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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-03-20 00:10:07 +0300 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-03-20 00:10:07 +0300 |
commit | ecd8ee7f9c1af253738ca4321509ddee727d468d (patch) | |
tree | b683a542f68c52000db681b4886c87c14fea7580 /Documentation | |
parent | 3149860dc717e8dd339d89d17ebe615cb09e158b (diff) | |
parent | 9ce3746d64132a561bceab6421715e7c04e85074 (diff) | |
download | linux-ecd8ee7f9c1af253738ca4321509ddee727d468d.tar.xz |
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
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
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 -------------------------- |