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2012-10-10Merge branch 'for-linus-37rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml Pull UML changes from Richard Weinberger: "UML receives this time only cleanups. The most outstanding change is the 'include "foo.h"' do 'include <foo.h>' conversion done by Al Viro. It touches many files, that's why the diffstat is rather big." * 'for-linus-37rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rw/uml: typo in UserModeLinux-HOWTO hppfs: fix the return value of get_inode() hostfs: drop vmtruncate um: get rid of pointless include "..." where include <...> will do um: move sysrq.h out of include/shared um/x86: merge 32 and 64 bit variants of ptrace.h um/x86: merge 32 and 64bit variants of checksum.h
2012-10-09typo in UserModeLinux-HOWTORichard Genoud1-1/+1
[it seems that I sent it to the wrong maintainer at first... sorry for that] copy_from_user was meant instead of copy_to_user. Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
2012-09-23KVM: Add resampling irqfds for level triggered interruptsAlex Williamson1-0/+13
To emulate level triggered interrupts, add a resample option to KVM_IRQFD. When specified, a new resamplefd is provided that notifies the user when the irqchip has been resampled by the VM. This may, for instance, indicate an EOI. Also in this mode, posting of an interrupt through an irqfd only asserts the interrupt. On resampling, the interrupt is automatically de-asserted prior to user notification. This enables level triggered interrupts to be posted and re-enabled from vfio with no userspace intervention. All resampling irqfds can make use of a single irq source ID, so we reserve a new one for this interface. Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-09-17KVM: clarify kvmclock documentationStefan Fritsch1-12/+20
- mention that system time needs to be added to wallclock time - positive tsc_shift means left shift, not right - mention additional 32bit right shift Signed-off-by: Stefan Fritsch <sf@sfritsch.de> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-09-09KVM: Improve wording of KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION documentationJan Kiszka1-11/+11
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-08-22KVM: introduce readonly memslotXiao Guangrong1-3/+7
In current code, if we map a readonly memory space from host to guest and the page is not currently mapped in the host, we will get a fault pfn and async is not allowed, then the vm will crash We introduce readonly memory region to map ROM/ROMD to the guest, read access is happy for readonly memslot, write access on readonly memslot will cause KVM_EXIT_MMIO exit Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-08-13KVM: Add ppc hypercall documentationAlexander Graf1-0/+22
Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-08-13KVM: Add documentation on hypercallsRaghavendra K T1-0/+66
Thanks Alex for KVM_HC_FEATURES inputs and Jan for VAPIC_POLL_IRQ, and Peter (HPA) for suggesting hypercall ABI addition. Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-07-24Merge tag 'kvm-3.6-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds4-3/+196
Pull KVM updates from Avi Kivity: "Highlights include - full big real mode emulation on pre-Westmere Intel hosts (can be disabled with emulate_invalid_guest_state=0) - relatively small ppc and s390 updates - PCID/INVPCID support in guests - EOI avoidance; 3.6 guests should perform better on 3.6 hosts on interrupt intensive workloads) - Lockless write faults during live migration - EPT accessed/dirty bits support for new Intel processors" Fix up conflicts in: - Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt: Stupid subchapter numbering, added next to each other. - arch/powerpc/kvm/booke_interrupts.S: PPC asm changes clashing with the KVM fixes - arch/s390/include/asm/sigp.h, arch/s390/kvm/sigp.c: Duplicated commits through the kvm tree and the s390 tree, with subsequent edits in the KVM tree. * tag 'kvm-3.6-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (93 commits) KVM: fix race with level interrupts x86, hyper: fix build with !CONFIG_KVM_GUEST Revert "apic: fix kvm build on UP without IOAPIC" KVM guest: switch to apic_set_eoi_write, apic_write apic: add apic_set_eoi_write for PV use KVM: VMX: Implement PCID/INVPCID for guests with EPT KVM: Add x86_hyper_kvm to complete detect_hypervisor_platform check KVM: PPC: Critical interrupt emulation support KVM: PPC: e500mc: Fix tlbilx emulation for 64-bit guests KVM: PPC64: booke: Set interrupt computation mode for 64-bit host KVM: PPC: bookehv: Add ESR flag to Data Storage Interrupt KVM: PPC: bookehv64: Add support for std/ld emulation. booke: Added crit/mc exception handler for e500v2 booke/bookehv: Add host crit-watchdog exception support KVM: MMU: document mmu-lock and fast page fault KVM: MMU: fix kvm_mmu_pagetable_walk tracepoint KVM: MMU: trace fast page fault KVM: MMU: fast path of handling guest page fault KVM: MMU: introduce SPTE_MMU_WRITEABLE bit KVM: MMU: fold tlb flush judgement into mmu_spte_update ...
