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author | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2010-03-08 23:21:04 +0300 |
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committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2010-03-08 23:21:04 +0300 |
commit | 988addf82e4c03739375279de73929580a2d4a6a (patch) | |
tree | 989ae1cd4e264bbad80c65f04480486246e7b9f3 /Documentation/kvm/api.txt | |
parent | 004c1c7096659d352b83047a7593e91d8a30e3c5 (diff) | |
parent | 25cf84cf377c0aae5dbcf937ea89bc7893db5176 (diff) | |
download | linux-988addf82e4c03739375279de73929580a2d4a6a.tar.xz |
Merge branch 'origin' into devel-stable
Conflicts:
arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.c
arch/arm/mach-mx2/devices.h
sound/soc/pxa/pxa-ssp.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kvm/api.txt')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index 2811e452f756..c6416a398163 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the vcpu. -2. File descritpors +2. File descriptors The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this -handle will create a VM file descripror which can be used to issue VM +handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU ioctl on a VM fd will create a virtual cpu and return a file descriptor pointing to it. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu fd can be used to control the vcpu, including the important task of @@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (in) Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error -Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the valued specific in its parameter. +Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the value specified in its parameter. In conjunction with KVM_GET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios such as migration. @@ -795,11 +795,11 @@ Unused. __u64 data_offset; /* relative to kvm_run start */ } io; -If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_IO_IN or KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT, then the vcpu has +If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_IO, then the vcpu has executed a port I/O instruction which could not be satisfied by kvm. data_offset describes where the data is located (KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT) or where kvm expects application code to place the data for the next -KVM_RUN invocation (KVM_EXIT_IO_IN). Data format is a patcked array. +KVM_RUN invocation (KVM_EXIT_IO_IN). Data format is a packed array. struct { struct kvm_debug_exit_arch arch; @@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ Unused. __u8 is_write; } mmio; -If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_MMIO or KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT, then the vcpu has +If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_MMIO, then the vcpu has executed a memory-mapped I/O instruction which could not be satisfied by kvm. The 'data' member contains the written data if 'is_write' is true, and should be filled by application code otherwise. |