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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 0b5a33ee71ee..544fb11351d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -7,8 +7,19 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation 1. General description ====================== -The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects -of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to the following classes: +The kvm API is centered around different kinds of file descriptors +and ioctls that can be issued to these file descriptors. An initial +open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle +can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this +handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM +ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will +create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to +the new resource. + +In other words, the kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to +different kinds of file descriptor in order to control various aspects of +a virtual machine. Depending on the file descriptor that accepts them, +ioctls belong to the following classes: - System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the whole kvm subsystem. In addition a system ioctl is used to create @@ -35,18 +46,19 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to the following classes: device ioctls must be issued from the same process (address space) that was used to create the VM. -2. File descriptors -=================== +While most ioctls are specific to one kind of file descriptor, in some +cases the same ioctl can belong to more than one class. -The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial -open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle -can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this -handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM -ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will -create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to -the new resource. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu or device fd can be used -to control the vcpu or device. For vcpus, this includes the important -task of actually running guest code. +The KVM API grew over time. For this reason, KVM defines many constants +of the form ``KVM_CAP_*``, each corresponding to a set of functionality +provided by one or more ioctls. Availability of these "capabilities" can +be checked with :ref:`KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION <KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION>`. Some +capabilities also need to be enabled for VMs or VCPUs where their +functionality is desired (see :ref:`cap_enable` and :ref:`cap_enable_vm`). + + +2. Restrictions +=============== In general file descriptors can be migrated among processes by means of fork() and the SCM_RIGHTS facility of unix domain socket. These @@ -96,12 +108,9 @@ description: Capability: which KVM extension provides this ioctl. Can be 'basic', which means that is will be provided by any kernel that supports - API version 12 (see section 4.1), a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which - means availability needs to be checked with KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION - (see section 4.4), or 'none' which means that while not all kernels - support this ioctl, there's no capability bit to check its - availability: for kernels that don't support the ioctl, - the ioctl returns -ENOTTY. + API version 12 (see :ref:`KVM_GET_API_VERSION <KVM_GET_API_VERSION>`), + or a KVM_CAP_xyz constant that can be checked with + :ref:`KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION <KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION>`. Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl. @@ -118,6 +127,8 @@ description: are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. +.. _KVM_GET_API_VERSION: + 4.1 KVM_GET_API_VERSION ----------------------- @@ -246,6 +257,8 @@ This list also varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change otherwise. +.. _KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION: + 4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ----------------------- @@ -288,7 +301,7 @@ the VCPU file descriptor can be mmap-ed, including: - if KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING is available, a number of pages at KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET * PAGE_SIZE. For more information on - KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING, see section 8.3. + KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING, see :ref:`KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING`. 4.7 KVM_CREATE_VCPU @@ -338,8 +351,8 @@ KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET in order to obtain a memory map of the virtual cpu's hardware control block. -4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) --------------------------------- +4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG +--------------------- :Capability: basic :Architectures: all @@ -891,12 +904,12 @@ like this:: The irq_type field has the following values: -- irq_type[0]: +- KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_CPU: out-of-kernel GIC: irq_id 0 is IRQ, irq_id 1 is FIQ -- irq_type[1]: +- KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_SPI: in-kernel GIC: SPI, irq_id between 32 and 1019 (incl.) (the vcpu_index field is ignored) -- irq_type[2]: +- KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_PPI: in-kernel GIC: PPI, irq_id between 16 and 31 (incl.) (The irq_id field thus corresponds nicely to the IRQ ID in the ARM GIC specs) @@ -987,6 +1000,10 @@ blobs in userspace. When the guest writes the MSR, kvm copies one page of a blob (32- or 64-bit, depending on the vcpu mode) to guest memory. +The MSR index must be in the range [0x40000000, 0x4fffffff], i.e. must reside +in the range that is unofficially reserved for use by hypervisors. The min/max +values are enumerated via KVM_XEN_MSR_MIN_INDEX and KVM_XEN_MSR_MAX_INDEX. + :: struct kvm_xen_hvm_config { @@ -1298,7 +1315,7 @@ See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure. :Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm ioctl +:Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (out) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1320,7 +1337,7 @@ Reads debug registers from the vcpu. :Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm ioctl +:Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1394,6 +1411,9 @@ the memory region are automatically reflected into the guest. For example, an mmap() that affects the region will be made visible immediately. Another example is madvise(MADV_DROP). +For TDX guest, deleting/moving memory region loses guest memory contents. +Read only region isn't supported. Only as-id 0 is supported. + Note: On arm64, a write generated by the page-table walker (to update the Access and Dirty flags, for example) never results in a KVM_EXIT_MMIO exit when the slot has the KVM_MEM_READONLY flag. This @@ -1403,6 +1423,12 @@ Instead, an abort (data abort if the cause of the page-table update was a load or a store, instruction abort if it was an instruction fetch) is injected in the guest. +S390: +^^^^^ + +Returns -EINVAL or -EEXIST if the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL flag set. +Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM. + 4.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR --------------------- @@ -1423,6 +1449,8 @@ because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals documentation when it pops into existence). +.. _KVM_ENABLE_CAP: + 4.37 KVM_ENABLE_CAP ------------------- @@ -1804,15 +1832,18 @@ emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for this function/index combination -The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned -as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC -support. Instead it is reported via:: +x2APIC (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[21) and TSC deadline timer (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) +may be returned as true, but they depend on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for in-kernel +emulation of the local APIC. TSC deadline timer support is also reported via:: ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER) if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2. +Enabling x2APIC in KVM_SET_CPUID2 requires KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP as KVM doesn't +support forwarding x2APIC MSR accesses to userspace, i.e. KVM does not support +emulating x2APIC in userspace. 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO ----------------------- @@ -1893,6 +1924,9 @@ No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_HV_SINT 4 #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_XEN_EVTCHN 5 +On s390, adding a KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_S390_ADAPTER is rejected on ucontrol VMs with +error -EINVAL. + flags: - KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: used along with KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI routing entry @@ -1921,7 +1955,7 @@ flags: 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. +BDF 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, @@ -1974,6 +2008,13 @@ If the KVM_CAP_VM_TSC_CONTROL capability is advertised, this can also be used as a vm ioctl to set the initial tsc frequency of subsequently created vCPUs. +For TSC protected Confidential Computing (CoCo) VMs where TSC frequency +is configured once at VM scope and remains unchanged during VM's +lifetime, the vm ioctl should be used to configure the TSC frequency +and the vcpu ioctl is not supported. + +Example of such CoCo VMs: TDX guests. + 4.56 KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ -------------------- @@ -2110,8 +2151,8 @@ TLB, prior to calling KVM_RUN on the associated vcpu. The "bitmap" field is the userspace address of an array. This array consists of a number of bits, equal to the total number of TLB entries as -determined by the last successful call to KVM_CONFIG_TLB, rounded up to the -nearest multiple of 64. +determined by the last successful