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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-08-18 08:17:32 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2016-08-18 08:17:32 +0300
commit60747ef4d173c2747bf7f0377fb22846cb422195 (patch)
treeea0faf33b952495c47909be1400c475a3f3821b0 /Documentation/virtual/kvm
parent484334198f8ce9552e20930fff9408ebf6bcf94d (diff)
parent184ca823481c99dadd7d946e5afd4bb921eab30d (diff)
downloadlinux-60747ef4d173c2747bf7f0377fb22846cb422195.tar.xz
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Minor overlapping changes for both merge conflicts. Resolution work done by Stephen Rothwell was used as a reference. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt53
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 5237e1b2fd66..739db9ab16b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1433,13 +1433,16 @@ KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ. Partial deassignment of host or guest IRQ is allowed.
4.52 KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING
Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
-Architectures: x86 s390
+Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64
Type: vm ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Sets the GSI routing table entries, overwriting any previously set entries.
+On arm/arm64, GSI routing has the following limitation:
+- GSI routing does not apply to KVM_IRQ_LINE but only to KVM_IRQFD.
+
struct kvm_irq_routing {
__u32 nr;
__u32 flags;
@@ -1468,7 +1471,13 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_entry {
#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_S390_ADAPTER 3
#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_HV_SINT 4
-No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero.
+flags:
+- KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: used along with KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI routing entry
+ type, specifies that the devid field contains a valid value. The per-VM
+ KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the requirement to provide
+ the device ID. If this capability is not available, userspace should
+ never set the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag as the ioctl might fail.
+- zero otherwise
struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip {
__u32 irqchip;
@@ -1479,9 +1488,16 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_msi {
__u32 address_lo;
__u32 address_hi;
__u32 data;
- __u32 pad;
+ union {
+ __u32 pad;
+ __u32 devid;
+ };
};
+If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier
+for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a
+BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits.
+
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
@@ -2199,18 +2215,19 @@ struct kvm_msi {
__u8 pad[12];
};
-flags: KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: devid contains a valid value
-devid: If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, contains a unique device identifier
- for the device that wrote the MSI message.
- For PCI, this is usually a BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits.
+flags: KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: devid contains a valid value. The per-VM
+ KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the requirement to provide
+ the device ID. If this capability is not available, userspace
+ should never set the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag as the ioctl might fail.
-The per-VM KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the need to provide
-the device ID. If this capability is not set, userland cannot rely on
-the kernel to allow the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag being set.
+If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier
+for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a
+BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits.
-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.
+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.
4.71 KVM_CREATE_PIT2
@@ -2383,9 +2400,13 @@ Note that closing the resamplefd is not sufficient to disable the
irqfd. The KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is only necessary on assignment
and need not be specified with KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN.
-On ARM/ARM64, the gsi field in the kvm_irqfd struct specifies the Shared
-Peripheral Interrupt (SPI) index, such that the GIC interrupt ID is
-given by gsi + 32.
+On arm/arm64, gsi routing being supported, the following can happen:
+- in case no routing entry is associated to this gsi, injection fails
+- in case the gsi is associated to an irqchip routing entry,
+ irqchip.pin + 32 corresponds to the injected SPI ID.
+- in case the gsi is associated to an MSI routing entry, the MSI
+ message and device ID are translated into an LPI (support restricted
+ to GICv3 ITS in-kernel emulation).
4.76 KVM_PPC_ALLOCATE_HTAB