linux/Documentation/virtual, branch v3.4

Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

2012-03-28T21:35:31Z

Pull kvm updates from Avi Kivity: "Changes include timekeeping improvements, support for assigning host PCI devices that share interrupt lines, s390 user-controlled guests, a large ppc update, and random fixes." This is with the sign-off's fixed, hopefully next merge window we won't have rebased commits. * 'kvm-updates/3.4' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (130 commits) KVM: Convert intx_mask_lock to spin lock KVM: x86: fix kvm_write_tsc() TSC matching thinko x86: kvmclock: abstract save/restore sched_clock_state KVM: nVMX: Fix erroneous exception bitmap check KVM: Ignore the writes to MSR_K7_HWCR(3) KVM: MMU: make use of ->root_level in reset_rsvds_bits_mask KVM: PMU: add proper support for fixed counter 2 KVM: PMU: Fix raw event check KVM: PMU: warn when pin control is set in eventsel msr KVM: VMX: Fix delayed load of shared MSRs KVM: use correct tlbs dirty type in cmpxchg KVM: Allow host IRQ sharing for assigned PCI 2.3 devices KVM: Ensure all vcpus are consistent with in-kernel irqchip settings KVM: x86 emulator: Allow PM/VM86 switch during task switch KVM: SVM: Fix CPL updates KVM: x86 emulator: VM86 segments must have DPL 3 KVM: x86 emulator: Fix task switch privilege checks arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c: included linux/sched.h twice KVM: x86 emulator: correctly mask pmc index bits in RDPMC instruction emulation KVM: mmu_notifier: Flush TLBs before releasing mmu_lock ...

KVM: Allow host IRQ sharing for assigned PCI 2.3 devices

2012-03-08T12:11:36Z

PCI 2.3 allows to generically disable IRQ sources at device level. This enables us to share legacy IRQs of such devices with other host devices when passing them to a guest. The new IRQ sharing feature introduced here is optional, user space has to request it explicitly. Moreover, user space can inform us about its view of PCI_COMMAND_INTX_DISABLE so that we can avoid unmasking the interrupt and signaling it if the guest masked it via the virtualized PCI config space. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka Acked-by: Alex Williamson Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

Documentation: Fix multiple typo in Documentation

2012-03-07T15:08:24Z

Signed-off-by: Masanari Iida Acked-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina

KVM: PPC: refer to paravirt docs in header file

2012-03-05T12:52:41Z

Instead of keeping separate copies of struct kvm_vcpu_arch_shared (one in the code, one in the docs) that inevitably fail to be kept in sync (already sr[] is missing from the doc version), just point to the header file as the source of documentation on the contents of the magic page. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood Acked-by: Avi Kivity Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

KVM: PPC: Add support for explicit HIOR setting

2012-03-05T12:52:41Z

Until now, we always set HIOR based on the PVR, but this is just wrong. Instead, we should be setting HIOR explicitly, so user space can decide what the initial HIOR value is - just like on real hardware. We keep the old PVR based way around for backwards compatibility, but once user space uses the SET_ONE_REG based method, we drop the PVR logic. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

KVM: PPC: Add generic single register ioctls

2012-03-05T12:52:40Z

Right now we transfer a static struct every time we want to get or set registers. Unfortunately, over time we realize that there are more of these than we thought of before and the extensibility and flexibility of transferring a full struct every time is limited. So this is a new approach to the problem. With these new ioctls, we can get and set a single register that is identified by an ID. This allows for very precise and limited transmittal of data. When we later realize that it's a better idea to shove over multiple registers at once, we can reuse most of the infrastructure and simply implement a GET_MANY_REGS / SET_MANY_REGS interface. Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

KVM: PPC: e500: MMU API

2012-03-05T12:52:24Z

This implements a shared-memory API for giving host userspace access to the guest's TLB. Signed-off-by: Scott Wood Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

KVM: provide synchronous registers in kvm_run

2012-03-05T12:52:22Z

On some cpus the overhead for virtualization instructions is in the same range as a system call. Having to call multiple ioctls to get set registers will make certain userspace handled exits more expensive than necessary. Lets provide a section in kvm_run that works as a shared save area for guest registers. We also provide two 64bit flags fields (architecture specific), that will specify 1. which parts of these fields are valid. 2. which registers were modified by userspace Each bit for these flag fields will define a group of registers (like general purpose) or a single register. Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

KVM: s390: ucontrol: interface to inject faults on a vcpu page table

2012-03-05T12:52:20Z

This patch allows the user to fault in pages on a virtual cpus address space for user controlled virtual machines. Typically this is superfluous because userspace can just create a mapping and let the kernel's page fault logic take are of it. There is one exception: SIE won't start if the lowcore is not present. Normally the kernel takes care of this [handle_validity() in arch/s390/kvm/intercept.c] but since the kernel does not handle intercepts for user controlled virtual machines, userspace needs to be able to handle this condition. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity

KVM: s390: ucontrol: export SIE control block to user

2012-03-05T12:52:19Z

This patch exports the s390 SIE hardware control block to userspace via the mapping of the vcpu file descriptor. In order to do so, a new arch callback named kvm_arch_vcpu_fault is introduced for all architectures. It allows to map architecture specific pages. Signed-off-by: Carsten Otte Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity