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diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index a237518e51b9..0f96e5223475 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -892,6 +892,24 @@ 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 + +Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR +Architectures: x86 +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: unsigned long identity (in) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +This ioctl defines the physical address of a one-page region in the guest +physical address space. The region must be within the first 4GB of the +guest physical address space and must not conflict with any memory slot +or any mmio address. The guest may malfunction if it accesses this memory +region. + +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). + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |