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authorAlexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>2011-09-14 10:02:41 +0200
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2012-03-05 14:52:40 +0200
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KVM: PPC: Add generic single register ioctls
Right now we transfer a static struct every time we want to get or set registers. Unfortunately, over time we realize that there are more of these than we thought of before and the extensibility and flexibility of transferring a full struct every time is limited. So this is a new approach to the problem. With these new ioctls, we can get and set a single register that is identified by an ID. This allows for very precise and limited transmittal of data. When we later realize that it's a better idea to shove over multiple registers at once, we can reuse most of the infrastructure and simply implement a GET_MANY_REGS / SET_MANY_REGS interface. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index bcd45d5afcab..e0c75dcb2ca3 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ following algorithm:
Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in
debugging.
-4.64 KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP
+4.65 KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP
Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL
Architectures: s390
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ This ioctl maps the memory at "user_addr" with the length "length" to
the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr". All parameters need to
be alligned by 1 megabyte.
-4.65 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP
+4.66 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP
Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL
Architectures: s390
@@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ This ioctl unmaps the memory in the vcpu's address space starting at
"vcpu_addr" with the length "length". The field "user_addr" is ignored.
All parameters need to be alligned by 1 megabyte.
-4.66 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT
+4.67 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT
Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL
Architectures: s390
@@ -1587,6 +1587,46 @@ table upfront. This is useful to handle validity intercepts for user
controlled virtual machines to fault in the virtual cpu's lowcore pages
prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.
+4.68 KVM_SET_ONE_REG
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG
+Architectures: all
+Type: vcpu ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in)
+Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure
+
+struct kvm_one_reg {
+ __u64 id;
+ __u64 addr;
+};
+
+Using this ioctl, a single vcpu register can be set to a specific value
+defined by user space with the passed in struct kvm_one_reg, where id
+refers to the register identifier as described below and addr is a pointer
+to a variable with the respective size. There can be architecture agnostic
+and architecture specific registers. Each have their own range of operation
+and their own constants and width. To keep track of the implemented
+registers, find a list below:
+
+ Arch | Register | Width (bits)
+ | |
+
+4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG
+Architectures: all
+Type: vcpu ioctl
+Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in and out)
+Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure
+
+This ioctl allows to receive the value of a single register implemented
+in a vcpu. The register to read is indicated by the "id" field of the
+kvm_one_reg struct passed in. On success, the register value can be found
+at the memory location pointed to by "addr".
+
+The list of registers accessible using this interface is identical to the
+list in 4.64.
+
5. The kvm_run structure
Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by