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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index a7cb93cb2154..eb62761b7683 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1810,6 +1810,14 @@ Valid flags are: #define KVM_PIT_SPEAKER_DUMMY 1 /* emulate speaker port stub */ +PIT timer interrupts may use a per-VM kernel thread for injection. If it +exists, this thread will have a name of the following pattern: + +kvm-pit/<owner-process-pid> + +When running a guest with elevated priorities, the scheduling parameters of +this thread may have to be adjusted accordingly. + This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_CREATE_PIT. |