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-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 25 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 3ec0b7a455a0..3372be85b335 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ The bits in the dirty bitmap are cleared before the ioctl returns, unless KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled. For more information, see the description of the capability. -Note that the Xen shared info page, if configured, shall always be assumed +Note that the Xen shared_info page, if configured, shall always be assumed to be dirty. KVM will not explicitly mark it such. @@ -5487,8 +5487,9 @@ KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PERFORM __u8 long_mode; __u8 vector; __u8 runstate_update_flag; - struct { + union { __u64 gfn; + __u64 hva; } shared_info; struct { __u32 send_port; @@ -5516,10 +5517,10 @@ type values: KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_LONG_MODE Sets the ABI mode of the VM to 32-bit or 64-bit (long mode). This - determines the layout of the shared info pages exposed to the VM. + determines the layout of the shared_info page exposed to the VM. KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO - Sets the guest physical frame number at which the Xen "shared info" + Sets the guest physical frame number at which the Xen shared_info page resides. Note that although Xen places vcpu_info for the first 32 vCPUs in the shared_info page, KVM does not automatically do so and instead requires that KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO be used @@ -5528,7 +5529,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO not be aware of the Xen CPU id which is used as the index into the vcpu_info[] array, so may know the correct default location. - Note that the shared info page may be constantly written to by KVM; + Note that the shared_info page may be constantly written to by KVM; it contains the event channel bitmap used to deliver interrupts to a Xen guest, amongst other things. It is exempt from dirty tracking mechanisms — KVM will not explicitly mark the page as dirty each @@ -5537,9 +5538,21 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO any vCPU has been running or any event channel interrupts can be routed to the guest. - Setting the gfn to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GFN will disable the shared info + Setting the gfn to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GFN will disable the shared_info page. +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO_HVA + If the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO_HVA flag is also set in the + Xen capabilities, then this attribute may be used to set the + userspace address at which the shared_info page resides, which + will always be fixed in the VMM regardless of where it is mapped + 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. + + Setting the hva to zero will disable the shared_info page. + KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls. This is the HVM-wide vector injected directly by the hypervisor |