2012-07-11KVM: MMU: document mmu-lock and fast page faultXiao Guangrong1-1/+129
Document fast page fault and mmu-lock in locking.txt Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-07-02KVM: Add missing KVM_IRQFD API documentationAlex Williamson1-0/+17
Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-06-25KVM: eoi msi documentationMichael S. Tsirkin1-0/+33
Document the new EOI MSR. Couldn't decide whether this change belongs conceptually on guest or host side, so a separate patch. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-05-30KVM: PPC: Not optimizing MSR_CE and MSR_ME with paravirt.Bharat Bhushan1-2/+0
If there is pending critical or machine check interrupt then guest would like to capture it when guest enable MSR.CE and MSR_ME respectively. Also as mostly MSR_CE and MSR_ME are updated with rfi/rfci/rfmii which anyway traps so removing the the paravirt optimization for MSR.CE and MSR.ME. Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <bharat.bhushan@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
2012-05-30KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Make the guest hash table size configurablePaul Mackerras1-0/+36
This adds a new ioctl to enable userspace to control the size of the guest hashed page table (HPT) and to clear it out when resetting the guest. The KVM_PPC_ALLOCATE_HTAB ioctl is a VM ioctl and takes as its parameter a pointer to a u32 containing the desired order of the HPT (log base 2 of the size in bytes), which is updated on successful return to the actual order of the HPT which was allocated. There must be no vcpus running at the time of this ioctl. To enforce this, we now keep a count of the number of vcpus running in kvm->arch.vcpus_running. If the ioctl is called when a HPT has already been allocated, we don't reallocate the HPT but just clear it out. We first clear the kvm->arch.rma_setup_done flag, which has two effects: (a) since we hold the kvm->lock mutex, it will prevent any vcpus from starting to run until we're done, and (b) it means that the first vcpu to run after we're done will re-establish the VRMA if necessary. If userspace doesn't call this ioctl before running the first vcpu, the kernel will allocate a default-sized HPT at that point. We do it then rather than when creating the VM, as the code did previously, so that userspace has a chance to do the ioctl if it wants. When allocating the HPT, we can allocate either from the kernel page allocator, or from the preallocated pool. If userspace is asking for a different size from the preallocated HPTs, we first try to allocate using the kernel page allocator. Then we try to allocate from the preallocated pool, and then if that fails, we try allocating decreasing sizes from the kernel page allocator, down to the minimum size allowed (256kB). Note that the kernel page allocator limits allocations to 1 << CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER pages, which by default corresponds to 16MB (on 64-bit powerpc, at least). Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> [agraf: fix module compilation] Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
2012-05-24Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds3-8/+283
Pull KVM changes from Avi Kivity: "Changes include additional instruction emulation, page-crossing MMIO, faster dirty logging, preventing the watchdog from killing a stopped guest, module autoload, a new MSI ABI, and some minor optimizations and fixes. Outside x86 we have a small s390 and a very large ppc update. Regarding the new (for kvm) rebaseless workflow, some of the patches that were merged before we switch trees had to be rebased, while others are true pulls. In either case the signoffs should be correct now." Fix up trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_segment.S and arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h. I suspect the kvm_para.h resolution ends up doing the "do I have cpuid" check effectively twice (it was done differently in two different commits), but better safe than sorry ;) * 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (125 commits) KVM: make asm-generic/kvm_para.h have an ifdef __KERNEL__ block KVM: s390: onereg for timer related registers KVM: s390: epoch difference and TOD programmable field KVM: s390: KVM_GET/SET_ONEREG for s390 KVM: s390: add capability indicating COW support KVM: Fix mmu_reload() clash with nested vmx event injection KVM: MMU: Don't use RCU for lockless shadow walking KVM: VMX: Optimize %ds, %es reload KVM: VMX: Fix %ds/%es clobber KVM: x86 emulator: convert bsf/bsr instructions to emulate_2op_SrcV_nobyte() KVM: VMX: unlike vmcs on fail path KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up SPR reads and writes KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up instruction parsing kvm/powerpc: Add new ioctl to retreive server MMU infos kvm/book3s: Make kernel emulated H_PUT_TCE available for "PR" KVM KVM: PPC: bookehv: Fix r8/r13 storing in level exception handler KVM: PPC: Book3S: Enable IRQs during exit handling KVM: PPC: Fix PR KVM on POWER7 bare metal KVM: PPC: Fix stbux emulation KVM: PPC: bookehv: Use lwz/stw instead of PPC_LL/PPC_STL for 32-bit fields ...