call to ``KVM_ENABLE_CAP(KVM_CAP_SW_TLB)``, +rounded up to the nearest multiple of 64. Each bit corresponds to one TLB entry, ordered the same as in the shared TLB array. @@ -2164,42 +2205,6 @@ userspace update the TCE table directly which is useful in some circumstances. -4.63 KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA ---------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA -:Architectures: powerpc -:Type: vm ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_allocate_rma (out) -:Returns: file descriptor for mapping the allocated RMA - -This allocates a Real Mode Area (RMA) from the pool allocated at boot -time by the kernel. An RMA is a physically-contiguous, aligned region -of memory used on older POWER processors to provide the memory which -will be accessed by real-mode (MMU off) accesses in a KVM guest. -POWER processors support a set of sizes for the RMA that usually -includes 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and some larger powers of two. - -:: - - /* for KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA */ - struct kvm_allocate_rma { - __u64 rma_size; - }; - -The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2) -to map the allocated RMA into userspace. The mapped area can then be -passed to the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl to establish it as the -RMA for a virtual machine. The size of the RMA in bytes (which is -fixed at host kernel boot time) is returned in the rma_size field of -the argument structure. - -The KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA capability is 1 or 2 if the KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA ioctl -is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have -an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it, -because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility. - - 4.64 KVM_NMI ------------ @@ -2439,8 +2444,11 @@ registers, find a list below: PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PTCR 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_HASHKEYR 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_HASHPKEYR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DAWR1 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DAWRX1 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DEXCR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR0 64 ... PPC KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR31 64 @@ -2583,7 +2591,7 @@ Specifically: 0x6030 0000 0010 004a SPSR_ABT 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_ABT] 0x6030 0000 0010 004c SPSR_UND 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_UND] 0x6030 0000 0010 004e SPSR_IRQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_IRQ] - 0x6060 0000 0010 0050 SPSR_FIQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_FIQ] + 0x6030 0000 0010 0050 SPSR_FIQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_FIQ] 0x6040 0000 0010 0054 V0 128 fp_regs.vregs[0] [1]_ 0x6040 0000 0010 0058 V1 128 fp_regs.vregs[1] [1]_ ... @@ -2593,7 +2601,7 @@ Specifically: ======================= ========= ===== ======================================= .. [1] These encodings are not accepted for SVE-enabled vcpus. See - KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT. + :ref:`KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT`. The equivalent register content can be accessed via bits [127:0] of the corresponding SVE Zn registers instead for vcpus that have SVE @@ -2986,7 +2994,7 @@ flags: 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. +BDF 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, @@ -3462,7 +3470,8 @@ The initial values are defined as: - FPSIMD/NEON registers: set to 0 - SVE registers: set to 0 - System registers: Reset to their architecturally defined - values as for a warm reset to EL1 (resp. SVC) + values as for a warm reset to EL1 (resp. SVC) or EL2 (in the + case of EL2 being enabled). Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus should be created before this ioctl is invoked. @@ -3529,6 +3538,17 @@ Possible features: - the KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS pseudo-register is immutable, and can no longer be written using KVM_SET_ONE_REG. + - KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2: Enable Nested Virtualisation support, + booting the guest from EL2 instead of EL1. + Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2. + The VM is running with HCR_EL2.E2H being RES1 (VHE) unless + KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2_E2H0 is also set. + + - KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2_E2H0: Restrict Nested Virtualisation + support to HCR_EL2.E2H being RES0 (non-VHE). + Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2_E2H0. + KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2 must also be set. + 4.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET ----------------------------- @@ -3584,6 +3604,27 @@ Errors: This ioctl returns the guest registers that are supported for the KVM_GET_ONE_REG/KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls. +Note that s390 does not support KVM_GET_REG_LIST for historical reasons +(read: nobody cared). The set of registers in kernels 4.x and newer is: + +- KVM_REG_S390_TODPR + +- KVM_REG_S390_EPOCHDIFF + +- KVM_REG_S390_CPU_TIMER + +- KVM_REG_S390_CLOCK_COMP + +- KVM_REG_S390_PFTOKEN + +- KVM_REG_S390_PFCOMPARE + +- KVM_REG_S390_PFSELECT + +- KVM_REG_S390_PP + +- KVM_REG_S390_GBEA + 4.85 KVM_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR (deprecated) ----------------------------------------- @@ -4205,7 +4246,9 @@ whether or not KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR's KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER is enabled. If KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER is enabled, KVM will exit to userspace on denied accesses, i.e. userspace effectively intercepts the MSR access. If KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER is not enabled, KVM will inject a #GP into the guest -on denied accesses. +on denied accesses. Note, if an MSR access is denied during emulation of MSR +load/stores during VMX transitions, KVM ignores KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER. +See the below warning for full details. If an MSR access is allowed by userspace, KVM will emulate and/or virtualize the access in accordance with the vCPU model. Note, KVM may still ultimately @@ -4220,9 +4263,22 @@ filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes an error. .. warning:: - MSR accesses as part of nested VM-Enter/VM-Exit are not filtered. - This includes both writes to individual VMCS fields and reads/writes - through the MSR lists pointed to by the VMCS. + MSR accesses that are side effects of instruction execution (emulated or + native) are not filtered as hardware does not honor MSR bitmaps outside of + RDMSR and WRMSR, and KVM mimics that behavior when emulating instructions + to avoid pointless divergence from hardware. E.g. RDPID reads MSR_TSC_AUX, + SYSENTER reads the SYSENTER MSRs, etc. + + MSRs that are loaded/stored via dedicated VMCS fields are not filtered as + part of VM-Enter/VM-Exit emulation. + + MSRs that are loaded/store via VMX's load/store lists _are_ filtered as part + of VM-Enter/VM-Exit emulation. If an MSR access is denied on VM-Enter, KVM + synthesizes a consistency check VM-Exit(EXIT_REASON_MSR_LOAD_FAIL). If an + MSR access is denied on VM-Exit, KVM synthesizes a VM-Abort. In short, KVM + extends Intel's architectural list of MSRs that cannot be loaded/saved via + the VM-Enter/VM-Exit MSR list. It is platform owner's responsibility to + to communicate any such restrictions to their end users. x2APIC MSR accesses cannot be filtered (KVM silently ignores filters that cover any x2APIC MSRs). @@ -4300,7 +4356,7 @@ operating system that uses the PIT for timing (e.g. Linux 2.4.x). 4.100 KVM_PPC_CONFIGURE_V3_MMU ------------------------------ -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU or KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX or KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_HASH_V3 :Architectures: ppc :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg (in) @@ -4334,7 +4390,7 @@ the Power ISA V3.00, Book III section 5.7.6.1. 4.101 KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO --------------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX :Architectures: ppc :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info (out) @@ -4734,7 +4790,7 @@ H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS hypercall. :Capability: basic :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm +:Type: vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl :Parameters: an opaque platform specific structure (in/out) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -4742,9 +4798,11 @@ If the platform supports creating encrypted VMs then this ioctl can be used for issuing platform-specific memory encryption commands to manage those encrypted VMs. -Currently, this ioctl is used for issuing Secure Encrypted Virtualization -(SEV) commands on AMD Processors. The SEV commands are defined in -Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst. +Currently, this ioctl is used for issuing both Secure Encrypted Virtualization +(SEV) commands on AMD Processors and Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) commands +on Intel Processors. The detailed commands are defined in +Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst and +Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/intel-tdx.rst. 4.111 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION ----------------------------------- @@ -4932,8 +4990,8 @@ Coalesced pio is based on coalesced mmio. There is little difference between coalesced mmio and pio except that coalesced pio records accesses to I/O ports. -4.117 KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) ------------------------------------- +4.117 KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG +------------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 :Architectures: x86, arm64, mips @@ -5069,8 +5127,8 @@ Recognised values for feature: Finalizes the configuration of the specified vcpu feature. The vcpu must already have been initialised, enabling the affected feature, by -means of a successful KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT call with the appropriate flag set in -features[]. +means of a successful :ref:`KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT <KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT>` call with the +appropriate flag set in features[]. For affected vcpu features, this is a mandatory step that must be performed before the vcpu is fully usable. @@ -5242,7 +5300,7 @@ the cpu reset definition in the POP (Principles Of Operation). 