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authorCédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org>2019-04-18 12:39:32 +0200
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KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: XIVE: Add a global reset control
This control is to be used by the H_INT_RESET hcall from QEMU. Its purpose is to clear all configuration of the sources and EQs. This is necessary in case of a kexec (for a kdump kernel for instance) to make sure that no remaining configuration is left from the previous boot setup so that the new kernel can start safely from a clean state. The queue 7 is ignored when the XIVE device is configured to run in single escalation mode. Prio 7 is used by escalations. The XIVE VP is kept enabled as the vCPU is still active and connected to the XIVE device. Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@kaod.org> Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
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@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ the legacy interrupt mode, referred as XICS (POWER7/8).
1. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_CTRL
Provides global controls on the device
+ Attributes:
+ 1.1 KVM_DEV_XIVE_RESET (write only)
+ Resets the interrupt controller configuration for sources and event
+ queues. To be used by kexec and kdump.
+ Errors: none
2. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_SOURCE (write only)
Initializes a new source in the XIVE device and mask it.