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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 535ac0efd1b0..c8225466f379 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -5201,6 +5201,7 @@ trailing ``'\0'``, is indicated by the ``name_size`` field in the header. The descriptors block is only needed to be read once for the lifetime of the file descriptor contains a sequence of ``struct kvm_stats_desc``, each followed by a string of size ``name_size``. +:: #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT 0 #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) @@ -5234,6 +5235,7 @@ by this descriptor. Its endianness is CPU native. The following flags are supported: Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type: + * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE`` The statistics data is cumulative. The value of data can only be increased. Most of the counters used in KVM are of this type. @@ -5252,6 +5254,7 @@ Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type: The corresponding ``size`` field for this type is always 1. Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit: + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE`` There is no unit for the value of statistics data. This usually means that the value is a simple counter of an event. @@ -5266,6 +5269,7 @@ Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit: Bits 8-11 of ``flags``, together with ``exponent``, encode the scale of the unit: + * ``KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10`` The scale is based on power of 10. It is used for measurement of time and CPU clock cycles. For example, an exponent of -9 can be used with |