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authorChristoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>2014-09-19 05:15:32 +0400
committerChristoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>2014-09-19 05:15:32 +0400
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'kvm/next' into queue
Conflicts: arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt186
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt14
2 files changed, 131 insertions, 69 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index beae3fde075e..f7735c72c128 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2565,6 +2565,120 @@ associated with the service will be forgotten, and subsequent RTAS
calls by the guest for that service will be passed to userspace to be
handled.
+4.87 KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
+Architectures: x86, s390, ppc
+Type: vcpu ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_guest_debug (in)
+Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
+
+struct kvm_guest_debug {
+ __u32 control;
+ __u32 pad;
+ struct kvm_guest_debug_arch arch;
+};
+
+Set up the processor specific debug registers and configure vcpu for
+handling guest debug events. There are two parts to the structure, the
+first a control bitfield indicates the type of debug events to handle
+when running. Common control bits are:
+
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE: guest debugging is enabled
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP: the next run should single-step
+
+The top 16 bits of the control field are architecture specific control
+flags which can include the following:
+
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP: using software breakpoints [x86]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP: using hardware breakpoints [x86, s390]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB: inject DB type exception [x86]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP: inject BP type exception [x86]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_EXIT_PENDING: trigger an immediate guest exit [s390]
+
+For example KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP indicates that software breakpoints
+are enabled in memory so we need to ensure breakpoint exceptions are
+correctly trapped and the KVM run loop exits at the breakpoint and not
+running off into the normal guest vector. For KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP
+we need to ensure the guest vCPUs architecture specific registers are
+updated to the correct (supplied) values.
+
+The second part of the structure is architecture specific and
+typically contains a set of debug registers.
+
+When debug events exit the main run loop with the reason
+KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch part of the kvm_run
+structure containing architecture specific debug information.
+
+4.88 KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_EMUL_CPUID
+Architectures: x86
+Type: system ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+struct kvm_cpuid2 {
+ __u32 nent;
+ __u32 flags;
+ struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0];
+};
+
+The member 'flags' is used for passing flags from userspace.
+
+#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0)
+#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1)
+#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2)
+
+struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
+ __u32 function;
+ __u32 index;
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u32 eax;
+ __u32 ebx;
+ __u32 ecx;
+ __u32 edx;
+ __u32 padding[3];
+};
+
+This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are emulated by
+kvm.Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to query
+which features are emulated by kvm instead of being present natively.
+
+Userspace invokes KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2
+structure with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in
+the variable-size array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low
+to describe the cpu capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the
+number is too high, the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM)
+is returned. If the number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted
+to the number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then
+filled.
+
+The entries returned are the set CPUID bits of the respective features
+which kvm emulates, as returned by the CPUID instruction, with unknown
+or unsupported feature bits cleared.
+
+Features like x2apic, for example, may not be present in the host cpu
+but are exposed by kvm in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID because they can be
+emulated efficiently and thus not included here.
+
+The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
+
+ function: the eax value used to obtain the entry
+ index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are
+ affected by ecx)
+ flags: an OR of zero or more of the following:
+ KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX:
+ if the index field is valid
+ KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC:
+ if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive
+ invocations; there will be several entries with the same function,
+ all with this flag set
+ KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT:
+ for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is
+ the first entry to be read by a cpu
+ eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
+ this function/index combination
5. The kvm_run structure
------------------------
@@ -2861,78 +2975,12 @@ kvm_valid_regs for specific bits. These bits are architecture specific
and usually define the validity of a groups of registers. (e.g. one bit
for general purpose registers)
-};
-
+Please note that the kernel is allowed to use the kvm_run structure as the
+primary storage for certain register types. Therefore, the kernel may use the
+values in kvm_run even if the corresponding bit in kvm_dirty_regs is not set.
-4.81 KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID
-
-Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_EMUL_CPUID
-Architectures: x86
-Type: system ioctl
-Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out)
-Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
-
-struct kvm_cpuid2 {
- __u32 nent;
- __u32 flags;
- struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0];
};
-The member 'flags' is used for passing flags from userspace.
-
-#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0)
-#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1)
-#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2)
-
-struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
- __u32 function;
- __u32 index;
- __u32 flags;
- __u32 eax;
- __u32 ebx;
- __u32 ecx;
- __u32 edx;
- __u32 padding[3];
-};
-
-This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are emulated by
-kvm.Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to query
-which features are emulated by kvm instead of being present natively.
-
-Userspace invokes KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2
-structure with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in
-the variable-size array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low
-to describe the cpu capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the
-number is too high, the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM)
-is returned. If the number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted
-to the number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then
-filled.
-
-The entries returned are the set CPUID bits of the respective features
-which kvm emulates, as returned by the CPUID instruction, with unknown
-or unsupported feature bits cleared.
-
-Features like x2apic, for example, may not be present in the host cpu
-but are exposed by kvm in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID because they can be
-emulated efficiently and thus not included here.
-
-The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
-
- function: the eax value used to obtain the entry
- index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are
- affected by ecx)
- flags: an OR of zero or more of the following:
- KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX:
- if the index field is valid
- KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC:
- if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive
- invocations; there will be several entries with the same function,
- all with this flag set
- KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT:
- for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is
- the first entry to be read by a cpu
- eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
- this function/index combination
6. Capabilities that can be enabled on vCPUs
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
index 290894176142..53838d9c6295 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
@@ -425,6 +425,20 @@ fault through the slow path.
Since only 19 bits are used to store generation-number on mmio spte, all
pages are zapped when there is an overflow.
+Unfortunately, a single memory access might access kvm_memslots(kvm) multiple
+times, the last one happening when the generation number is retrieved and
+stored into the MMIO spte. Thus, the MMIO spte might be created based on
+out-of-date information, but with an up-to-date generation number.
+
+To avoid this, the generation number is incremented again after synchronize_srcu
+returns; thus, the low bit of kvm_memslots(kvm)->generation is only 1 during a
+memslot update, while some SRCU readers might be using the old copy. We do not
+want to use an MMIO sptes created with an odd generation number, and we can do
+this without losing a bit in the MMIO spte. The low bit of the generation
+is not stored in MMIO spte, and presumed zero when it is extracted out of the
+spte. If KVM is unlucky and creates an MMIO spte while the low bit is 1,
+the next access to the spte will always be a cache miss.
+
Further reading
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