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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt10
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt8
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 9684f8d..cb2ef0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2507,8 +2507,9 @@ struct kvm_create_device {
4.80 KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR/KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device
-Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device,
+ KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device
+Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Errors:
@@ -2533,8 +2534,9 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
4.81 KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device
-Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl
+Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device,
+ KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device
+Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
Errors:
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3cc59c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Generic vcpu interface
+====================================
+
+The virtual cpu "device" also accepts the ioctls KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR,
+KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR, and KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR. The interface uses the same struct
+kvm_device_attr as other devices, but targets VCPU-wide settings and controls.
+
+The groups and attributes per virtual cpu, if any, are architecture specific.