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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index dae68e68ca23..c6212c2d5fe3 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -5077,7 +5077,7 @@ of bytes successfully copied is returned. If the call completes successfully
then ``length`` is returned.
4.131 KVM_GET_SREGS2
-------------------
+--------------------
:Capability: KVM_CAP_SREGS2
:Architectures: x86
@@ -5090,17 +5090,17 @@ This ioctl (when supported) replaces the KVM_GET_SREGS.
::
-struct kvm_sregs2 {
- /* out (KVM_GET_SREGS2) / in (KVM_SET_SREGS2) */
- struct kvm_segment cs, ds, es, fs, gs, ss;
- struct kvm_segment tr, ldt;
- struct kvm_dtable gdt, idt;
- __u64 cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8;
- __u64 efer;
- __u64 apic_base;
- __u64 flags;
- __u64 pdptrs[4];
-};
+ struct kvm_sregs2 {
+ /* out (KVM_GET_SREGS2) / in (KVM_SET_SREGS2) */
+ struct kvm_segment cs, ds, es, fs, gs, ss;
+ struct kvm_segment tr, ldt;
+ struct kvm_dtable gdt, idt;
+ __u64 cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8;
+ __u64 efer;
+ __u64 apic_base;
+ __u64 flags;
+ __u64 pdptrs[4];
+ };
flags values for ``kvm_sregs2``:
@@ -5110,7 +5110,7 @@ flags values for ``kvm_sregs2``:
4.132 KVM_SET_SREGS2
-------------------
+--------------------
:Capability: KVM_CAP_SREGS2
:Architectures: x86
@@ -5201,6 +5201,7 @@ trailing ``'\0'``, is indicated by the ``name_size`` field in the header.
The descriptors block is only needed to be read once for the lifetime of the
file descriptor contains a sequence of ``struct kvm_stats_desc``, each followed
by a string of size ``name_size``.
+::
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT 0
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
@@ -5234,6 +5235,7 @@ by this descriptor. Its endianness is CPU native.
The following flags are supported:
Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type:
+
* ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE``
The statistics data is cumulative. The value of data can only be increased.
Most of the counters used in KVM are of this type.
@@ -5252,6 +5254,7 @@ Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type:
The corresponding ``size`` field for this type is always 1.
Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit:
+
* ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE``
There is no unit for the value of statistics data. This usually means that
the value is a simple counter of an event.
@@ -5266,6 +5269,7 @@ Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit:
Bits 8-11 of ``flags``, together with ``exponent``, encode the scale of the
unit:
+
* ``KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10``
The scale is based on power of 10. It is used for measurement of time and
CPU clock cycles. For example, an exponent of -9 can be used with
@@ -7213,7 +7217,7 @@ supported in the host. A VMM can check whether the service is
available to the guest on migration.
8.33 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENFORCE_CPUID
------------------------------
+---------------------------------
Architectures: x86