2012-05-22virtio: update documentation to v0.9.5 of specRusty Russell1-77/+1087
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2012-05-08Merge branch 'for-upstream' of git://github.com/agraf/linux-2.6 into nextAvi Kivity1-0/+70
PPC updates from Alex. * 'for-upstream' of git://github.com/agraf/linux-2.6: KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up SPR reads and writes KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up instruction parsing kvm/powerpc: Add new ioctl to retreive server MMU infos kvm/book3s: Make kernel emulated H_PUT_TCE available for "PR" KVM KVM: PPC: bookehv: Fix r8/r13 storing in level exception handler KVM: PPC: Book3S: Enable IRQs during exit handling KVM: PPC: Fix PR KVM on POWER7 bare metal KVM: PPC: Fix stbux emulation KVM: PPC: bookehv: Use lwz/stw instead of PPC_LL/PPC_STL for 32-bit fields KVM: PPC: Book3S: PR: No isync in slbie path KVM: PPC: Book3S: PR: Optimize entry path KVM: PPC: booke(hv): Fix save/restore of guest accessible SPRGs. KVM: PPC: Restrict PPC_[L|ST]D macro to asm code KVM: PPC: bookehv: Use a Macro for saving/restoring guest registers to/from their 64 bit copies. KVM: PPC: Use clockevent multiplier and shifter for decrementer KVM: Use minimum and maximum address mapped by TLB1 Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-05-06kvm/powerpc: Add new ioctl to retreive server MMU infosBenjamin Herrenschmidt1-0/+70
This is necessary for qemu to be able to pass the right information to the guest, such as the supported page sizes and corresponding encodings in the SLB and hash table, which can vary depending on the processor type, the type of KVM used (PR vs HV) and the version of KVM Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> [agraf: fix compilation on hv, adjust for newer ioctl numbers] Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
2012-05-06KVM: fix cpuid eax for KVM leafMichael S. Tsirkin1-1/+5
cpuid eax should return the max leaf so that guests can find out the valid range. This matches Xen et al. Update documentation to match. Tested with -cpu host. Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-04-27KVM: x86: Run PIT work in own kthreadJan Kiszka1-0/+8
We can't run PIT IRQ injection work in the interrupt context of the host timer. This would allow the user to influence the handler complexity by asking for a broadcast to a large number of VCPUs. Therefore, this work was pushed into workqueue context in 9d244caf2e. However, this prevents prioritizing the PIT injection over other task as workqueues share kernel threads. This replaces the workqueue with a kthread worker and gives that thread a name in the format "kvm-pit/<owner-process-pid>". That allows to identify and adjust the kthread priority according to the VM process parameters. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-04-27KVM: x86: Document in-kernel PIT APIJan Kiszka1-0/+63
Add descriptions for KVM_CREATE_PIT2 and KVM_GET/SET_PIT2. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-04-27KVM: Improve readability of KVM API docJan Kiszka1-7/+92
This helps to identify sections and it also fixes the numbering from 4.54 to 4.61. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2012-04-24KVM: Introduce direct MSI message injection for in-kernel irqchipsJan Kiszka1-0/+21
Currently, MSI messages can only be injected to in-kernel irqchips by defining a corresponding IRQ route for each message. This is not only unhandy if the MSI messages are generated "on the fly" by user space, IRQ routes are a limited resource that user space has to manage carefully. By providing a direct injection path, we can both avoid using up limited resources and simplify the necessary steps for user land. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-04-08KVM: x86: Add ioctl for KVM_KVMCLOCK_CTRLEric B Munson2-0/+24
Now that we have a flag that will tell the guest it was suspended, create an interface for that communication using a KVM ioctl. Signed-off-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@mgebm.net> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-28Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvmLinus Torvalds2-23/+260