4.123 KVM_S390_INITIAL_RESET ---------------------------- -:Capability: none +:Capability: basic :Architectures: s390 :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: none @@ -5550,7 +5608,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO_HVA in guest physical address space. This attribute should be used in preference to KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO as it avoids unnecessary invalidation of an internal cache when the page is - re-mapped in guest physcial address space. + re-mapped in guest physical address space. Setting the hva to zero will disable the shared_info page. @@ -6181,7 +6239,7 @@ applied. .. _KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS: 4.139 KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS -------------------------------------------- +------------------------------------ :Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_SUPPORTED_REG_MASK_RANGES :Architectures: arm64 @@ -6273,6 +6331,12 @@ state. At VM creation time, all memory is shared, i.e. the PRIVATE attribute is '0' for all gfns. Userspace can control whether memory is shared/private by toggling KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE via KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES as needed. +S390: +^^^^^ + +Returns -EINVAL if the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL flag set. +Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM. + 4.141 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES ------------------------------- @@ -6316,7 +6380,7 @@ The "flags" field is reserved for future extensions and must be '0'. :Architectures: none :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_create_guest_memfd(in) -:Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error +:Returns: A file descriptor on success, <0 on error KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD creates an anonymous file and returns a file descriptor that refers to it. guest_memfd files are roughly analogous to files created @@ -6352,6 +6416,69 @@ a single guest_memfd file, but the bound ranges must not overlap). See KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 for additional details. +4.143 KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY +--------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY +:Architectures: none +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_pre_fault_memory (in/out) +:Returns: 0 if at least one page is processed, < 0 on error + +Errors: + + ========== =============================================================== + EINVAL The specified `gpa` and `size` were invalid (e.g. not + page aligned, causes an overflow, or size is zero). + ENOENT The specified `gpa` is outside defined memslots. + EINTR An unmasked signal is pending and no page was processed. + EFAULT The parameter address was invalid. + EOPNOTSUPP Mapping memory for a GPA is unsupported by the + hypervisor, and/or for the current vCPU state/mode. + EIO unexpected error conditions (also causes a WARN) + ========== =============================================================== + +:: + + struct kvm_pre_fault_memory { + /* in/out */ + __u64 gpa; + __u64 size; + /* in */ + __u64 flags; + __u64 padding[5]; + }; + +KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY populates KVM's stage-2 page tables used to map memory +for the current vCPU state. KVM maps memory as if the vCPU generated a +stage-2 read page fault, e.g. faults in memory as needed, but doesn't break +CoW. However, KVM does not mark any newly created stage-2 PTE as Accessed. + +In the case of confidential VM types where there is an initial set up of +private guest memory before the guest is 'finalized'/measured, this ioctl +should only be issued after completing all the necessary setup to put the +guest into a 'finalized' state so that the above semantics can be reliably +ensured. + +In some cases, multiple vCPUs might share the page tables. In this +case, the ioctl can be called in parallel. + +When the ioctl returns, the input values are updated to point to the +remaining range. If `size` > 0 on return, the caller can just issue +the ioctl again with the same `struct kvm_map_memory` argument. + +Shadow page tables cannot support this ioctl because they +are indexed by virtual address or nested guest physical address. +Calling this ioctl when the guest is using shadow page tables (for +example because it is running a nested guest with nested page tables) +will fail with `EOPNOTSUPP` even if `KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION` reports +the capability to be present. + +`flags` must currently be zero. + + +.. _kvm_run: + 5. The kvm_run structure ======================== @@ -6416,9 +6543,12 @@ More architecture-specific flags detailing state of the VCPU that may affect the device's behavior. Current defined flags:: /* x86, set if the VCPU is in system management mode */ - #define KVM_RUN_X86_SMM (1 << 0) + #define KVM_RUN_X86_SMM (1 << 0) /* x86, set if bus lock detected in VM */ - #define KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK (1 << 1) + #define KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK (1 << 1) + /* x86, set if the VCPU is executing a nested (L2) guest */ + #define KVM_RUN_X86_GUEST_MODE (1 << 2) + /* arm64, set for KVM_EXIT_DEBUG */ #define KVM_DEBUG_ARCH_HSR_HIGH_VALID (1 << 0) @@ -6522,7 +6652,8 @@ to the byte array. .. note:: For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR, KVM_EXIT_XEN, - KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR the corresponding + KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL, KVM_EXIT_TDX, + KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR the corresponding operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. @@ -6721,6 +6852,7 @@ should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field. #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP 4 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SUSPEND 5 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SEV_TERM 6 + #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_TDX_FATAL 7 __u32 type; __u32 ndata; __u64 data[16]; @@ -6747,6 +6879,11 @@ Valid values for 'type' are: reset/shutdown of the VM. - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SEV_TERM -- an AMD SEV guest requested termination. The guest physical address of the guest's GHCB is stored in `data[0]`. + - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_TDX_FATAL -- a TDX guest reported a fatal error state. + KVM doesn't do any parsing or conversion, it just dumps 16 general-purpose + registers to userspace, in ascending order of the 4-bit indices for x86-64 + general-purpose registers in instruction encoding, as defined in the Intel + SDM. - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP -- the exiting vCPU is in a suspended state and KVM has recognized a wakeup event. Userspace may honor this event by marking the exiting vCPU as runnable, or deny it and call KVM_RUN again. @@ -6761,6 +6898,10 @@ the first `ndata` items (possibly zero) of the data array are valid. the guest issued a SYSTEM_RESET2 call according to v1.1 of the PSCI specification. + - for arm64, data[0] is set to KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN_FLAG_PSCI_OFF2 + if the guest issued a SYSTEM_OFF2 call according to v1.3 of the PSCI + specification. + - for RISC-V, data[0] is set to the value of the second argument of the ``sbi_system_reset`` call. @@ -6794,6 +6935,12 @@ either: - Deny the guest request to suspend the VM. See ARM DEN0022D.b 5.19.2 "Caller responsibilities" for possible return values. +Hibernation using the PSCI SYSTEM_OFF2 call is enabled when PSCI v1.3 +is enabled. If a guest invokes the PSCI SYSTEM_OFF2 function, KVM will +exit to userspace with the KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN event type and with +data[0] set to KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN_FLAG_PSCI_OFF2. The only +supported hibernate type for the SYSTEM_OFF2 function is HIBERNATE_OFF. + :: /* KVM_EXIT_IOAPIC_EOI */ @@ -6894,6 +7041,13 @@ Note that KVM does not skip the faulting instruction as it does for KVM_EXIT_MMIO, but userspace has to emulate any change to the processing state if it decides to decode and emulate the instruction. +This feature isn't available to protected VMs, as userspace does not +have access to the state that is required to perform the emulation. +Instead, a data abort exception is directly injected in the guest. +Note that although KVM_CAP_ARM_NISV_TO_USER will be reported if +queried outside of a protected VM context, the feature will not be +exposed if queried on a protected VM file descriptor. + :: /* KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR / KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR */ @@ -7030,6 +7184,69 @@ The valid value for 'flags' is: :: + /* KVM_EXIT_TDX */ + struct { + __u64 flags; + __u64 nr; + union { + struct { + u64 ret; + u64 data[5]; + } unknown; + struct { + u64 ret; + u64 gpa; + u64 size; + } get_quote; + struct { + u64 ret; + u64 leaf; + u64 r11, r12, r13, r14; + } get_tdvmcall_info; + struct { + u64 ret; + u64 vector; + } setup_event_notify; + }; + } tdx; + +Process a TDVMCALL from the guest. KVM forwards select TDVMCALL based +on the Guest-Hypervisor Communication Interface (GHCI) specification; +KVM bridges these requests to the userspace VMM with minimal changes, +placing the inputs in the union and copying them back to the guest +on re-entry. + +Flags are currently always zero, whereas ``nr`` contains the TDVMCALL +number from register