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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/xive.rst (renamed from Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/xive.txt)152
2 files changed, 98 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/index.rst
index 63b61369d09b..192cda7405c8 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/index.rst
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ Devices
vfio
vm
xics
+ xive
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/xive.txt b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/xive.rst
index f5d1d6b5af61..8bdf3dc38f01 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/xive.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/xive.rst
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===========================================================
POWER9 eXternal Interrupt Virtualization Engine (XIVE Gen1)
-==========================================================
+===========================================================
Device types supported:
- KVM_DEV_TYPE_XIVE POWER9 XIVE Interrupt Controller generation 1
+ - KVM_DEV_TYPE_XIVE POWER9 XIVE Interrupt Controller generation 1
This device acts as a VM interrupt controller. It provides the KVM
interface to configure the interrupt sources of a VM in the underlying
@@ -64,72 +67,100 @@ the legacy interrupt mode, referred as XICS (POWER7/8).
* Groups:
- 1. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_CTRL
- Provides global controls on the device
+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
1.2 KVM_DEV_XIVE_EQ_SYNC (write only)
Sync all the sources and queues and mark the EQ pages dirty. This
to make sure that a consistent memory state is captured when
migrating the VM.
+
Errors: none
1.3 KVM_DEV_XIVE_NR_SERVERS (write only)
The kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u32 value which is the number of
interrupt server numbers (ie, highest possible vcpu id plus one).
+
Errors:
- -EINVAL: Value greater than KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID.
- -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
- -EBUSY: A vCPU is already connected to the device.
- 2. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_SOURCE (write only)
- Initializes a new source in the XIVE device and mask it.
+ ======= ==========================================
+ -EINVAL Value greater than KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID.
+ -EFAULT Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
+ -EBUSY A vCPU is already connected to the device.
+ ======= ==========================================
+
+2. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_SOURCE (write only)
+ Initializes a new source in the XIVE device and mask it.
+
Attributes:
Interrupt source number (64-bit)
- The kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u64 value:
- bits: | 63 .... 2 | 1 | 0
- values: | unused | level | type
+
+ The kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u64 value::
+
+ bits: | 63 .... 2 | 1 | 0
+ values: | unused | level | type
+
- type: 0:MSI 1:LSI
- level: assertion level in case of an LSI.
+
Errors:
- -E2BIG: Interrupt source number is out of range
- -ENOMEM: Could not create a new source block
- -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
- -ENXIO: Could not allocate underlying HW interrupt
- 3. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_SOURCE_CONFIG (write only)
- Configures source targeting
+ ======= ==========================================
+ -E2BIG Interrupt source number is out of range
+ -ENOMEM Could not create a new source block
+ -EFAULT Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
+ -ENXIO Could not allocate underlying HW interrupt
+ ======= ==========================================
+
+3. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_SOURCE_CONFIG (write only)
+ Configures source targeting
+
Attributes:
Interrupt source number (64-bit)
- The kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u64 value:
- bits: | 63 .... 33 | 32 | 31 .. 3 | 2 .. 0
- values: | eisn | mask | server | priority
+
+ The kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u64 value::
+
+ bits: | 63 .... 33 | 32 | 31 .. 3 | 2 .. 0
+ values: | eisn | mask | server | priority
+
- priority: 0-7 interrupt priority level
- server: CPU number chosen to handle the interrupt
- mask: mask flag (unused)
- eisn: Effective Interrupt Source Number
+
Errors:
- -ENOENT: Unknown source number
- -EINVAL: Not initialized source number
- -EINVAL: Invalid priority
- -EINVAL: Invalid CPU number.
- -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
- -ENXIO: CPU event queues not configured or configuration of the
- underlying HW interrupt failed
- -EBUSY: No CPU available to serve interrupt
-
- 4. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_EQ_CONFIG (read-write)
- Configures an event queue of a CPU
+
+ ======= =======================================================
+ -ENOENT Unknown source number
+ -EINVAL Not initialized source number
+ -EINVAL Invalid priority
+ -EINVAL Invalid CPU number.
