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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 89e71648d748..e3e9c41721a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -401,10 +401,9 @@ Capability: basic
Architectures: x86, ppc, mips
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_interrupt (in)
-Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+Returns: 0 on success, negative on failure.
-Queues a hardware interrupt vector to be injected. This is only
-useful if in-kernel local APIC or equivalent is not used.
+Queues a hardware interrupt vector to be injected.
/* for KVM_INTERRUPT */
struct kvm_interrupt {
@@ -414,7 +413,14 @@ struct kvm_interrupt {
X86:
-Note 'irq' is an interrupt vector, not an interrupt pin or line.
+Returns: 0 on success,
+ -EEXIST if an interrupt is already enqueued
+ -EINVAL the the irq number is invalid
+ -ENXIO if the PIC is in the kernel
+ -EFAULT if the pointer is invalid
+
+Note 'irq' is an interrupt vector, not an interrupt pin or line. This
+ioctl is useful if the in-kernel PIC is not used.
PPC: