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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 09126bb8cc9f..1b52b1b7bbc4 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2648,6 +2648,23 @@ Default is Y (on). + kvm.enable_virt_at_load=[KVM,ARM64,LOONGARCH,MIPS,RISCV,X86] + If enabled, KVM will enable virtualization in hardware + when KVM is loaded, and disable virtualization when KVM + is unloaded (if KVM is built as a module). + + If disabled, KVM will dynamically enable and disable + virtualization on-demand when creating and destroying + VMs, i.e. on the 0=>1 and 1=>0 transitions of the + number of VMs. + + Enabling virtualization at module lode avoids potential + latency for creation of the 0=>1 VM, as KVM serializes + virtualization enabling across all online CPUs. The + "cost" of enabling virtualization when KVM is loaded, + is that doing so may interfere with using out-of-tree + hypervisors that want to "own" virtualization hardware. + kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface. Default is false (don't support). |