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diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index b336266bea5e..9bef4e4cec50 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. -4.6 KVM_CREATE_VCPU +4.7 KVM_CREATE_VCPU Capability: basic Architectures: all @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Returns: vcpu fd on success, -1 on error This API adds a vcpu to a virtual machine. The vcpu id is a small integer in the range [0, max_vcpus). -4.7 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) +4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ since the last call to this ioctl. Bit 0 is the first page in the memory slot. Ensure the entire structure is cleared to avoid padding issues. -4.8 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS +4.9 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ Returns: 0 (success), -1 (error) This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. -4.9 KVM_RUN +4.10 KVM_RUN Capability: basic Architectures: all @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ obtained by mmap()ing the vcpu fd at offset 0, with the size given by KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE. The parameter block is formatted as a 'struct kvm_run' (see below). -4.10 KVM_GET_REGS +4.11 KVM_GET_REGS Capability: basic Architectures: all @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ struct kvm_regs { __u64 rip, rflags; }; -4.11 KVM_SET_REGS +4.12 KVM_SET_REGS Capability: basic Architectures: all @@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ Writes the general purpose registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_REGS for the data structure. -4.12 KVM_GET_SREGS +4.13 KVM_GET_SREGS Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ interrupt_bitmap is a bitmap of pending external interrupts. At most one bit may be set. This interrupt has been acknowledged by the APIC but not yet injected into the cpu core. -4.13 KVM_SET_SREGS +4.14 KVM_SET_SREGS Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Writes special registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_SREGS for the data structures. -4.14 KVM_TRANSLATE +4.15 KVM_TRANSLATE Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ struct kvm_translation { __u8 pad[5]; }; -4.15 KVM_INTERRUPT +4.16 KVM_INTERRUPT Capability: basic Architectures: x86, ppc @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ c) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET_LEVEL Note that any value for 'irq' other than the ones stated above is invalid and incurs unexpected behavior. -4.16 KVM_DEBUG_GUEST +4.17 KVM_DEBUG_GUEST Capability: basic Architectures: none @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ Returns: -1 on error Support for this has been removed. Use KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG instead. -4.17 KVM_GET_MSRS +4.18 KVM_GET_MSRS Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the size of the entries array) and the 'index' member of each array entry. kvm will fill in the 'data' member. -4.18 KVM_SET_MSRS +4.19 KVM_SET_MSRS Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the size of the entries array), and the 'index' and 'data' members of each array entry. -4.19 KVM_SET_CPUID +4.20 KVM_SET_CPUID Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ struct kvm_cpuid { struct kvm_cpuid_entry entries[0]; }; -4.20 KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK +4.21 KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ struct kvm_signal_mask { __u8 sigset[0]; }; -4.21 KVM_GET_FPU +4.22 KVM_GET_FPU Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ struct kvm_fpu { __u32 pad2; }; -4.22 KVM_SET_FPU +4.23 KVM_SET_FPU Capability: basic Architectures: x86 @@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ struct kvm_fpu { __u32 pad2; }; -4.23 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP +4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP Architectures: x86, ia64 @@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up future vcpus to have a local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23 only go to the IOAPIC. On ia64, a IOSAPIC is created. -4.24 KVM_IRQ_LINE +4.25 KVM_IRQ_LINE Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP Architectures: x86, ia64 @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ struct kvm_irq_level { __u32 level; /* 0 or 1 */ }; -4.25 KVM_GET_IRQCHIP +4.26 KVM_GET_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP Architectures: x86, ia64 @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ struct kvm_irqchip { } chip; }; -4.26 KVM_SET_IRQCHIP +4.27 KVM_SET_IRQCHIP Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP Architectures: x86, ia64 @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ struct kvm_irqchip { } chip; }; -4.27 KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG +4.28 KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM Architectures: x86 @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ struct kvm_xen_hvm_config { __u8 pad2[30]; }; -4.27 KVM_GET_CLOCK +4.29 KVM_GET_CLOCK Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK Architectures: x86 @@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ struct kvm_clock_data { __u32 pad[9]; }; -4.28 KVM_SET_CLOCK +4.30 KVM_SET_CLOCK Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK Architectures: x86 @@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ struct kvm_clock_data { __u32 pad[9]; }; -4.29 KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS +4.31 KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW @@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events { KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set in the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state. Otherwise, this field is undefined. -4.30 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS +4.32 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ If KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW is available, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW can be set in the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU. -4.32 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS +4.33 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS Architectures: x86 @@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ struct kvm_debugregs { __u64 reserved[9]; }; -4.33 KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS +4.34 KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS Architectures: x86 @@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ Writes debug registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS for the data structure. The flags field is unused yet and must be cleared on entry. -4.34 KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION +4.35 KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_MEM Architectures: all @@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl. The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory allocation and is deprecated. -4.35 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR +4.