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| author | Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> | 2021-05-25 10:41:17 -0300 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2021-05-27 07:57:38 -0400 |
| commit | 084071d5e9226add45a6031928bf10e6afc855fd (patch) | |
| tree | c1040ef834d5c56942c4de40912244e6c78cc52d /Documentation/virt/kvm | |
| parent | 57ab87947abfc4e0b0b9864dc4717326a1c28a39 (diff) | |
| download | linux-084071d5e9226add45a6031928bf10e6afc855fd.tar.bz2 | |
KVM: rename KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER to KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK
KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK will be used to exit a vcpu from
its inner vcpu halt emulation loop.
Rename KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER to KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK, switch
PowerPC to arch specific request bit.
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20210525134321.303768132@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virt/kvm')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst index 5feb3706a7ae..af1b37441e0a 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst @@ -118,10 +118,12 @@ KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD necessary to inform each VCPU to completely refresh the tables. This request is used for that. -KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER +KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK - This request may be made from a timer handler run on the host on behalf - of a VCPU. It informs the VCPU thread to inject a timer interrupt. + This request informs the vCPU to exit kvm_vcpu_block. It is used for + example from timer handlers that run on the host on behalf of a vCPU, + or in order to update the interrupt routing and ensure that assigned + devices will wake up the vCPU. KVM_REQ_UNHALT |