Adding upstream version 6.9.7.upstream/6.9.7

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 09c7e585ff..0b5a33ee71 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ The bits in the dirty bitmap are cleared before the ioctl returns, unless
 KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled.  For more information,
 see the description of the capability.
 
-Note that the Xen shared info page, if configured, shall always be assumed
+Note that the Xen shared_info page, if configured, shall always be assumed
 to be dirty. KVM will not explicitly mark it such.
 
 
@@ -5487,8 +5487,9 @@ KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PERFORM
 		__u8 long_mode;
 		__u8 vector;
 		__u8 runstate_update_flag;
-		struct {
+		union {
 			__u64 gfn;
+			__u64 hva;
 		} shared_info;
 		struct {
 			__u32 send_port;
@@ -5516,19 +5517,20 @@ type values:
 
 KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_LONG_MODE
   Sets the ABI mode of the VM to 32-bit or 64-bit (long mode). This
-  determines the layout of the shared info pages exposed to the VM.
+  determines the layout of the shared_info page exposed to the VM.
 
 KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO
-  Sets the guest physical frame number at which the Xen "shared info"
+  Sets the guest physical frame number at which the Xen shared_info
   page resides. Note that although Xen places vcpu_info for the first
   32 vCPUs in the shared_info page, KVM does not automatically do so
-  and instead requires that KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO be used
-  explicitly even when the vcpu_info for a given vCPU resides at the
-  "default" location in the shared_info page. This is because KVM may
-  not be aware of the Xen CPU id which is used as the index into the
-  vcpu_info[] array, so may know the correct default location.
-
-  Note that the shared info page may be constantly written to by KVM;
+  and instead requires that KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO or
+  KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO_HVA be used explicitly even when
+  the vcpu_info for a given vCPU resides at the "default" location
+  in the shared_info page. This is because KVM may not be aware of
+  the Xen CPU id which is used as the index into the vcpu_info[]
+  array, so may know the correct default location.
+
+  Note that the shared_info page may be constantly written to by KVM;
   it contains the event channel bitmap used to deliver interrupts to
   a Xen guest, amongst other things. It is exempt from dirty tracking
   mechanisms — KVM will not explicitly mark the page as dirty each
@@ -5537,9 +5539,21 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO
   any vCPU has been running or any event channel interrupts can be
   routed to the guest.
 
-  Setting the gfn to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GFN will disable the shared info
+  Setting the gfn to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GFN will disable the shared_info
   page.
 
+KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO_HVA
+  If the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO_HVA flag is also set in the
+  Xen capabilities, then this attribute may be used to set the
+  userspace address at which the shared_info page resides, which
+  will always be fixed in the VMM regardless of where it is mapped
+  in guest physical address space. This attribute should be used in
+  preference to KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO as it avoids
+  unnecessary invalidation of an internal cache when the page is
+  re-mapped in guest physcial address space.
+
+  Setting the hva to zero will disable the shared_info page.
+
 KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
   Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls.
   This is the HVM-wide vector injected directly by the hypervisor
@@ -5636,6 +5650,21 @@ KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO
   on dirty logging. Setting the gpa to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GPA will disable
   the vcpu_info.
 
+KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO_HVA
+  If the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO_HVA flag is also set in the
+  Xen capabilities, then this attribute may be used to set the
+  userspace address of the vcpu_info for a given vCPU. It should
+  only be used when the vcpu_info resides at the "default" location
+  in the shared_info page. In this case it is safe to assume the
+  userspace address will not change, because the shared_info page is
+  an overlay on guest memory and remains at a fixed host address
+  regardless of where it is mapped in guest physical address space
+  and hence unnecessary invalidation of an internal cache may be
+  avoided if the guest memory layout is modified.
+  If the vcpu_info does not reside at the "default" location then
+  it is not guaranteed to remain at the same host address and
+  hence the aforementioned cache invalidation is required.
+
 KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_TIME_INFO
   Sets the guest physical address of an additional pvclock structure
   for a given vCPU. This is typically used for guest vsyscall support.