+ -EFAULT Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
+ -ENXIO CPU event queues not configured or configuration of the
+ underlying HW interrupt failed
+ -EBUSY No CPU available to serve interrupt
+ ======= =======================================================
+
+4. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_EQ_CONFIG (read-write)
+ Configures an event queue of a CPU
+
Attributes:
EQ descriptor identifier (64-bit)
- The EQ descriptor identifier is a tuple (server, priority) :
- bits: | 63 .... 32 | 31 .. 3 | 2 .. 0
- values: | unused | server | priority
- The kvm_device_attr.addr points to :
+
+ The EQ descriptor identifier is a tuple (server, priority)::
+
+ bits: | 63 .... 32 | 31 .. 3 | 2 .. 0
+ values: | unused | server | priority
+
+ The kvm_device_attr.addr points to::
+
struct kvm_ppc_xive_eq {
__u32 flags;
__u32 qshift;
@@ -138,8 +169,9 @@ the legacy interrupt mode, referred as XICS (POWER7/8).
__u32 qindex;
__u8 pad[40];
};
+
- flags: queue flags
- KVM_XIVE_EQ_ALWAYS_NOTIFY (required)
+ KVM_XIVE_EQ_ALWAYS_NOTIFY (required)
forces notification without using the coalescing mechanism
provided by the XIVE END ESBs.
- qshift: queue size (power of 2)
@@ -147,22 +179,31 @@ the legacy interrupt mode, referred as XICS (POWER7/8).
- qtoggle: current queue toggle bit
- qindex: current queue index
- pad: reserved for future use
+
Errors:
- -ENOENT: Invalid CPU number
- -EINVAL: Invalid priority
- -EINVAL: Invalid flags
- -EINVAL: Invalid queue size
- -EINVAL: Invalid queue address
- -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
- -EIO: Configuration of the underlying HW failed
-
- 5. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_SOURCE_SYNC (write only)
- Synchronize the source to flush event notifications
+
+ ======= =========================================
+ -ENOENT Invalid CPU number
+ -EINVAL Invalid priority
+ -EINVAL Invalid flags
+ -EINVAL Invalid queue size
+ -EINVAL Invalid queue address
+ -EFAULT Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
+ -EIO Configuration of the underlying HW failed
+ ======= =========================================
+
+5. KVM_DEV_XIVE_GRP_SOURCE_SYNC (write only)
+ Synchronize the source to flush event notifications
+
Attributes:
Interrupt source number (64-bit)
+
Errors:
- -ENOENT: Unknown source number
- -EINVAL: Not initialized source number
+
+ ======= =============================
+ -ENOENT Unknown source number
+ -EINVAL Not initialized source number
+ ======= =============================
* VCPU state
@@ -175,11 +216,12 @@ the legacy interrupt mode, referred as XICS (POWER7/8).
as it synthesizes the priorities of the pending interrupts. We
capture a bit more to report debug information.
- KVM_REG_PPC_VP_STATE (2 * 64bits)
- bits: | 63 .... 32 | 31 .... 0 |
- values: | TIMA word0 | TIMA word1 |
- bits: | 127 .......... 64 |
- values: | unused |
+ KVM_REG_PPC_VP_STATE (2 * 64bits)::
+
+ bits: | 63 .... 32 | 31 .... 0 |
+ values: | TIMA word0 | TIMA word1 |
+ bits: | 127 .......... 64 |
+ values: | unused |
* Migration:
@@ -196,7 +238,7 @@ the legacy interrupt mode, referred as XICS (POWER7/8).
3. Capture the state of the source targeting, the EQs configuration
and the state of thread interrupt context registers.
- Restore is similar :
+ Restore is similar:
1. Restore the EQ configuration. As targeting depends on it.
2. Restore targeting