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author | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2015-04-01 13:06:40 (GMT) |
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committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2015-06-04 14:01:11 (GMT) |
commit | f077825a8758d79838a757dafb79adcdd047ef3a (patch) | |
tree | 89c7e96e8cd906a2ca9debc123dd84af10ab8b21 /Documentation/virtual | |
parent | a584539b24b87dc8be83a713006396cabec47833 (diff) | |
download | linux-f077825a8758d79838a757dafb79adcdd047ef3a.tar.xz |
KVM: x86: API changes for SMM support
This patch includes changes to the external API for SMM support.
Userspace can predicate the availability of the new fields and
ioctls on a new capability, KVM_CAP_X86_SMM, which is added at the end
of the patch series.
Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 40 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 6955444..2ddefd5 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -820,11 +820,21 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events { } nmi; __u32 sipi_vector; __u32 flags; + struct { + __u8 smm; + __u8 pending; + __u8 smm_inside_nmi; + __u8 latched_init; + } smi; }; -KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set in the flags field to signal that -interrupt.shadow contains a valid state. Otherwise, this field is undefined. +Only two fields are defined in the flags field: + +- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set in the flags field to signal that + interrupt.shadow contains a valid state. +- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM may be set in the flags field to signal that + smi contains a valid state. 4.32 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS @@ -841,17 +851,20 @@ vcpu. See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure. Fields that may be modified asynchronously by running VCPUs can be excluded -from the update. These fields are nmi.pending and sipi_vector. Keep the -corresponding bits in the flags field cleared to suppress overwriting the -current in-kernel state. The bits are: +from the update. These fields are nmi.pending, sipi_vector, smi.smm, +smi.pending. Keep the corresponding bits in the flags field cleared to +suppress overwriting the current in-kernel state. The bits are: KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NMI_PENDING - transfer nmi.pending to the kernel KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SIPI_VECTOR - transfer sipi_vector +KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM - transfer the smi sub-struct. If KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW is available, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW can be set in the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU. +KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM can only be set if KVM_CAP_X86_SMM is available. + 4.33 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS @@ -2979,6 +2992,16 @@ len must be a multiple of sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq). It must be > 0 and it must not exceed (max_vcpus + 32) * sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq), which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts. +4.90 KVM_SMI + +Capability: KVM_CAP_X86_SMM +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: none +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Queues an SMI on the thread's vcpu. + 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------ @@ -3014,7 +3037,12 @@ an interrupt can be injected now with KVM_INTERRUPT. The value of the current interrupt flag. Only valid if in-kernel local APIC is not used. - __u8 padding2[2]; + __u16 flags; + +More architecture-specific flags detailing state of the VCPU that may +affect the device's behavior. The only currently defined flag is +KVM_RUN_X86_SMM, which is valid on x86 machines and is set if the +VCPU is in system management mode. /* in (pre_kvm_run), out (post_kvm_run) */ __u64 cr8; |