Pull kvm updates from Avi Kivity: "Changes include timekeeping improvements, support for assigning host PCI devices that share interrupt lines, s390 user-controlled guests, a large ppc update, and random fixes." This is with the sign-off's fixed, hopefully next merge window we won't have rebased commits. * 'kvm-updates/3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (130 commits) KVM: Convert intx_mask_lock to spin lock KVM: x86: fix kvm_write_tsc() TSC matching thinko x86: kvmclock: abstract save/restore sched_clock_state KVM: nVMX: Fix erroneous exception bitmap check KVM: Ignore the writes to MSR_K7_HWCR(3) KVM: MMU: make use of ->root_level in reset_rsvds_bits_mask KVM: PMU: add proper support for fixed counter 2 KVM: PMU: Fix raw event check KVM: PMU: warn when pin control is set in eventsel msr KVM: VMX: Fix delayed load of shared MSRs KVM: use correct tlbs dirty type in cmpxchg KVM: Allow host IRQ sharing for assigned PCI 2.3 devices KVM: Ensure all vcpus are consistent with in-kernel irqchip settings KVM: x86 emulator: Allow PM/VM86 switch during task switch KVM: SVM: Fix CPL updates KVM: x86 emulator: VM86 segments must have DPL 3 KVM: x86 emulator: Fix task switch privilege checks arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c: included linux/sched.h twice KVM: x86 emulator: correctly mask pmc index bits in RDPMC instruction emulation KVM: mmu_notifier: Flush TLBs before releasing mmu_lock ...
2012-03-08KVM: Allow host IRQ sharing for assigned PCI 2.3 devicesJan Kiszka1-0/+41
PCI 2.3 allows to generically disable IRQ sources at device level. This enables us to share legacy IRQs of such devices with other host devices when passing them to a guest. The new IRQ sharing feature introduced here is optional, user space has to request it explicitly. Moreover, user space can inform us about its view of PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE so that we can avoid unmasking the interrupt and signaling it if the guest masked it via the virtualized PCI config space. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Acked-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-07Documentation: Fix multiple typo in DocumentationMasanari Iida2-6/+6
Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida <standby24x7@gmail.com> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2012-03-05KVM: PPC: refer to paravirt docs in header fileScott Wood1-22/+2
Instead of keeping separate copies of struct kvm_vcpu_arch_shared (one in the code, one in the docs) that inevitably fail to be kept in sync (already sr[] is missing from the doc version), just point to the header file as the source of documentation on the contents of the magic page. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Acked-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: PPC: Add support for explicit HIOR settingAlexander Graf1-0/+1
Until now, we always set HIOR based on the PVR, but this is just wrong. Instead, we should be setting HIOR explicitly, so user space can decide what the initial HIOR value is - just like on real hardware. We keep the old PVR based way around for backwards compatibility, but once user space uses the SET_ONE_REG based method, we drop the PVR logic. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: PPC: Add generic single register ioctlsAlexander Graf1-3/+43
Right now we transfer a static struct every time we want to get or set registers. Unfortunately, over time we realize that there are more of these than we thought of before and the extensibility and flexibility of transferring a full struct every time is limited. So this is a new approach to the problem. With these new ioctls, we can get and set a single register that is identified by an ID. This allows for very precise and limited transmittal of data. When we later realize that it's a better idea to shove over multiple registers at once, we can reuse most of the infrastructure and simply implement a GET_MANY_REGS / SET_MANY_REGS interface. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: PPC: e500: MMU APIScott Wood1-0/+74
This implements a shared-memory API for giving host userspace access to the guest's TLB. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: provide synchronous registers in kvm_runChristian Borntraeger1-0/+23
On some cpus the overhead for virtualization instructions is in the same range as a system call. Having to call multiple ioctls to get set registers will make certain userspace handled exits more expensive than necessary. Lets provide a section in kvm_run that works as a shared save area for guest registers. We also provide two 64bit flags fields (architecture specific), that will specify 1. which parts of these fields are valid. 2. which registers were modified by userspace Each bit for these flag fields will define a group of registers (like general purpose) or a single register. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: s390: ucontrol: interface to inject faults on a vcpu page tableCarsten Otte1-0/+16
