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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-08 05:27:39 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-10-08 05:27:39 -0400
commite4e65676f272adb63655a2ca95207e8212d282f1 (patch)
tree3679a3e6897d698ee949642660281e7f74e2852b /Documentation
parentf89f4a06a59f30dec64b2afc4111426fc01e9e12 (diff)
parentf439ed27f8b8b90d243ae15acb193d37f96eebe0 (diff)
Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
Pull KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini: "Fixes and features for 3.18. Apart from the usual cleanups, here is the summary of new features: - s390 moves closer towards host large page support - PowerPC has improved support for debugging (both inside the guest and via gdbstub) and support for e6500 processors - ARM/ARM64 support read-only memory (which is necessary to put firmware in emulated NOR flash) - x86 has the usual emulator fixes and nested virtualization improvements (including improved Windows support on Intel and Jailhouse hypervisor support on AMD), adaptive PLE which helps overcommitting of huge guests. Also included are some patches that make KVM more friendly to memory hot-unplug, and fixes for rare caching bugs. Two patches have trivial mm/ parts that were acked by Rik and Andrew. Note: I will soon switch to a subkey for signing purposes" * tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (157 commits) kvm: do not handle APIC access page if in-kernel irqchip is not in use KVM: s390: count vcpu wakeups in stat.halt_wakeup KVM: s390/facilities: allow TOD-CLOCK steering facility bit KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: HV: CMA: Reserve cma region only in hypervisor mode arm/arm64: KVM: Report correct FSC for unsupported fault types arm/arm64: KVM: Fix VTTBR_BADDR_MASK and pgd alloc kvm: Fix kvm_get_page_retry_io __gup retval check arm/arm64: KVM: Fix set_clear_sgi_pend_reg offset kvm: x86: Unpin and remove kvm_arch->apic_access_page kvm: vmx: Implement set_apic_access_page_addr kvm: x86: Add request bit to reload APIC access page address kvm: Add arch specific mmu notifier for page invalidation kvm: Rename make_all_cpus_request() to kvm_make_all_cpus_request() and make it non-static kvm: Fix page ageing bugs kvm/x86/mmu: Pass gfn and level to rmapp callback. x86: kvm: use alternatives for VMCALL vs. VMMCALL if kernel text is read-only kvm: x86: use macros to compute bank MSRs KVM: x86: Remove debug assertion of non-PAE reserved bits kvm: don't take vcpu mutex for obviously invalid vcpu ioctls kvm: Faults which trigger IO release the mmap_sem ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt188
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt14
3 files changed, 143 insertions, 69 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index beae3fde075e..7610eaa4d491 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1901,6 +1901,8 @@ registers, find a list below:
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ARCH_COMPAT | 32
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DABRX | 32
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_WORT | 64
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPRG9 | 64
+ PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DBSR | 32
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR0 | 64
...
PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR31 | 64
@@ -2565,6 +2567,120 @@ associated with the service will be forgotten, and subsequent RTAS
calls by the guest for that service will be passed to userspace to be
handled.
+4.87 KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
+Architectures: x86, s390, ppc
+Type: vcpu ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_guest_debug (in)
+Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
+
+struct kvm_guest_debug {
+ __u32 control;
+ __u32 pad;
+ struct kvm_guest_debug_arch arch;
+};
+
+Set up the processor specific debug registers and configure vcpu for
+handling guest debug events. There are two parts to the structure, the
+first a control bitfield indicates the type of debug events to handle
+when running. Common control bits are:
+
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE: guest debugging is enabled
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP: the next run should single-step
+
+The top 16 bits of the control field are architecture specific control
+flags which can include the following:
+
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP: using software breakpoints [x86]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP: using hardware breakpoints [x86, s390]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB: inject DB type exception [x86]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP: inject BP type exception [x86]
+ - KVM_GUESTDBG_EXIT_PENDING: trigger an immediate guest exit [s390]
+
+For example KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP indicates that software breakpoints
+are enabled in memory so we need to ensure breakpoint exceptions are
+correctly trapped and the KVM run loop exits at the breakpoint and not
+running off into the normal guest vector. For KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP
+we need to ensure the guest vCPUs architecture specific registers are
+updated to the correct (supplied) values.
+
+The second part of the structure is architecture specific and
+typically contains a set of debug registers.
+
+When debug events exit the main run loop with the reason
+KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch part of the kvm_run
+structure containing architecture specific debug information.
+
+4.88 KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_EMUL_CPUID
+Architectures: x86
+Type: system ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out)
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+struct kvm_cpuid2 {
+ __u32 nent;
+ __u32 flags;
+ struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0];
+};
+
+The member 'flags' is used for passing flags from userspace.
