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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..97b651814 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v2 (VGIC) +================================================== + +Device types supported: + KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0 + +Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the +legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP API. The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt +controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the +VGIC instead of directly to CPUs. + +GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow creating a +guest GICv2 through this interface. For information on creating a guest GICv3 +device and guest ITS devices, see arm-vgic-v3.txt. It is not possible to +create both a GICv3 and GICv2 device on the same VM. + + +Groups: + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR + Attributes: + KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit) + Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC distributor + register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2. + This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte. + + KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_CPU (rw, 64-bit) + Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC virtual cpu + interface register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2. + This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte. + Errors: + -E2BIG: Address outside of addressable IPA range + -EINVAL: Incorrectly aligned address + -EEXIST: Address already configured + -ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device + or hardware support is missing. + -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr. + + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS + Attributes: + The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values: + bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 | + values: | reserved | vcpu_index | offset | + + All distributor regs are (rw, 32-bit) + + The offset is relative to the "Distributor base address" as defined in the + GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the same effect as + reading or writing the register on the actual hardware from the cpu whose + index is specified with the vcpu_index field. Note that most distributor + fields are not banked, but return the same value regardless of the + vcpu_index used to access the register. + + GICD_IIDR.Revision is updated when the KVM implementation of an emulated + GICv2 is changed in a way directly observable by the guest or userspace. + Userspace should read GICD_IIDR from KVM and write back the read value to + confirm its expected behavior is aligned with the KVM implementation. + Userspace should set GICD_IIDR before setting any other registers (both + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS and KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS) to ensure + the expected behavior. Unless GICD_IIDR has been set from userspace, writes + to the interrupt group registers (GICD_IGROUPR) are ignored. + Errors: + -ENXIO: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported + -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running + -EINVAL: Invalid vcpu_index supplied + + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS + Attributes: + The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values: + bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 | + values: | reserved | vcpu_index | offset | + + All CPU interface regs are (rw, 32-bit) + + The offset specifies the offset from the "CPU interface base address" as + defined in the GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the + same effect as reading or writing the register on the actual hardware. + + The Active Priorities Registers APRn are implementation defined, so we set a + fixed format for our implementation that fits with the model of a "GICv2 + implementation without the security extensions" which we present to the + guest. This interface always exposes four register APR[0-3] describing the + maximum possible 128 preemption levels. The semantics of the register + indicate if any interrupts in a given preemption level are in the active + state by setting the corresponding bit. + + Thus, preemption level X has one or more active interrupts if and only if: + + APRn[X mod 32] == 0b1, where n = X / 32 + + Bits for undefined preemption levels are RAZ/WI. + + Note that this differs from a CPU's view of the APRs on hardware in which + a GIC without the security extensions expose group 0 and group 1 active + priorities in separate register groups, whereas we show a combined view + similar to GICv2's GICH_APR. + + For historical reasons and to provide ABI compatibility with userspace we + export the GICC_PMR register in the format of the GICH_VMCR.VMPriMask + field in the lower 5 bits of a word, meaning that userspace must always + use the lower 5 bits to communicate with the KVM device and must shift the + value left by 3 places to obtain the actual priority mask level. + + Errors: + -ENXIO: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported + -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running + -EINVAL: Invalid vcpu_index supplied + + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_NR_IRQS + Attributes: + A value describing the number of interrupts (SGI, PPI and SPI) for + this GIC instance, ranging from 64 to 1024, in increments of 32. + + Errors: + -EINVAL: Value set is out of the expected range + -EBUSY: Value has already be set, or GIC has already been initialized + with default values. + + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL + Attributes: + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT + request the initialization of the VGIC or ITS, no additional parameter + in kvm_device_attr.addr. + Errors: + -ENXIO: VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling + this attribute + -ENODEV: no online VCPU + -ENOMEM: memory shortage when allocating vgic internal data |