This patch allows the user to fault in pages on a virtual cpus address space for user controlled virtual machines. Typically this is superfluous because userspace can just create a mapping and let the kernel's page fault logic take are of it. There is one exception: SIE won't start if the lowcore is not present. Normally the kernel takes care of this [handle_validity() in arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c] but since the kernel does not handle intercepts for user controlled virtual machines, userspace needs to be able to handle this condition. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: s390: ucontrol: export SIE control block to userCarsten Otte1-0/+5
This patch exports the s390 SIE hardware control block to userspace via the mapping of the vcpu file descriptor. In order to do so, a new arch callback named kvm_arch_vcpu_fault is introduced for all architectures. It allows to map architecture specific pages. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: s390: ucontrol: export page faults to userCarsten Otte1-0/+14
This patch introduces a new exit reason in the kvm_run structure named KVM_EXIT_S390_UCONTROL. This exit indicates, that a virtual cpu has regognized a fault on the host page table. The idea is that userspace can handle this fault by mapping memory at the fault location into the cpu's address space and then continue to run the virtual cpu. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: s390: ucontrol: per vcpu address spacesCarsten Otte1-0/+38
This patch introduces two ioctls for virtual cpus, that are only valid for kernel virtual machines that are controlled by userspace. Each virtual cpu has its individual address space in this mode of operation, and each address space is backed by the gmap implementation just like the address space for regular KVM guests. KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP allows to map a part of the user's virtual address space to the vcpu. Starting offset and length in both the user and the vcpu address space need to be aligned to 1M. KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP can be used to unmap a range of memory from a virtual cpu in a similar way. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-03-05KVM: s390: add parameter for KVM_CREATE_VMCarsten Otte1-1/+6
This patch introduces a new config option for user controlled kernel virtual machines. It introduces a parameter to KVM_CREATE_VM that allows to set bits that alter the capabilities of the newly created virtual machine. The parameter is passed to kvm_arch_init_vm for all architectures. The only valid modifier bit for now is KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL. This requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileges and creates a user controlled virtual machine on s390 architectures. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2012-01-28lguest: remove reference from Documentation/virtual/00-INDEXRusty Russell1-2/+0
We're in tools/lguest now. Reported-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
2012-01-12lguest: move the lguest tool to the tools directoryDavidlohr Bueso5-2261/+0
This is a better location instead of having it in Documentation. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> (fixed compile)
2011-12-27KVM: Document KVM_NMIAvi Kivity1-0/+25
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2011-12-26KVM: Don't automatically expose the TSC deadline timer in cpuidJan Kiszka1-0/+9
Unlike all of the other cpuid bits, the TSC deadline timer bit is set unconditionally, regardless of what userspace wants. This is broken in several ways: - if userspace doesn't use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, and doesn't emulate the TSC deadline timer feature, a guest that uses the feature will break - live migration to older host kernels that don't support the TSC deadline timer will cause the feature to be pulled from under the guest's feet; breaking it - guests that are broken wrt the feature will fail. Fix by not enabling the feature automatically; instead report it to userspace. Because the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, which we cannot guarantee will be called, we expose it via a KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER and not KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID. Fixes the Illumos guest kernel, which uses the TSC deadline timer feature. [avi: add the KVM_CAP + documentation] Reported-by: Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com> Tested-by: Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2011-12-25KVM: Device assignment permission checksAlex Williamson1-0/+4
Only allow KVM device assignment to attach to devices which: - Are not bridges - Have BAR resources (assume others are special devices) - The user has permissions to use Assigning a bridge is a configuration error, it's not supported, and typically doesn't result in the behavior the user is expecting anyway. Devices without BAR resources are typically chipset components that also don't have host drivers. We don't want users to hold such devices captive or cause system problems by fencing them off into an iommu domain. We determine "permission to use" by testing whether the user has access to the PCI sysfs resource files. By default a normal user will not have access to these files, so it provides a good indication that an administration agent has granted the user access to the device. [Yang Bai: add missing #include] [avi: fix comment style] Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Yang Bai <hamo.by@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-12-25KVM: Remove ability to assign a device without iommu supportAlex Williamson1-0/+3
This option has no users and it exposes a security hole that we can allow devices to be assigned without iommu protection. Make KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU a mandatory option. Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
2011-11-02Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linuxLinus Torvalds1-266/+266
* 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linux: (90 commits) um: fix ubd cow size um: Fix kmalloc argument order in um/vdso/vma.c um: switch to use of drivers/Kconfig UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: fix a typo UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: remove ^H characters um: we need sys/user.h only on i386 um: merge delay_{32,64}.c um: distribute exports to where exported stuff is defined um: kill system-um.h um: generic ftrace.h will do... um: segment.h is x86-only and needed only there um: asm/pda.h is not needed anymore um: hw_irq.h can go generic as well um: switch to generic-y um: clean Kconfig up a bit um: a couple of missing dependencies... um: kill useless argument of free_chan() and free_one_chan() um: unify ptrace_user.h um: unify KSTK_... um: fix gcov build breakage ...
2011-11-02UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: fix a typoJonathan Neuschäfer1-1/+1
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
2011-11-02UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt: remove ^H charactersJonathan Neuschäfer1-265/+265
If you can't read this patch, please run: sed -i -e "s/[^\o10]\o10//g" \ Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@gmx.net> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
2011-10-30Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.2' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-2/+69
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm * 'kvm-updates/3.2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/avi/kvm: (75 commits) KVM: SVM: Keep intercepting task switching with NPT enabled KVM: s390: implement sigp external call KVM: s390: fix register setting KVM: s390: fix return value of kvm_arch_init_vm KVM: s390: check cpu_id prior to using it KVM: emulate lapic tsc deadline timer for guest x86: TSC deadline definitions KVM: Fix simultaneous NMIs KVM: x86 emulator: convert push %sreg/pop %sreg to direct decode KVM: x86 emulator: switch lds/les/lss/lfs/lgs to direct decode KVM: x86 emulator: streamline decode of segment registers KVM: x86 emulator: simplify OpMem64 decode KVM: x86 emulator: switch src decode to decode_operand() KVM: x86 emulator: qualify OpReg inhibit_byte_regs hack KVM: x86 emulator: switch OpImmUByte decode to decode_imm() KVM: x86 emulator: free up some flag bits near src, dst KVM: x86 emulator: switch src2 to generic decode_operand() KVM: x86 emulator: expand decode flags to 64 bits KVM: x86 emulator: split dst decode to a generic decode_operand() KVM: x86 emulator: move memop, memopp into emulation context ...
2011-09-27doc: fix broken referencesPaul Bolle1-1/+1
There are numerous broken references to Documentation files (in other Documentation files, in comments, etc.). These broken references are caused by typo's in the references, and by renames or removals of the Documentation files. Some broken references are simply odd. Fix these broken references, sometimes by dropping the irrelevant text they were part of. Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl> Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
2011-09-25KVM: Update documentation to include detailed ENABLE_CAP descriptionAlexander Graf1-0/+47
We have an ioctl that enables capabilities individually, but no description on what exactly happens when we enable a capability using this ioctl. This patch adds documentation for capability enabling in a new section of the API documentation. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
2011-09-25KVM: Restore missing powerpc API docsAvi Kivity1-0/+13
Commit 371fefd6 lost a doc hunk somehow, restore it. Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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