summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Documentation/virtual
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorJim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>2018-10-16 14:29:20 -0700
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2018-10-17 19:07:38 +0200
commit59073aaf6de0d2dacc2603cee6d1d6cd5592ac08 (patch)
tree2e8d024ce9d6c72019b4ea73d01a811bf039e5b8 /Documentation/virtual
parentc851436a34cad09388f1303e11ccb6b9420e5692 (diff)
downloadlinux-stable-59073aaf6de0d2dacc2603cee6d1d6cd5592ac08.tar.gz
linux-stable-59073aaf6de0d2dacc2603cee6d1d6cd5592ac08.tar.bz2
linux-stable-59073aaf6de0d2dacc2603cee6d1d6cd5592ac08.zip
kvm: x86: Add exception payload fields to kvm_vcpu_events
The per-VM capability KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD (to be introduced in a later commit) adds the following fields to struct kvm_vcpu_events: exception_has_payload, exception_payload, and exception.pending. With this capability set, all of the details of vcpu->arch.exception, including the payload for a pending exception, are reported to userspace in response to KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS. With this capability clear, the original ABI is preserved, and the exception.injected field is set for either pending or injected exceptions. When userspace calls KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS with KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD clear, exception.injected is no longer translated to exception.pending. KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS can now only establish a pending exception when KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD is set. Reported-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt24
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index cf9422f4f101..e900ac31501c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events {
__u8 injected;
__u8 nr;
__u8 has_error_code;
- __u8 pad;
+ __u8 pending;
__u32 error_code;
} exception;
struct {
@@ -873,16 +873,23 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events {
__u8 smm_inside_nmi;
__u8 latched_init;
} smi;
- __u32 reserved[9];
+ __u8 reserved[27];
+ __u8 exception_has_payload;
+ __u64 exception_payload;
};
-Only two fields are defined in the flags field:
+The following bits are defined in the flags field:
-- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set in the flags field to signal that
+- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set to signal that
interrupt.shadow contains a valid state.
-- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM may be set in the flags field to signal that
- smi contains a valid state.
+- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM may be set to signal that smi contains a
+ valid state.
+
+- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD may be set to signal that the
+ exception_has_payload, exception_payload, and exception.pending
+ fields contain a valid state. This bit will be set whenever
+ KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD is enabled.
ARM/ARM64:
@@ -962,6 +969,11 @@ shall be written into the VCPU.
KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM can only be set if KVM_CAP_X86_SMM is available.
+If KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD is enabled, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD
+can be set in the flags field to signal that the
+exception_has_payload, exception_payload, and exception.pending fields
+contain a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU.
+
ARM/ARM64:
Set the pending SError exception state for this VCPU. It is not possible to