R11. The remaining field of the union provide the +inputs and outputs of the TDVMCALL. Currently the following values of +``nr`` are defined: + + * ``TDVMCALL_GET_QUOTE``: the guest has requested to generate a TD-Quote + signed by a service hosting TD-Quoting Enclave operating on the host. + Parameters and return value are in the ``get_quote`` field of the union. + The ``gpa`` field and ``size`` specify the guest physical address + (without the shared bit set) and the size of a shared-memory buffer, in + which the TDX guest passes a TD Report. The ``ret`` field represents + the return value of the GetQuote request. When the request has been + queued successfully, the TDX guest can poll the status field in the + shared-memory area to check whether the Quote generation is completed or + not. When completed, the generated Quote is returned via the same buffer. + + * ``TDVMCALL_GET_TD_VM_CALL_INFO``: the guest has requested the support + status of TDVMCALLs. The output values for the given leaf should be + placed in fields from ``r11`` to ``r14`` of the ``get_tdvmcall_info`` + field of the union. + + * ``TDVMCALL_SETUP_EVENT_NOTIFY_INTERRUPT``: the guest has requested to + set up a notification interrupt for vector ``vector``. + +KVM may add support for more values in the future that may cause a userspace +exit, even without calls to ``KVM_ENABLE_CAP`` or similar. In this case, +it will enter with output fields already valid; in the common case, the +``unknown.ret`` field of the union will be ``TDVMCALL_STATUS_SUBFUNC_UNSUPPORTED``. +Userspace need not do anything if it does not wish to support a TDVMCALL. +:: + /* Fix the size of the union. */ char padding[256]; }; @@ -7061,11 +7278,15 @@ primary storage for certain register types. Therefore, the kernel may use the values in kvm_run even if the corresponding bit in kvm_dirty_regs is not set. +.. _cap_enable: + 6. Capabilities that can be enabled on vCPUs ============================================ There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual CPU or -the virtual machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. +the virtual machine when enabled. To enable them, please see +:ref:`KVM_ENABLE_CAP`. + Below you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the vCPU or the virtual machine is when enabling them. @@ -7274,7 +7495,7 @@ KVM API and also from the guest. sets are supported (bitfields defined in arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h). -As described above in the kvm_sync_regs struct info in section 5 (kvm_run): +As described above in the kvm_sync_regs struct info in section :ref:`kvm_run`, KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS "allow[s] userspace to access certain guest registers without having to call SET/GET_*REGS". This reduces overhead by eliminating repeated ioctl calls for setting and/or getting register values. This is @@ -7320,13 +7541,84 @@ Unused bitfields in the bitarrays must be set to zero. This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel XIVE device. +6.76 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC +------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is +available, means that the kernel has an implementation of the +Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt controller(SynIC). Hyper-V SynIC is +used to support Windows Hyper-V based guest paravirt drivers(VMBus). + +In order to use SynIC, it has to be activated by setting this +capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this +will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported +by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior. + +6.77 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2 +-------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +This capability enables a newer version of Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt +controller (SynIC). The only difference with KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC is that KVM +doesn't clear SynIC message and event flags pages when they are enabled by +writing to the respective MSRs. + +6.78 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_DIRECT_TLBFLUSH +----------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +This capability indicates that KVM running on top of Hyper-V hypervisor +enables Direct TLB flush for its guests meaning that TLB flush +hypercalls are handled by Level 0 hypervisor (Hyper-V) bypassing KVM. +Due to the different ABI for hypercall parameters between Hyper-V and +KVM, enabling this capability effectively disables all hypercall +handling by KVM (as some KVM hypercall may be mistakenly treated as TLB +flush hypercalls by Hyper-V) so userspace should disable KVM identification +in CPUID and only exposes Hyper-V identification. In this case, guest +thinks it's running on Hyper-V and only use Hyper-V hypercalls. + +6.79 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENFORCE_CPUID +--------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +When enabled, KVM will disable emulated Hyper-V features provided to the +guest according to the bits Hyper-V CPUID feature leaves. Otherwise, all +currently implemented Hyper-V features are provided unconditionally when +Hyper-V identification is set in the HYPERV_CPUID_INTERFACE (0x40000001) +leaf. + +6.80 KVM_CAP_ENFORCE_PV_FEATURE_CPUID +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +When enabled, KVM will disable paravirtual features provided to the +guest according to the bits in the KVM_CPUID_FEATURES CPUID leaf +(0x40000001). Otherwise, a guest may use the paravirtual features +regardless of what has actually been exposed through the CPUID leaf. + +.. _KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING: + + +.. _cap_enable_vm: + 7. Capabilities that can be enabled on VMs ========================================== There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual -machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. Below -you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the VM -is when enabling them. +machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section +:ref:`KVM_ENABLE_CAP`. Below you can find a list of capabilities and +what their effect on the VM is when enabling them. The following information is provided along with the description: @@ -7551,6 +7843,7 @@ branch to guests' 0x200 interrupt vector. :Architectures: x86 :Parameters: args[0] defines which exits are disabled :Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid exits + or if any vCPUs have already been created Valid bits in args[0] are:: @@ -7757,29 +8050,36 @@ Valid bits in args[0] are:: #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF (1 << 0) #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT (1 << 1) -Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to select -a policy to handle the bus locks detected in guest. Userspace can obtain -the supported modes from the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION and define it -through the KVM_ENABLE_CAP. - -KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF and KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT are supported -currently and mutually exclusive with each other. More bits can be added in -the future. - -With KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF set, bus locks in guest will not cause vm exits -so that no additional actions are needed. This is the default mode. - -With KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT set, vm exits happen when bus lock detected -in VM. KVM just exits to userspace when handling them. Userspace can enforce -its own throttling or other policy based mitigations. - -This capability is aimed to address the thread that VM can exploit bus locks to -degree the performance of the whole system. Once the userspace enable this -capability and select the KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT mode, KVM will set the -KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK flag in vcpu-run->flags field and exit to userspace. Concerning -the bus lock vm exit can be preempted by a higher priority VM exit, the exit -notifications to userspace can be KVM_EXIT_BUS_LOCK or other reasons. -KVM_RUN_BUS_LOCK flag is used to distinguish between them. +Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to select a +policy to handle the bus locks detected in guest. Userspace can obtain the +supported modes from the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION and define it through +the KVM_ENABLE_CAP. The supported modes are mutually-exclusive. + +This capability allows userspace to force VM exits on bus locks detected in the +guest, irrespective whether or not the host has enabled split-lock detection +(which triggers an #AC exception that KVM intercepts). This capability is +intended to mitigate attacks where a malicious/buggy guest can exploit bus +locks to degrade the performance of the whole system. + +If KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF is set, KVM doesn't force guest bus locks to VM +exit, although the host kernel's split-lock #AC detection still applies, if +enabled. + +If KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT is set, KVM enables a CPU feature that ensures +bus locks in the guest trigger a VM exit, and KVM exits to userspace for all +such VM exits, e.g. to allow userspace to throttle the offending guest and/or +apply some other policy-based mitigation. When exiting to userspace, KVM sets +KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK in vcpu-run->flags, and conditionally sets the exit_reason +to KVM_EXIT_X86_BUS_LOCK. + +Due to differences in the underlying hardware implementation, the vCPU's RIP at +the time of exit diverges between Intel and AMD. On Intel hosts, RIP points at +the next instruction, i.e. the exit is trap-like. On AMD hosts, RIP points at +the offending instruction, i.e. the exit is fault-like. + +Note! Detected bus locks may be coincident with other exits to userspace, i.e. +KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK should be checked regardless of the primary exit reason if +userspace wants to take action on all detected bus locks. 