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_TSS_ADDR Architectures: x86 @@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals documentation when it pops into existence). -4.36 KVM_ENABLE_CAP +4.37 KVM_ENABLE_CAP Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP Architectures: ppc @@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ function properly, this is the place to put them. __u8 pad[64]; }; -4.37 KVM_GET_MP_STATE +4.38 KVM_GET_MP_STATE Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE Architectures: x86, ia64 @@ -874,12 +874,12 @@ Possible values are: - KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and is waiting for an interrupt - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector - accesible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) + accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. -4.38 KVM_SET_MP_STATE +4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE Architectures: x86, ia64 @@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ arguments. This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. -4.39 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR +4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR Architectures: x86 @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals documentation when it pops into existence). -4.40 KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID +4.41 KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID Architectures: x86, ia64 @@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ Define which vcpu is the Bootstrap Processor (BSP). Values are the same as the vcpu id in KVM_CREATE_VCPU. If this ioctl is not called, the default is vcpu 0. -4.41 KVM_GET_XSAVE +4.42 KVM_GET_XSAVE Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE Architectures: x86 @@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ struct kvm_xsave { This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace. -4.42 KVM_SET_XSAVE +4.43 KVM_SET_XSAVE Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE Architectures: x86 @@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ struct kvm_xsave { This ioctl would copy userspace's xsave struct to the kernel. -4.43 KVM_GET_XCRS +4.44 KVM_GET_XCRS Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS Architectures: x86 @@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ struct kvm_xcrs { This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xcrs to the userspace. -4.44 KVM_SET_XCRS +4.45 KVM_SET_XCRS Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS Architectures: x86 @@ -997,7 +997,7 @@ struct kvm_xcrs { This ioctl would set vcpu's xcr to the value userspace specified. -4.45 KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID +4.46 KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_CPUID Architectures: x86 @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ 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 -4.46 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO +4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO Architectures: ppc @@ -1085,6 +1085,184 @@ of 4 instructions that make up a hypercall. If any additional field gets added to this structure later on, a bit for that additional piece of information will be set in the flags bitmap. +4.48 KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Assigns a host PCI device to the VM. + +struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u32 busnr; + __u32 devfn; + __u32 flags; + __u32 segnr; + union { + __u32 reserved[11]; + }; +}; + +The PCI device is specified by the triple segnr, busnr, and devfn. +Identification in succeeding service requests is done via assigned_dev_id. The +following flags are specified: + +/* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */ +#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0) + +4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Ends PCI device assignment, releasing all associated resources. + +See KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT for the data structure. Only assigned_dev_id is +used in kvm_assigned_pci_dev to identify the device. + +4.50 KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_irq (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Assigns an IRQ to a passed-through device. + +struct kvm_assigned_irq { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u32 host_irq; + __u32 guest_irq; + __u32 flags; + union { + struct { + __u32 addr_lo; + __u32 addr_hi; + __u32 data; + } guest_msi; + __u32 reserved[12]; + }; +}; + +The following flags are defined: + +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_HOST_INTX (1 << 0) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_HOST_MSI (1 << 1) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_HOST_MSIX (1 << 2) + +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_GUEST_INTX (1 << 8) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_GUEST_MSI (1 << 9) +#define KVM_DEV_IRQ_GUEST_MSIX (1 << 10) + +It is not valid to specify multiple types per host or guest IRQ. However, the +IRQ type of host and guest can differ or can even be null. + +4.51 KVM_DEASSIGN_DEV_IRQ + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_irq (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Ends an IRQ assignment to a passed-through device. + +See KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ for the data structure. The target device is specified +by assigned_dev_id, flags must correspond to the IRQ type specified on +KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ. Partial deassignment of host or guest IRQ is allowed. + +4.52 KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING + +Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Sets the GSI routing table entries, overwriting any previously set entries. + +struct kvm_irq_routing { + __u32 nr; + __u32 flags; + struct kvm_irq_routing_entry entries[0]; +}; + +No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. + +struct kvm_irq_routing_entry { + __u32 gsi; + __u32 type; + __u32 flags; + __u32 pad; + union { + struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip irqchip; + struct kvm_irq_routing_msi msi; + __u32 pad[8]; + } u; +}; + +/* gsi routing entry types */ +#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_IRQCHIP 1 +#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI 2 + +No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. + +struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip { + __u32 irqchip; + __u32 pin; +}; + +struct kvm_irq_routing_msi { + __u32 address_lo; + __u32 address_hi; + __u32 data; + __u32 pad; +}; + +4.53 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_NR + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Set the number of MSI-X interrupts for an assigned device. This service can +only be called once in the lifetime of an assigned device. + +struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u16 entry_nr; + __u16 padding; +}; + +#define KVM_MAX_MSIX_PER_DEV 256 + +4.54 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_ENTRY + +Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX +Architectures: x86 ia64 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Specifies the routing of an MSI-X assigned device interrupt to a GSI. Setting +the GSI vector to zero means disabling the interrupt. + +struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry { + __u32 assigned_dev_id; + __u32 gsi; + __u16 entry; /* The index of entry in the MSI-X table */ + __u16 padding[3]; +}; + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |