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@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ is dependent on the CPU capability and the kernel configuration. The limit can
be retrieved using KVM_CAP_ARM_VM_IPA_SIZE of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
ioctl() at run-time.
+Creation of the VM will fail if the requested IPA size (whether it is
+implicit or explicit) is unsupported on the host.
+
Please note that configuring the IPA size does not affect the capability
exposed by the guest CPUs in ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1[PARange]. It only affects
size of the address translated by the stage2 level (guest physical to
@@ -1492,7 +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
@@ -4803,8 +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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