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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index c658e5d2d52c..9927564db88e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -2366,13 +2366,35 @@ kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs. Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP) + kvm.eager_page_split= + [KVM,X86] Controls whether or not KVM will try to + proactively split all huge pages during dirty logging. + Eager page splitting reduces interruptions to vCPU + execution by eliminating the write-protection faults + and MMU lock contention that would otherwise be + required to split huge pages lazily. + + VM workloads that rarely perform writes or that write + only to a small region of VM memory may benefit from + disabling eager page splitting to allow huge pages to + still be used for reads. + + The behavior of eager page splitting depends on whether + KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET is enabled or disabled. If + disabled, all huge pages in a memslot will be eagerly + split when dirty logging is enabled on that memslot. If + enabled, eager page splitting will be performed during + the KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY ioctl, and only for the pages being + cleared. + + Eager page splitting currently only supports splitting + huge pages mapped by the TDP MMU. + + Default is Y (on). + kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface. Default is false (don't support). - kvm.mmu_audit= [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit - KVM MMU at runtime. - Default is 0 (off) - kvm.nx_huge_pages= [KVM] Controls the software workaround for the X86_BUG_ITLB_MULTIHIT bug. |