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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 09efa9eb3926..e34e51fa28b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1482,6 +1482,11 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_msi { __u32 pad; }; +On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS +feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled, +address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the destination id. Bits 7-0 of +address_hi must be zero. + struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter { __u64 ind_addr; __u64 summary_addr; @@ -1583,6 +1588,17 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state { Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument. The data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual. +If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is +enabled, then the format of APIC_ID register depends on the APIC mode +(reported by MSR_IA32_APICBASE) of its VCPU. x2APIC stores APIC ID in +the APIC_ID register (bytes 32-35). xAPIC only allows an 8-bit APIC ID +which is stored in bits 31-24 of the APIC register, or equivalently in +byte 35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's regs field. KVM_GET_LAPIC must then +be called after MSR_IA32_APICBASE has been set with KVM_SET_MSR. + +If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature is disabled, struct kvm_lapic_state +always uses xAPIC format. + 4.58 KVM_SET_LAPIC @@ -1600,6 +1616,10 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state { Copies the input argument into the Local APIC registers. The data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual. +The format of the APIC ID register (bytes 32-35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's +regs field) depends on the state of the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability. +See the note in KVM_GET_LAPIC. + 4.59 KVM_IOEVENTFD @@ -2180,6 +2200,10 @@ struct kvm_msi { No flags are defined so far. The corresponding field must be 0. +On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is +enabled. If it is enabled, address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the +destination id. Bits 7-0 of address_hi must be zero. + 4.71 KVM_CREATE_PIT2 @@ -3811,6 +3835,23 @@ Allows use of runtime-instrumentation introduced with zEC12 processor. Will return -EINVAL if the machine does not support runtime-instrumentation. Will return -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created. +7.7 KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API + +Architectures: x86 +Parameters: args[0] - features that should be enabled +Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid features + +Valid feature flags in args[0] are + +#define KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS (1ULL << 0) + +Enabling KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS changes the behavior of +KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING, KVM_SIGNAL_MSI, KVM_SET_LAPIC, and KVM_GET_LAPIC, +allowing the use of 32-bit APIC IDs. See KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API in their +respective sections. + + + 8. Other capabilities. ---------------------- |