7.23 KVM_CAP_PPC_DAWR1 ---------------------- @@ -7795,10 +8095,10 @@ by POWER10 processor. 7.24 KVM_CAP_VM_COPY_ENC_CONTEXT_FROM ------------------------------------- -Architectures: x86 SEV enabled -Type: vm -Parameters: args[0] is the fd of the source vm -Returns: 0 on success; ENOTTY on error +:Architectures: x86 SEV enabled +:Type: vm +:Parameters: args[0] is the fd of the source vm +:Returns: 0 on success; ENOTTY on error This capability enables userspace to copy encryption context from the vm indicated by the fd to the vm this is called on. @@ -7831,24 +8131,6 @@ default. See Documentation/arch/x86/sgx.rst for more details. -7.26 KVM_CAP_PPC_RPT_INVALIDATE -------------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RPT_INVALIDATE -:Architectures: ppc -:Type: vm - -This capability indicates that the kernel is capable of handling -H_RPT_INVALIDATE hcall. - -In order to enable the use of H_RPT_INVALIDATE in the guest, -user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example, -IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using it if "hcall-rpt-invalidate" is -present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property. - -This capability is enabled for hypervisors on platforms like POWER9 -that support radix MMU. - 7.27 KVM_CAP_EXIT_ON_EMULATION_FAILURE -------------------------------------- @@ -7895,10 +8177,10 @@ perform a bulk copy of tags to/from the guest. 7.29 KVM_CAP_VM_MOVE_ENC_CONTEXT_FROM ------------------------------------- -Architectures: x86 SEV enabled -Type: vm -Parameters: args[0] is the fd of the source vm -Returns: 0 on success +:Architectures: x86 SEV enabled +:Type: vm +:Parameters: args[0] is the fd of the source vm +:Returns: 0 on success This capability enables userspace to migrate the encryption context from the VM indicated by the fd to the VM this is called on. @@ -7906,24 +8188,9 @@ indicated by the fd to the VM this is called on. This is intended to support intra-host migration of VMs between userspace VMMs, upgrading the VMM process without interrupting the guest. -7.30 KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3 -------------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3 -:Architectures: ppc -:Type: vm - -This capability indicates that the kernel supports the mode 3 setting for the -"Address Translation Mode on Interrupt" aka "Alternate Interrupt Location" -resource that is controlled with the H_SET_MODE hypercall. - -This capability allows a guest kernel to use a better-performance mode for -handling interrupts and system calls. - 7.31 KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2 ---------------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2 :Parameters: args[0] - set of KVM quirks to disable :Architectures: x86 :Type: vm @@ -7946,7 +8213,11 @@ The valid bits in cap.args[0] are: When this quirk is disabled, the reset value is 0x10000 (APIC_LVT_MASKED). - KVM_X86_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED By default, KVM clears CR0.CD and CR0.NW. + KVM_X86_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED By default, KVM clears CR0.CD and CR0.NW on + AMD CPUs to workaround buggy guest firmware + that runs in perpetuity with CR0.CD, i.e. + with caches in "no fill" mode. + When this quirk is disabled, KVM does not change the value of CR0.CD and CR0.NW. @@ -7990,6 +8261,60 @@ KVM_X86_QUIRK_MWAIT_NEVER_UD_FAULTS By default, KVM emulates MONITOR/MWAIT (if guest CPUID on writes to MISC_ENABLE if KVM_X86_QUIRK_MISC_ENABLE_NO_MWAIT is disabled. + +KVM_X86_QUIRK_SLOT_ZAP_ALL By default, for KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM VMs, KVM + invalidates all SPTEs in all memslots and + address spaces when a memslot is deleted or + moved. When this quirk is disabled (or the + VM type isn't KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM), KVM only + ensures the backing memory of the deleted + or moved memslot isn't reachable, i.e KVM + _may_ invalidate only SPTEs related to the + memslot. + +KVM_X86_QUIRK_STUFF_FEATURE_MSRS By default, at vCPU creation, KVM sets the + vCPU's MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES (0x345), + MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (0x10a), + MSR_PLATFORM_INFO (0xce), and all VMX MSRs + (0x480..0x492) to the maximal capabilities + supported by KVM. KVM also sets + MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV (0x8b) to an arbitrary + value (which is different for Intel vs. + AMD). Lastly, when guest CPUID is set (by + userspace), KVM modifies select VMX MSR + fields to force consistency between guest + CPUID and L2's effective ISA. When this + quirk is disabled, KVM zeroes the vCPU's MSR + values (with two exceptions, see below), + i.e. treats the feature MSRs like CPUID + leaves and gives userspace full control of + the vCPU model definition. This quirk does + not affect VMX MSRs CR0/CR4_FIXED1 (0x487 + and 0x489), as KVM does now allow them to + be set by userspace (KVM sets them based on + guest CPUID, for safety purposes). + +KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT By default, on Intel platforms, KVM ignores + guest PAT and forces the effective memory + type to WB in EPT. The quirk is not available + on Intel platforms which are incapable of + safely honoring guest PAT (i.e., without CPU + self-snoop, KVM always ignores guest PAT and + forces effective memory type to WB). It is + also ignored on AMD platforms or, on Intel, + when a VM has non-coherent DMA devices + assigned; KVM always honors guest PAT in + such case. The quirk is needed to avoid + slowdowns on certain Intel Xeon platforms + (e.g. ICX, SPR) where self-snoop feature is + supported but UC is slow enough to cause + issues with some older guests that use + UC instead of WC to map the video RAM. + Userspace can disable the quirk to honor + guest PAT if it knows that there is no such + guest software, for example if it does not + expose a bochs graphics device (which is + known to have had a buggy driver). =================================== ============================================ 7.32 KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID @@ -8042,26 +8367,266 @@ This capability is aimed to mitigate the threat that malicious VMs can cause CPU stuck (due to event windows don't open up) and make the CPU unavailable to host or other VMs. -7.34 KVM_CAP_MEMORY_FAULT_INFO ------------------------------- +7.35 KVM_CAP_X86_APIC_BUS_CYCLES_NS +----------------------------------- :Architectures: x86 -:Returns: Informational only, -EINVAL on direct KVM_ENABLE_CAP. +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] is the desired APIC bus clock rate, in nanoseconds +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if args[0] contains an invalid value for the + frequency or if any vCPUs have been created, -ENXIO if a virtual + local APIC has not been created using KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. -The presence of this capability indicates that KVM_RUN will fill -kvm_run.memory_fault if KVM cannot resolve a guest page fault VM-Exit, e.g. if -there is a valid memslot but no backing VMA for the corresponding host virtual -address. +This capability sets the VM's APIC bus clock frequency, used by KVM's in-kernel +virtual APIC when emulating APIC timers. KVM's default value can be retrieved +by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION. -The information in kvm_run.memory_fault is valid if and only if KVM_RUN returns -an error with errno=EFAULT or errno=EHWPOISON *and* kvm_run.exit_reason is set -to KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT. +Note: Userspace is responsible for correctly configuring CPUID 0x15, a.k.a. the +core crystal clock frequency, if a non-zero CPUID 0x15 is exposed to the guest. -Note: Userspaces which attempt to resolve memory faults so that they can retry -KVM_RUN are encouraged to guard against repeatedly receiving the same -error/annotated fault. +7.36 KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING/KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL +---------------------------------------------------------- -See KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT for more information. +:Architectures: x86, arm64 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: args[0] - size of the dirty log ring + +KVM is capable of tracking dirty memory using ring buffers that are +mmapped into userspace; there is one dirty ring per vcpu. + +The dirty ring is available to userspace as an array of +``struct kvm_dirty_gfn``. Each dirty entry is defined as:: + + struct kvm_dirty_gfn { + __u32 flags; + __u32 slot; /* as_id | slot_id */ + __u64 offset; + }; + +The following values are defined for the flags field to define the +current state of the entry:: + + #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY BIT(0) + #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET BIT(1) + #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_MASK 0x3 + +Userspace should call KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl right after KVM_CREATE_VM +ioctl to enable this capability for the new guest and set the size of +the rings. Enabling the capability is only allowed before creating any +vCPU, and the size of the ring must be a power of two. The larger the +ring buffer, the less likely the ring is full and the VM is forced to +exit to userspace. The optimal size depends on the workload, but it is +recommended that it be at least 64 KiB (4096 entries). + +Just like for dirty page bitmaps, the buffer tracks writes to +all user memory regions for which the KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag was +set in KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION. Once a memory region is registered +with the flag set, userspace can start harvesting dirty pages from the +ring buffer. + +An entry in the ring buffer can be unused (flag bits ``00``), +dirty (flag bits ``01``) or harvested (flag bits ``1X``). The +state machine for the entry is as follows:: + + dirtied harvested reset + 00 -----------> 01 -------------> 1X -------+ + ^ | + | | + +------------------------------------------+ + +To harvest the dirty pages, userspace accesses the mmapped ring buffer +to read the dirty GFNs. If the flags