+
+#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0)
+#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1)
+#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2)
+
+struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
+ __u32 function;
+ __u32 index;
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u32 eax;
+ __u32 ebx;
+ __u32 ecx;
+ __u32 edx;
+ __u32 padding[3];
+};
+
+This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are emulated by
+kvm.Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to query
+which features are emulated by kvm instead of being present natively.
+
+Userspace invokes KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2
+structure with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in
+the variable-size array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low
+to describe the cpu capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the
+number is too high, the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM)
+is returned. If the number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted
+to the number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then
+filled.
+
+The entries returned are the set CPUID bits of the respective features
+which kvm emulates, as returned by the CPUID instruction, with unknown
+or unsupported feature bits cleared.
+
+Features like x2apic, for example, may not be present in the host cpu
+but are exposed by kvm in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID because they can be
+emulated efficiently and thus not included here.
+
+The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
+
+ function: the eax value used to obtain the entry
+ index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are
+ affected by ecx)
+ flags: an OR of zero or more of the following:
+ KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX:
+ if the index field is valid
+ KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC:
+ if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive
+ invocations; there will be several entries with the same function,
+ all with this flag set
+ KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT:
+ for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is
+ the first entry to be read by a cpu
+ eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
+ this function/index combination
5. The kvm_run structure
------------------------
@@ -2861,78 +2977,12 @@ kvm_valid_regs for specific bits. These bits are architecture specific
and usually define the validity of a groups of registers. (e.g. one bit
for general purpose registers)
-};
-
+Please note that the kernel is allowed to use the kvm_run structure as the
+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.
-4.81 KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID
-
-Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_EMUL_CPUID
-Architectures: x86
-Type: system ioctl
-Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out)
-Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
-
-struct kvm_cpuid2 {
- __u32 nent;
- __u32 flags;
- struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0];
};
-The member 'flags' is used for passing flags from userspace.
-
-#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0)
-#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1)
-#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2)
-
-struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
- __u32 function;
- __u32 index;
- __u32 flags;
- __u32 eax;
- __u32 ebx;
- __u32 ecx;
- __u32 edx;
- __u32 padding[3];
-};
-
-This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are emulated by
-kvm.Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to query
-which features are emulated by kvm instead of being present natively.
-
-Userspace invokes KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2
-structure with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in
-the variable-size array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low
-to describe the cpu capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the
-number is too high, the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM)
-is returned. If the number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted
-to the number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then
-filled.
-
-The entries returned are the set CPUID bits of the respective features
-which kvm emulates, as returned by the CPUID instruction, with unknown
-or unsupported feature bits cleared.
-
-Features like x2apic, for example, may not be present in the host cpu
-but are exposed by kvm in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID because they can be
-emulated efficiently and thus not included here.
-
-The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
-
- function: the eax value used to obtain the entry
- index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are
- affected by ecx)
- flags: an OR of zero or more of the following:
- KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX:
- if the index field is valid
- KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC:
- if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive
- invocations; there will be several entries with the same function,
- all with this flag set
- KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT:
- for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is
- the first entry to be read by a cpu
- eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
- this function/index combination
6. Capabilities that can be enabled on vCPUs
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
index 7f4e91b1316b..df8b0c7540b6 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
@@ -71,3 +71,13 @@ Groups:
Errors:
-ENODEV: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
-EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_NR_IRQS
+ Attributes:
+ A value describing the number of interrupts (SGI, PPI and SPI) for
+ this GIC instance, ranging from 64 to 1024, in increments of 32.
+
+ Errors:
+ -EINVAL: Value set is out of the expected range
+ -EBUSY: Value has already be set, or GIC has already been initialized
+ with default values.
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
index 290894176142..53838d9c6295 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
@@ -425,6 +425,20 @@ fault through the slow path.
Since only 19 bits are used to store generation-number on mmio spte, all
pages are zapped when there is an overflow.
+Unfortunately, a single memory access might access kvm_memslots(kvm) multiple
+times, the last one happening when the generation number is retrieved and
+stored into the MMIO spte. Thus, the MMIO spte might be created based on
+out-of-date information, but with an up-to-date generation number.
+
+To avoid this, the generation number is incremented again after synchronize_srcu
+returns; thus, the low bit of kvm_memslots(kvm)->generation is only 1 during a
+memslot update, while some SRCU readers might be using the old copy. We do not
+want to use an MMIO sptes created with an odd generation number, and we can do
+this without losing a bit in the MMIO spte. The low bit of the generation
+is not stored in MMIO spte, and presumed zero when it is extracted out of the
+spte. If KVM is unlucky and creates an MMIO spte while the low bit is 1,
+the next access to the spte will always be a cache miss.
+
Further reading
===============