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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-03-20 00:10:07 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2021-03-20 00:10:07 +0300
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Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
Pull kvm fixes from Paolo Bonzini: "Fixes for kvm on x86: - new selftests - fixes for migration with HyperV re-enlightenment enabled - fix RCU/SRCU usage - fixes for local_irq_restore misuse false positive" * tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: documentation/kvm: additional explanations on KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID x86/kvm: Fix broken irq restoration in kvm_wait KVM: X86: Fix missing local pCPU when executing wbinvd on all dirty pCPUs KVM: x86: Protect userspace MSR filter with SRCU, and set atomically-ish selftests: kvm: add set_boot_cpu_id test selftests: kvm: add _vm_ioctl selftests: kvm: add get_msr_index_features selftests: kvm: Add basic Hyper-V clocksources tests KVM: x86: hyper-v: Don't touch TSC page values when guest opted for re-enlightenment KVM: x86: hyper-v: Track Hyper-V TSC page status KVM: x86: hyper-v: Prevent using not-yet-updated TSC page by secondary CPUs KVM: x86: hyper-v: Limit guest to writing zero to HV_X64_MSR_TSC_EMULATION_STATUS KVM: x86/mmu: Store the address space ID in the TDP iterator KVM: x86/mmu: Factor out tdp_iter_return_to_root KVM: x86/mmu: Fix RCU usage when atomically zapping SPTEs KVM: x86/mmu: Fix RCU usage in handle_removed_tdp_mmu_page
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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 38e327d4b479..307f2fcf1b02 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -1495,7 +1495,8 @@ Fails if any VCPU has already been created.
Define which vcpu is the Bootstrap Processor (BSP). Values are the same
as the vcpu id in KVM_CREATE_VCPU. If this ioctl is not called, the default
-is vcpu 0.
+is vcpu 0. This ioctl has to be called before vcpu creation,
+otherwise it will return EBUSY error.
4.42 KVM_GET_XSAVE
@@ -4806,8 +4807,10 @@ If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
into user space.
-If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
-experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
+Note, invoking this ioctl with a vCPU is running is inherently racy. However,
+KVM does guarantee that vCPUs will see either the previous filter or the new
+filter, e.g. MSRs with identical settings in both the old and new filter will
+have deterministic behavior.
4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
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