has the DIRTY bit set (at this stage +the RESET bit must be cleared), then it means this GFN is a dirty GFN. +The userspace should harvest this GFN and mark the flags from state +``01b`` to ``1Xb`` (bit 0 will be ignored by KVM, but bit 1 must be set +to show that this GFN is harvested and waiting for a reset), and move +on to the next GFN. The userspace should continue to do this until the +flags of a GFN have the DIRTY bit cleared, meaning that it has harvested +all the dirty GFNs that were available. + +Note that on weakly ordered architectures, userspace accesses to the +ring buffer (and more specifically the 'flags' field) must be ordered, +using load-acquire/store-release accessors when available, or any +other memory barrier that will ensure this ordering. + +It's not necessary for userspace to harvest the all dirty GFNs at once. +However it must collect the dirty GFNs in sequence, i.e., the userspace +program cannot skip one dirty GFN to collect the one next to it. + +After processing one or more entries in the ring buffer, userspace +calls the VM ioctl KVM_RESET_DIRTY_RINGS to notify the kernel about +it, so that the kernel will reprotect those collected GFNs. +Therefore, the ioctl must be called *before* reading the content of +the dirty pages. + +The dirty ring can get full. When it happens, the KVM_RUN of the +vcpu will return with exit reason KVM_EXIT_DIRTY_LOG_FULL. + +The dirty ring interface has a major difference comparing to the +KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG interface in that, when reading the dirty ring from +userspace, it's still possible that the kernel has not yet flushed the +processor's dirty page buffers into the kernel buffer (with dirty bitmaps, the +flushing is done by the KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl). To achieve that, one +needs to kick the vcpu out of KVM_RUN using a signal. The resulting +vmexit ensures that all dirty GFNs are flushed to the dirty rings. + +NOTE: KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL is the only capability that +should be exposed by weakly ordered architecture, in order to indicate +the additional memory ordering requirements imposed on userspace when +reading the state of an entry and mutating it from DIRTY to HARVESTED. +Architecture with TSO-like ordering (such as x86) are allowed to +expose both KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING and KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL +to userspace. + +After enabling the dirty rings, the userspace needs to detect the +capability of KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_WITH_BITMAP to see whether the +ring structures can be backed by per-slot bitmaps. With this capability +advertised, it means the architecture can dirty guest pages without +vcpu/ring context, so that some of the dirty information will still be +maintained in the bitmap structure. KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_WITH_BITMAP +can't be enabled if the capability of KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL +hasn't been enabled, or any memslot has been existing. + +Note that the bitmap here is only a backup of the ring structure. The +use of the ring and bitmap combination is only beneficial if there is +only a very small amount of memory that is dirtied out of vcpu/ring +context. Otherwise, the stand-alone per-slot bitmap mechanism needs to +be considered. + +To collect dirty bits in the backup bitmap, userspace can use the same +KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl. KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG isn't needed as long as all +the generation of the dirty bits is done in a single pass. Collecting +the dirty bitmap should be the very last thing that the VMM does before +considering the state as complete. VMM needs to ensure that the dirty +state is final and avoid missing dirty pages from another ioctl ordered +after the bitmap collection. + +NOTE: Multiple examples of using the backup bitmap: (1) save vgic/its +tables through command KVM_DEV_ARM_{VGIC_GRP_CTRL, ITS_SAVE_TABLES} on +KVM device "kvm-arm-vgic-its". (2) restore vgic/its tables through +command KVM_DEV_ARM_{VGIC_GRP_CTRL, ITS_RESTORE_TABLES} on KVM device +"kvm-arm-vgic-its". VGICv3 LPI pending status is restored. (3) save +vgic3 pending table through KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_{GRP_CTRL, SAVE_PENDING_TABLES} +command on KVM device "kvm-arm-vgic-v3". + +7.37 KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: arg[0] is bitmask of PMU virtualization capabilities. +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when arg[0] contains invalid bits + +This capability alters PMU virtualization in KVM. + +Calling KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION for this capability returns a bitmask of +PMU virtualization capabilities that can be adjusted on a VM. + +The argument to KVM_ENABLE_CAP is also a bitmask and selects specific +PMU virtualization capabilities to be applied to the VM. This can +only be invoked on a VM prior to the creation of VCPUs. + +At this time, KVM_PMU_CAP_DISABLE is the only capability. Setting +this capability will disable PMU virtualization for that VM. Usermode +should adjust CPUID leaf 0xA to reflect that the PMU is disabled. + +7.38 KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: arg[0] must be 0. +:Returns: 0 on success, -EPERM if the userspace process does not + have CAP_SYS_BOOT, -EINVAL if args[0] is not 0 or any vCPUs have been + created. + +This capability disables the NX huge pages mitigation for iTLB MULTIHIT. + +The capability has no effect if the nx_huge_pages module parameter is not set. + +This capability may only be set before any vCPUs are created. + +7.39 KVM_CAP_ARM_EAGER_SPLIT_CHUNK_SIZE +--------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: arg[0] is the new split chunk size. +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if any memslot was already created. + +This capability sets the chunk size used in Eager Page Splitting. + +Eager Page Splitting improves the performance of dirty-logging (used +in live migrations) when guest memory is backed by huge-pages. It +avoids splitting huge-pages (into PAGE_SIZE pages) on fault, by doing +it eagerly when enabling dirty logging (with the +KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag for a memory region), or when using +KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG. + +The chunk size specifies how many pages to break at a time, using a +single allocation for each chunk. Bigger the chunk size, more pages +need to be allocated ahead of time. + +The chunk size needs to be a valid block size. The list of acceptable +block sizes is exposed in KVM_CAP_ARM_SUPPORTED_BLOCK_SIZES as a +64-bit bitmap (each bit describing a block size). The default value is +0, to disable the eager page splitting. + +7.40 KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm + +This capability, if enabled, will cause KVM to exit to userspace +with KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL exit reason to process some hypercalls. + +Calling KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION for this capability will return a bitmask +of hypercalls that can be configured to exit to userspace. +Right now, the only such hypercall is KVM_HC_MAP_GPA_RANGE. + +The argument to KVM_ENABLE_CAP is also a bitmask, and must be a subset +of the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION. KVM will forward to userspace +the hypercalls whose corresponding bit is in the argument, and return +ENOSYS for the others. + +7.41 KVM_CAP_ARM_SYSTEM_SUSPEND +------------------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm + +When enabled, KVM will exit to userspace with KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT of +type KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SUSPEND to process the guest suspend request. + +7.37 KVM_CAP_ARM_WRITABLE_IMP_ID_REGS +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: None +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if vCPUs have been created before enabling this + capability. + +This capability changes the behavior of the registers that identify a PE +implementation of the Arm architecture: MIDR_EL1, REVIDR_EL1, and AIDR_EL1. +By default, these registers are visible to userspace but treated as invariant. + +When this capability is enabled, KVM allows userspace to change the +aforementioned registers before the first KVM_RUN. These registers are VM +scoped, meaning that the same set of values are presented on all vCPUs in a +given VM. + +7.43 KVM_CAP_RISCV_MP_STATE_RESET +--------------------------------- + +:Architectures: riscv +:Type: VM +:Parameters: None +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if arg[0] is not zero + +When this capability is enabled, KVM resets the VCPU when setting +MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED through IOCTL. The original MP_STATE is preserved. 