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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index b86c7edae888..c168be764707 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -371,6 +371,9 @@ The bits in the dirty bitmap are cleared before the ioctl returns, unless KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled. For more information, see the description of the capability. +Note that the Xen shared info page, if configured, shall always be assumed +to be dirty. KVM will not explicitly mark it such. + 4.9 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS ------------------------ @@ -5134,6 +5137,15 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO not aware of the Xen CPU id which is used as the index into the vcpu_info[] array, so cannot know the correct default location. + Note that the shared info page may be constantly written to by KVM; + it contains the event channel bitmap used to deliver interrupts to + a Xen guest, amongst other things. It is exempt from dirty tracking + mechanisms — KVM will not explicitly mark the page as dirty each + time an event channel interrupt is delivered to the guest! Thus, + userspace should always assume that the designated GFN is dirty if + any vCPU has been running or any event channel interrupts can be + routed to the guest. + KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls. |