7.14 KVM_CAP_S390_HPAGE_1M + +Architectures: s390 +Parameters: none +Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if hpage module parameter was not set + or cmma is enabled + +With this capability the KVM support for memory backing with 1m pages +through hugetlbfs can be enabled for a VM. After the capability is +enabled, cmma can't be enabled anymore and pfmfi and the storage key +interpretation are disabled. If cmma has already been enabled or the +hpage module parameter is not set to 1, -EINVAL is returned. + +While it is generally possible to create a huge page backed VM without +this capability, the VM will not be able to run. + 8. Other capabilities. ---------------------- |
