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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index f67e367c4059..30e31a886422 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -6559,6 +6559,26 @@ spec refer, https://github.com/riscv/riscv-sbi-doc. :: + /* KVM_EXIT_NOTIFY */ + struct { + #define KVM_NOTIFY_CONTEXT_INVALID (1 << 0) + __u32 flags; + } notify; + +Used on x86 systems. When the VM capability KVM_CAP_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT is +enabled, a VM exit generated if no event window occurs in VM non-root mode +for a specified amount of time. Once KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_USER is set when +enabling the cap, it would exit to userspace with the exit reason +KVM_EXIT_NOTIFY for further handling. The "flags" field contains more +detailed info. + +The valid value for 'flags' is: + + - KVM_NOTIFY_CONTEXT_INVALID -- the VM context is corrupted and not valid + in VMCS. It would run into unknown result if resume the target VM. + +:: + /* Fix the size of the union. */ char padding[256]; }; @@ -7523,6 +7543,35 @@ if the value was set to zero or KVM_ENABLE_CAP was not invoked, KVM uses the return value of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID) as the maximum APIC ID. +7.33 KVM_CAP_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT +------------------------------ + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] is the value of notify window as well as some flags +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if args[0] contains invalid flags or notify + VM exit is unsupported. + +Bits 63:32 of args[0] are used for notify window. +Bits 31:0 of args[0] are for some flags. Valid bits are:: + + #define KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_ENABLED (1 << 0) + #define KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_USER (1 << 1) + +This capability allows userspace to configure the notify VM exit on/off +in per-VM scope during VM creation. Notify VM exit is disabled by default. +When userspace sets KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_ENABLED bit in args[0], VMM will +enable this feature with the notify window provided, which will generate +a VM exit if no event window occurs in VM non-root mode for a specified of +time (notify window). + +If KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_USER is set in args[0], upon notify VM exits happen, +KVM would exit to userspace for handling. + +This capability is aimed to mitigate the threat that malicious VMs can +cause CPU stuck (due to event windows don't open up) and make the CPU +unavailable to host or other VMs. + 8. Other capabilities. ====================== |