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author | Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> | 2016-07-22 20:27:26 +0200 |
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committer | Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> | 2016-07-22 20:27:26 +0200 |
commit | 912902ce78b0d48f717f9128e61fb9bffbd65f86 (patch) | |
tree | 5a97dd19149ba1e0386df9bb467f8c5fb7ba2393 /Documentation/virtual | |
parent | 61f5dea179653558562ba9a5dd71eb29d91a383e (diff) | |
parent | 3a88bded203591d4683aacdbb65cd0f549bc58cb (diff) | |
download | linux-912902ce78b0d48f717f9128e61fb9bffbd65f86.tar.bz2 |
Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into next
KVM/ARM changes for Linux 4.8
- GICv3 ITS emulation
- Simpler idmap management that fixes potential TLB conflicts
- Honor the kernel protection in HYP mode
- Removal of the old vgic implementation
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt | 25 |
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 299306db5d84..5237e1b2fd66 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -2182,7 +2182,7 @@ after pausing the vcpu, but before it is resumed. 4.71 KVM_SIGNAL_MSI Capability: KVM_CAP_SIGNAL_MSI -Architectures: x86 +Architectures: x86 arm64 Type: vm ioctl Parameters: struct kvm_msi (in) Returns: >0 on delivery, 0 if guest blocked the MSI, and -1 on error @@ -2195,10 +2195,18 @@ struct kvm_msi { __u32 address_hi; __u32 data; __u32 flags; - __u8 pad[16]; + __u32 devid; + __u8 pad[12]; }; -No flags are defined so far. The corresponding field must be 0. +flags: KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: devid contains a valid value +devid: If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, contains a unique device identifier + for the device that wrote the MSI message. + For PCI, this is usually a BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits. + +The per-VM KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the need to provide +the device ID. If this capability is not set, userland cannot rely on +the kernel to allow the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag being set. On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled, address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt index 59541d49e15c..89182f80cc7f 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt @@ -4,16 +4,22 @@ ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller (VGIC) Device types supported: KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0 KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v3.0 + KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS ARM Interrupt Translation Service Controller -Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the -legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP api. The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt -controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the -VGIC instead of directly to CPUs. +Only one VGIC instance of the V2/V3 types above may be instantiated through +either this API or the legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP api. The created VGIC will +act as the VM interrupt controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to +inject interrupts to the VGIC instead of directly to CPUs. Creating a guest GICv3 device requires a host GICv3 as well. GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow a guest GICv2 as well. +Creating a virtual ITS controller requires a host GICv3 (but does not depend +on having physical ITS controllers). +There can be multiple ITS controllers per guest, each of them has to have +a separate, non-overlapping MMIO region. + Groups: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR Attributes: @@ -39,6 +45,13 @@ Groups: Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3. This address needs to be 64K aligned. + KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_ITS (rw, 64-bit) + Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 ITS + control register frame. The ITS allows MSI(-X) interrupts to be + injected into guests. This extension is optional. If the kernel + does not support the ITS, the call returns -ENODEV. + Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_ITS. + This address needs to be 64K aligned and the region covers 128K. KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS Attributes: @@ -109,8 +122,8 @@ Groups: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL Attributes: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT - request the initialization of the VGIC, no additional parameter in - kvm_device_attr.addr. + request the initialization of the VGIC or ITS, no additional parameter + in kvm_device_attr.addr. Errors: -ENXIO: VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling this attribute |