8. Other capabilities. ====================== @@ -8080,22 +8645,7 @@ H_RANDOM hypercall backed by a hardware random-number generator. If present, the kernel H_RANDOM handler can be enabled for guest use with the KVM_CAP_PPC_ENABLE_HCALL capability. -8.2 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC ------------------------- - -:Architectures: x86 - -This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is -available, means that the kernel has an implementation of the -Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt controller(SynIC). Hyper-V SynIC is -used to support Windows Hyper-V based guest paravirt drivers(VMBus). - -In order to use SynIC, it has to be activated by setting this -capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this -will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported -by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior. - -8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU +8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX ------------------------- :Architectures: ppc @@ -8105,7 +8655,7 @@ available, means that the kernel can support guests using the radix MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in the POWER9 processor). -8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 +8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_HASH_V3 --------------------------- :Architectures: ppc @@ -8145,20 +8695,6 @@ may be incompatible with the MIPS VZ ASE. virtualization, including standard guest virtual memory segments. == ========================================================================== -8.6 KVM_CAP_MIPS_TE -------------------- - -:Architectures: mips - -This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on the main kvm handle indicates that -it is available, means that the trap & emulate implementation is available to -run guest code in user mode, even if KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ indicates that hardware -assisted virtualisation is also available. KVM_VM_MIPS_TE (0) must be passed -to KVM_CREATE_VM to create a VM which utilises it. - -If KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a kvm VM handle indicates that this capability is -available, it means that the VM is using trap & emulate. - 8.7 KVM_CAP_MIPS_64BIT ---------------------- @@ -8240,16 +8776,6 @@ virtual SMT modes that can be set using KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT. If bit N (counting from the right) is set, then a virtual SMT mode of 2^N is available. -8.11 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2 --------------------------- - -:Architectures: x86 - -This capability enables a newer version of Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt -controller (SynIC). The only difference with KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC is that KVM -doesn't clear SynIC message and event flags pages when they are enabled by -writing to the respective MSRs. - 8.12 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_VP_INDEX ---------------------------- @@ -8264,7 +8790,6 @@ capability is absent, userspace can still query this msr's value. ------------------------------- :Architectures: s390 -:Parameters: none This capability indicates if the flic device will be able to get/set the AIS states for migration via the KVM_DEV_FLIC_AISM_ALL attribute and allows @@ -8338,21 +8863,6 @@ This capability indicates that KVM supports paravirtualized Hyper-V IPI send hypercalls: HvCallSendSyntheticClusterIpi, HvCallSendSyntheticClusterIpiEx. -8.21 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_DIRECT_TLBFLUSH ------------------------------------ - -:Architectures: x86 - -This capability indicates that KVM running on top of Hyper-V hypervisor -enables Direct TLB flush for its guests meaning that TLB flush -hypercalls are handled by Level 0 hypervisor (Hyper-V) bypassing KVM. -Due to the different ABI for hypercall parameters between Hyper-V and -KVM, enabling this capability effectively disables all hypercall -handling by KVM (as some KVM hypercall may be mistakenly treated as TLB -flush hypercalls by Hyper-V) so userspace should disable KVM identification -in CPUID and only exposes Hyper-V identification. In this case, guest -thinks it's running on Hyper-V and only use Hyper-V hypercalls. - 8.22 KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS ----------------------------- @@ -8430,140 +8940,6 @@ In combination with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, this allows user space to trap and emulate MSRs that are outside of the scope of KVM as well as limit the attack surface on KVM's MSR emulation code. -8.28 KVM_CAP_ENFORCE_PV_FEATURE_CPUID -------------------------------------- - -Architectures: x86 - -When enabled, KVM will disable paravirtual features provided to the -guest according to the bits in the KVM_CPUID_FEATURES CPUID leaf -(0x40000001). Otherwise, a guest may use the paravirtual features -regardless of what has actually been exposed through the CPUID leaf. - -8.29 KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING/KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL ----------------------------------------------------------- - -:Architectures: x86, arm64 -:Parameters: args[0] - size of the dirty log ring - -KVM is capable of tracking dirty memory using ring buffers that are -mmapped into userspace; there is one dirty ring per vcpu. - -The dirty ring is available to userspace as an array of -``struct kvm_dirty_gfn``. Each dirty entry is defined as:: - - struct kvm_dirty_gfn { - __u32 flags; - __u32 slot; /* as_id | slot_id */ - __u64 offset; - }; - -The following values are defined for the flags field to define the -current state of the entry:: - - #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY BIT(0) - #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET BIT(1) - #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_MASK 0x3 - -Userspace should call KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl right after KVM_CREATE_VM -ioctl to enable this capability for the new guest and set the size of -the rings. Enabling the capability is only allowed before creating any -vCPU, and the size of the ring must be a power of two. The larger the -ring buffer, the less likely the ring is full and the VM is forced to -exit to userspace. The optimal size depends on the workload, but it is -recommended that it be at least 64 KiB (4096 entries). - -Just like for dirty page bitmaps, the buffer tracks writes to -all user memory regions for which the KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag was -set in KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION. Once a memory region is registered -with the flag set, userspace can start harvesting dirty pages from the -ring buffer. - -An entry in the ring buffer can be unused (flag bits ``00``), -dirty (flag bits ``01``) or harvested (flag bits ``1X``). The -state machine for the entry is as follows:: - - dirtied harvested reset - 00 -----------> 01 -------------> 1X -------+ - ^ | - | | - +------------------------------------------+ - -To harvest the dirty pages, userspace accesses the mmapped ring buffer -to read the dirty GFNs. If the flags has the DIRTY bit set (at this stage -the RESET bit must be cleared), then it means this GFN is a dirty GFN. -The userspace should harvest this GFN and mark the flags from state -``01b`` to ``1Xb`` (bit 0 will be ignored by KVM, but bit 1 must be set -to show that this GFN is harvested and waiting for a reset), and move -on to the next GFN. The userspace should continue to do this until the -flags of a GFN have the DIRTY bit cleared, meaning that it has harvested -all the dirty GFNs that were available. - -Note that on weakly ordered architectures, userspace accesses to the -ring buffer (and more specifically the 'flags' field) must be ordered, -using load-acquire/store-release accessors when available, or any -other memory barrier that will ensure this ordering. - -It's not necessary for userspace to harvest the all dirty GFNs at once. -However it must collect the dirty GFNs in sequence, i.e., the userspace -program cannot skip one dirty GFN to collect the one next to it. - -After processing one or more entries in the ring buffer, userspace -calls the VM ioctl KVM_RESET_DIRTY_RINGS to notify the kernel about -it, so that the kernel will reprotect those collected GFNs. -Therefore, the ioctl must be called *before* reading the content of -the dirty pages. - -The dirty ring can get full. When it happens, the KVM_RUN of the -vcpu will return with exit reason KVM_EXIT_DIRTY_LOG_FULL. - -The dirty ring interface has a major difference comparing to the -KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG interface in that, when reading the dirty ring from -userspace, it's still possible that the kernel has not yet flushed the -processor's dirty page buffers into the kernel buffer (with dirty bitmaps, the -flushing is done by the KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl). To achieve that, one -needs to kick the vcpu out of KVM_RUN using a signal. The resulting -vmexit ensures that all dirty GFNs are flushed to the dirty rings. - -NOTE: KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL is the only capability that -should be exposed by weakly ordered architecture, in order to indicate -the additional memory ordering requirements imposed on userspace when -reading the state of an entry and mutating it from DIRTY to HARVESTED. -Architecture with TSO-like ordering (such as x86) are allowed to -expose both KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING and KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL -to userspace. - -After enabling the dirty rings, the userspace needs to detect the -capability of KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_WITH_BITMAP to see whether the -ring structures can be backed by per-slot bitmaps. With this capability -advertised, it means the architecture can dirty guest pages without -vcpu/ring context, so that some of the dirty information will still be -maintained in the bitmap structure. KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_WITH_BITMAP -can't be enabled if the capability of KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL -hasn't been enabled, or any memslot has been existing. - -Note that the bitmap here is only a backup of the ring structure. The -use of the ring and bitmap combination is only beneficial if there is -only a very small amount of memory that is dirtied out of vcpu/ring -context. Otherwise, the stand-alone per-slot bitmap mechanism needs to -be considered. - -To collect dirty bits in the backup bitmap, userspace can use the same -KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl. KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG isn't needed as long as all -the generation of the dirty bits is done in a single pass. Collecting -the dirty bitmap should be the very last thing that the VMM does before -considering the state as complete. VMM needs to ensure that the dirty -state is final and avoid missing dirty pages from another ioctl ordered -after the bitmap collection. - -NOTE: Multiple examples of using the backup bitmap: (1) save vgic/its -tables through command KVM_DEV_ARM_{VGIC_GRP_CTRL, ITS_SAVE_TABLES} on -KVM device "kvm-arm-vgic-its". (2) restore vgic/its tables through -command KVM_DEV_ARM_{VGIC_GRP_CTRL, ITS_RESTORE_TABLES} on