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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-12-04 11:08:30 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-12-04 11:08:30 -0800 |
| commit | aedc0650f9135f3b92b39cbed1a8fe98d8088825 (patch) | |
| tree | 2b9a019d58eb2d485f1d264d988aa26f19e2635d /Documentation | |
| parent | 6cdc7f2efc25a6dbddf7c57bb2eee5d6c033d678 (diff) | |
| parent | 7d73710d9ca2564f29d291d0b3badc09efdf25e9 (diff) | |
| download | linux-aedc0650f9135f3b92b39cbed1a8fe98d8088825.tar.bz2 | |
Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
Pull more KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
- PPC secure guest support
- small x86 cleanup
- fix for an x86-specific out-of-bounds write on a ioctl (not guest
triggerable, data not attacker-controlled)
* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm:
kvm: vmx: Stop wasting a page for guest_msrs
KVM: x86: fix out-of-bounds write in KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID (CVE-2019-19332)
Documentation: kvm: Fix mention to number of ioctls classes
powerpc: Ultravisor: Add PPC_UV config option
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Support reset of secure guest
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Handle memory plug/unplug to secure VM
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Radix changes for secure guest
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Shared pages support for secure guests
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Support for running secure guests
mm: ksm: Export ksm_madvise()
KVM x86: Move kvm cpuid support out of svm
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt index 49183add44e7..ebb37b34dcfc 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation ---------------------- The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects -of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes: +of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to the following classes: - System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the whole kvm subsystem. In addition a system ioctl is used to create @@ -4149,6 +4149,24 @@ Valid values for 'action': #define KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW 0 #define KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY 1 +4.121 KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF + +Capability: basic +Architectures: powerpc +Type: vm ioctl +Parameters: none +Returns: 0 on successful completion, +Errors: + EINVAL: if ultravisor failed to terminate the secure guest + ENOMEM: if hypervisor failed to allocate new radix page tables for guest + +This ioctl is used to turn off the secure mode of the guest or transition +the guest from secure mode to normal mode. This is invoked when the guest +is reset. This has no effect if called for a normal guest. + +This ioctl issues an ultravisor call to terminate the secure guest, +unpins the VPA pages and releases all the device pages that are used to +track the secure pages by hypervisor. 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------ |