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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. |