KVM device -"kvm-arm-vgic-its". VGICv3 LPI pending status is restored. (3) save -vgic3 pending table through KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_{GRP_CTRL, SAVE_PENDING_TABLES} -command on KVM device "kvm-arm-vgic-v3". - 8.30 KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM -------------------- @@ -8628,10 +9004,9 @@ clearing the PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT flag in Xen pvclock sources. This will be done when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl sets the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_PVCLOCK_TSC_UNSTABLE flag. -8.31 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE -------------------------- +8.31 KVM_CAP_SPAPR_MULTITCE +--------------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE :Architectures: ppc :Type: vm @@ -8663,72 +9038,9 @@ This capability indicates that the KVM virtual PTP service is supported in the host. A VMM can check whether the service is available to the guest on migration. -8.33 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENFORCE_CPUID ---------------------------------- - -Architectures: x86 - -When enabled, KVM will disable emulated Hyper-V features provided to the -guest according to the bits Hyper-V CPUID feature leaves. Otherwise, all -currently implemented Hyper-V features are provided unconditionally when -Hyper-V identification is set in the HYPERV_CPUID_INTERFACE (0x40000001) -leaf. - -8.34 KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL ---------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL -:Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm - -This capability, if enabled, will cause KVM to exit to userspace -with KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL exit reason to process some hypercalls. - -Calling KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION for this capability will return a bitmask -of hypercalls that can be configured to exit to userspace. -Right now, the only such hypercall is KVM_HC_MAP_GPA_RANGE. - -The argument to KVM_ENABLE_CAP is also a bitmask, and must be a subset -of the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION. KVM will forward to userspace -the hypercalls whose corresponding bit is in the argument, and return -ENOSYS for the others. - -8.35 KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY ---------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY -:Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm -:Parameters: arg[0] is bitmask of PMU virtualization capabilities. -:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when arg[0] contains invalid bits - -This capability alters PMU virtualization in KVM. - -Calling KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION for this capability returns a bitmask of -PMU virtualization capabilities that can be adjusted on a VM. - -The argument to KVM_ENABLE_CAP is also a bitmask and selects specific -PMU virtualization capabilities to be applied to the VM. This can -only be invoked on a VM prior to the creation of VCPUs. - -At this time, KVM_PMU_CAP_DISABLE is the only capability. Setting -this capability will disable PMU virtualization for that VM. Usermode -should adjust CPUID leaf 0xA to reflect that the PMU is disabled. - -8.36 KVM_CAP_ARM_SYSTEM_SUSPEND -------------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_SYSTEM_SUSPEND -:Architectures: arm64 -:Type: vm - -When enabled, KVM will exit to userspace with KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT of -type KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SUSPEND to process the guest suspend request. - 8.37 KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_DUMP -------------------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_DUMP :Architectures: s390 :Type: vm @@ -8738,27 +9050,9 @@ PV guests. The `KVM_PV_DUMP` command is available for the dump related UV data. Also the vcpu ioctl `KVM_S390_PV_CPU_COMMAND` is available and supports the `KVM_PV_DUMP_CPU` subcommand. -8.38 KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES -------------------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES -:Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm -:Parameters: arg[0] must be 0. -:Returns: 0 on success, -EPERM if the userspace process does not - have CAP_SYS_BOOT, -EINVAL if args[0] is not 0 or any vCPUs have been - created. - -This capability disables the NX huge pages mitigation for iTLB MULTIHIT. - -The capability has no effect if the nx_huge_pages module parameter is not set. - -This capability may only be set before any vCPUs are created. - 8.39 KVM_CAP_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY ------------------------------ -:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY :Architectures: s390 :Type: vm @@ -8780,37 +9074,9 @@ structure. When getting the Modified Change Topology Report value, the attr->addr must point to a byte where the value will be stored or retrieved from. -8.40 KVM_CAP_ARM_EAGER_SPLIT_CHUNK_SIZE ---------------------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_EAGER_SPLIT_CHUNK_SIZE -:Architectures: arm64 -:Type: vm -:Parameters: arg[0] is the new split chunk size. -:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if any memslot was already created. - -This capability sets the chunk size used in Eager Page Splitting. - -Eager Page Splitting improves the performance of dirty-logging (used -in live migrations) when guest memory is backed by huge-pages. It -avoids splitting huge-pages (into PAGE_SIZE pages) on fault, by doing -it eagerly when enabling dirty logging (with the -KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag for a memory region), or when using -KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG. - -The chunk size specifies how many pages to break at a time, using a -single allocation for each chunk. Bigger the chunk size, more pages -need to be allocated ahead of time. - -The chunk size needs to be a valid block size. The list of acceptable -block sizes is exposed in KVM_CAP_ARM_SUPPORTED_BLOCK_SIZES as a -64-bit bitmap (each bit describing a block size). The default value is -0, to disable the eager page splitting. - 8.41 KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES --------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES :Architectures: x86 :Type: system ioctl @@ -8819,12 +9085,75 @@ means the VM type with value @n is supported. Possible values of @n are:: #define KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM 0 #define KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM 1 + #define KVM_X86_SEV_VM 2 + #define KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM 3 Note, KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM is currently only for development and testing. Do not use KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM for "real" VMs, and especially not in production. The behavior and effective ABI for software-protected VMs is unstable. +8.42 KVM_CAP_PPC_RPT_INVALIDATE +------------------------------- + +:Architectures: ppc + +This capability indicates that the kernel is capable of handling +H_RPT_INVALIDATE hcall. + +In order to enable the use of H_RPT_INVALIDATE in the guest, +user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example, +IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using it if "hcall-rpt-invalidate" is +present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property. + +This capability is enabled for hypervisors on platforms like POWER9 +that support radix MMU. + +8.43 KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3 +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: ppc + +This capability indicates that the kernel supports the mode 3 setting for the +"Address Translation Mode on Interrupt" aka "Alternate Interrupt Location" +resource that is controlled with the H_SET_MODE hypercall. + +This capability allows a guest kernel to use a better-performance mode for +handling interrupts and system calls. + +8.44 KVM_CAP_MEMORY_FAULT_INFO +------------------------------ + +:Architectures: x86 + +The presence of this capability indicates that KVM_RUN will fill +kvm_run.memory_fault if KVM cannot resolve a guest page fault VM-Exit, e.g. if +there is a valid memslot but no backing VMA for the corresponding host virtual +address. + +The information in kvm_run.memory_fault is valid if and only if KVM_RUN returns +an error with errno=EFAULT or errno=EHWPOISON *and* kvm_run.exit_reason is set +to KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT. + +Note: Userspaces which attempt to resolve memory faults so that they can retry +KVM_RUN are encouraged to guard against repeatedly receiving the same +error/annotated fault. + +See KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT for more information. + +8.45 KVM_CAP_X86_GUEST_MODE +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 + +The presence of this capability indicates that KVM_RUN will update the +KVM_RUN_X86_GUEST_MODE bit in kvm_run.flags to indicate whether the +vCPU was executing nested guest code when it exited. + +KVM exits with the register state of either the L1 or L2 guest +depending on which executed at the time of an exit. Userspace must +take care to differentiate between these cases. + 9. Known KVM API problems ========================= @@ -8855,9 +9184,10 @@ the local APIC. The same is true for the ``KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT`` paravirtualized feature. -CPU[EAX=1]:ECX[24] (TSC_DEADLINE) is not reported by ``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID``. -It can be enabled if ``KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER`` is present and the kernel -has enabled in-kernel emulation of the local APIC. +On older versions of Linux, CPU[EAX=1]:ECX[24] (TSC_DEADLINE) is not reported by +``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID``, but it can be enabled if ``KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER`` +is present and the kernel has enabled in-kernel emulation of the local APIC. +On newer versions, ``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID`` does report the bit as available. CPU topology ~~~~~~~~~~~~ |