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Kirill Smelkov
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e1f68169
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e1f68169
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Dec 04, 2020
by
David Woodhouse
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KVM: Add documentation for Xen hypercall and shared_info updates
Signed-off-by:
David Woodhouse
<
dwmw@amazon.co.uk
>
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@@ -960,6 +960,14 @@ memory.
__u8
pad2
[
30
];
};
If
the
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL
flag
is
returned
from
the
KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
check
,
it
may
be
set
in
the
flags
field
of
this
ioctl
.
This
requests
KVM
to
generate
the
contents
of
the
hypercall
page
automatically
;
hypercalls
will
be
intercepted
and
passed
to
userspace
through
KVM_EXIT_XEN
.
In
this
case
,
all
of
the
blob
size
and
address
fields
must
be
zero
.
No
other
flags
are
currently
valid
in
the
struct
kvm_xen_hvm_config
.
4.29
KVM_GET_CLOCK
------------------
...
...
@@ -4831,6 +4839,101 @@ into user space.
If
a
vCPU
is
in
running
state
while
this
ioctl
is
invoked
,
the
vCPU
may
experience
inconsistent
filtering
behavior
on
MSR
accesses
.
4.127
KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
--------------------------
:
Capability
:
KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
/
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
:
Architectures
:
x86
:
Type
:
vm
ioctl
:
Parameters
:
struct
kvm_xen_hvm_attr
:
Returns
:
0
on
success
,
<
0
on
error
::
struct
kvm_xen_hvm_attr
{
__u16
type
;
__u16
pad
[
3
];
union
{
__u8
long_mode
;
__u8
vector
;
struct
{
__u64
gfn
;
}
shared_info
;
__u64
pad
[
4
];
}
u
;
};
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
.
KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_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
is
not
aware
of
the
Xen
CPU
id
which
is
used
as
the
index
into
the
vcpu_info
[]
array
,
so
cannot
know
the
correct
default
location
.
KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
Sets
the
exception
vector
used
to
deliver
Xen
event
channel
upcalls
.
4.128
KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
--------------------------
:
Capability
:
KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
/
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
:
Architectures
:
x86
:
Type
:
vm
ioctl
:
Parameters
:
struct
kvm_xen_hvm_attr
:
Returns
:
0
on
success
,
<
0
on
error
Allows
Xen
VM
attributes
to
be
read
.
For
the
structure
and
types
,
see
KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
above
.
4.129
KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
---------------------------
:
Capability
:
KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
/
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
:
Architectures
:
x86
:
Type
:
vcpu
ioctl
:
Parameters
:
struct
kvm_xen_vcpu_attr
:
Returns
:
0
on
success
,
<
0
on
error
::
struct
kvm_xen_vcpu_attr
{
__u16
type
;
__u16
pad
[
3
];
union
{
__u64
gpa
;
__u64
pad
[
4
];
}
u
;
};
type
values
:
KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO
Sets
the
guest
physical
address
of
the
vcpu_info
for
a
given
vCPU
.
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
.
4.130
KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
--------------------------
:
Capability
:
KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
/
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
:
Architectures
:
x86
:
Type
:
vcpu
ioctl
:
Parameters
:
struct
kvm_xen_vcpu_attr
:
Returns
:
0
on
success
,
<
0
on
error
Allows
Xen
vCPU
attributes
to
be
read
.
For
the
structure
and
types
,
see
KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
above
.
5.
The
kvm_run
structure
========================
...
...
@@ -4998,13 +5101,18 @@ to the byte array.
.. note::
For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR,
For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR,
KVM_EXIT_XEN,
KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR the corresponding
operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace
has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish
incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace
can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete
pending operations.
incomplete operations and then check for pending signals.
The pending state of the operation is not preserved in state which is
visible to userspace, thus userspace should ensure that the operation is
completed before performing a live migration. Userspace can re-enter the
guest with an unmasked signal pending or with the immediate_exit field set
to complete pending operations without allowing any further instructions
to be executed.
::
...
...
@@ -5329,6 +5437,34 @@ wants to write. Once finished processing the event, user space must continue
vCPU
execution
.
If
the
MSR
write
was
unsuccessful
,
user
space
also
sets
the
"error"
field
to
"1"
.
::
struct
kvm_xen_exit
{
#
define
KVM_EXIT_XEN_HCALL
1
__u32
type
;
union
{
struct
{
__u32
longmode
;
__u32
cpl
;
__u64
input
;
__u64
result
;
__u64
params
[
6
];
}
hcall
;
}
u
;
};
/*
KVM_EXIT_XEN
*/
struct
kvm_hyperv_exit
xen
;
Indicates
that
the
VCPU
exits
into
userspace
to
process
some
tasks
related
to
Xen
emulation
.
Valid
values
for
'type'
are
:
-
KVM_EXIT_XEN_HCALL
--
synchronously
notify
user
-
space
about
Xen
hypercall
.
Userspace
is
expected
to
place
the
hypercall
result
into
the
appropriate
field
before
invoking
KVM_RUN
again
.
::
/*
Fix
the
size
of
the
union
.
*/
...
...
@@ -6454,7 +6590,6 @@ guest according to the bits in the KVM_CPUID_FEATURES CPUID leaf
(
0x40000001
).
Otherwise
,
a
guest
may
use
the
paravirtual
features
regardless
of
what
has
actually
been
exposed
through
the
CPUID
leaf
.
8.29
KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING
---------------------------
...
...
@@ -6541,3 +6676,29 @@ KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG and KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG. After enabling
KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING
with
an
acceptable
dirty
ring
size
,
the
virtual
machine
will
switch
to
ring
-
buffer
dirty
page
tracking
and
further
KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG
or
KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG
ioctls
will
fail
.
8.30
KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
--------------------
:
Architectures
:
x86
This
capability
indicates
the
features
that
Xen
supports
for
hosting
Xen
PVHVM
guests
.
Valid
flags
are
::
#
define
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_HYPERCALL_MSR
(
1
<<
0
)
#
define
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL
(
1
<<
1
)
#
define
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
(
1
<<
2
)
The
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_HYPERCALL_MSR
flag
indicates
that
the
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG
ioctl
is
available
,
for
the
guest
to
set
its
hypercall
page
.
If
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL
is
also
set
,
the
same
flag
may
also
be
provided
in
the
flags
to
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG
,
without
providing
hypercall
page
contents
,
to
request
that
KVM
generate
hypercall
page
content
automatically
and
also
enable
interception
of
guest
hypercalls
with
KVM_EXIT_XEN
.
The
KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
flag
indicates
the
availability
of
the
KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
,
KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
,
KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
and
KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
ioctls
,
as
well
as
the
delivery
of
exception
vectors
for
event
channel
upcalls
when
the
evtchn_upcall_pending
field
of
a
vcpu
's
vcpu_info is set.
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