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authorMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>2019-06-03 19:52:44 -0300
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2019-06-18 11:43:46 +0200
commit2d5ba19bdfef4dd06add144eb04287ee98409f75 (patch)
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kvm: x86: add host poll control msrs
Add an MSRs which allows the guest to disable host polling (specifically the cpuidle-haltpoll, when performing polling in the guest, disables host side polling). Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
@@ -273,3 +273,12 @@ MSR_KVM_EOI_EN: 0x4b564d04
guest must both read the least significant bit in the memory area and
clear it using a single CPU instruction, such as test and clear, or
compare and exchange.
+
+MSR_KVM_POLL_CONTROL: 0x4b564d05
+ Control host-side polling.
+
+ data: Bit 0 enables (1) or disables (0) host-side HLT polling logic.
+
+ KVM guests can request the host not to poll on HLT, for example if
+ they are performing polling themselves.
+