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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst index ad2915ef7020..db43ee571f5a 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst @@ -112,11 +112,10 @@ KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH choose to use the common kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() implementation will need to handle this VCPU request. -KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD +KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD - When shadow page tables are used and memory slots are removed it's - necessary to inform each VCPU to completely refresh the tables. This - request is used for that. + This request informs all VCPUs that the VM is dead and unusable, e.g. due to + fatal error or because the VM's state has been intentionally destroyed. KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK @@ -136,6 +135,16 @@ KVM_REQ_UNHALT such as a pending signal, which does not indicate the VCPU's halt emulation should stop, and therefore does not make the request. +KVM_REQ_OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE + + This "request" ensures the target vCPU has exited guest mode prior to the + sender of the request continuing on. No action needs be taken by the target, + and so no request is actually logged for the target. This request is similar + to a "kick", but unlike a kick it guarantees the vCPU has actually exited + guest mode. A kick only guarantees the vCPU will exit at some point in the + future, e.g. a previous kick may have started the process, but there's no + guarantee the to-be-kicked vCPU has fully exited guest mode. + KVM_REQUEST_MASK ---------------- |