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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-24 16:17:30 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-24 16:17:30 -0700 |
commit | 07acfc2a9349a8ce45b236c2624dad452001966b (patch) | |
tree | c40f3eaac18a8320e65af220979223b5cd632b1b | |
parent | b5f4035adfffbcc6b478de5b8c44b618b3124aff (diff) | |
parent | 322728e55aa7834e2fab2786b76df183c4843a12 (diff) |
Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
Pull KVM changes from Avi Kivity:
"Changes include additional instruction emulation, page-crossing MMIO,
faster dirty logging, preventing the watchdog from killing a stopped
guest, module autoload, a new MSI ABI, and some minor optimizations
and fixes. Outside x86 we have a small s390 and a very large ppc
update.
Regarding the new (for kvm) rebaseless workflow, some of the patches
that were merged before we switch trees had to be rebased, while
others are true pulls. In either case the signoffs should be correct
now."
Fix up trivial conflicts in Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_segment.S and arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h.
I suspect the kvm_para.h resolution ends up doing the "do I have cpuid"
check effectively twice (it was done differently in two different
commits), but better safe than sorry ;)
* 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (125 commits)
KVM: make asm-generic/kvm_para.h have an ifdef __KERNEL__ block
KVM: s390: onereg for timer related registers
KVM: s390: epoch difference and TOD programmable field
KVM: s390: KVM_GET/SET_ONEREG for s390
KVM: s390: add capability indicating COW support
KVM: Fix mmu_reload() clash with nested vmx event injection
KVM: MMU: Don't use RCU for lockless shadow walking
KVM: VMX: Optimize %ds, %es reload
KVM: VMX: Fix %ds/%es clobber
KVM: x86 emulator: convert bsf/bsr instructions to emulate_2op_SrcV_nobyte()
KVM: VMX: unlike vmcs on fail path
KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up SPR reads and writes
KVM: PPC: Emulator: clean up instruction parsing
kvm/powerpc: Add new ioctl to retreive server MMU infos
kvm/book3s: Make kernel emulated H_PUT_TCE available for "PR" KVM
KVM: PPC: bookehv: Fix r8/r13 storing in level exception handler
KVM: PPC: Book3S: Enable IRQs during exit handling
KVM: PPC: Fix PR KVM on POWER7 bare metal
KVM: PPC: Fix stbux emulation
KVM: PPC: bookehv: Use lwz/stw instead of PPC_LL/PPC_STL for 32-bit fields
...
124 files changed, 5419 insertions, 1968 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 50d82ae09e2..4ba1eb7590a 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -588,3 +588,10 @@ Why: Remount currently allows changing bound subsystems and replaced with conventional fsnotify. ---------------------------- + +What: KVM debugfs statistics +When: 2013 +Why: KVM tracepoints provide mostly equivalent information in a much more + flexible fashion. + +---------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 6386f8c0482..930126698a0 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation =================================================================== 1. General description +---------------------- The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes @@ -23,7 +24,9 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the vcpu. + 2. File descriptors +------------------- The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle @@ -41,7 +44,9 @@ not cause harm to the host, their actual behavior is not guaranteed by the API. The only supported use is one virtual machine per process, and one vcpu per thread. + 3. Extensions +------------- As of Linux 2.6.22, the KVM ABI has been stabilized: no backward incompatible change are allowed. However, there is an extension @@ -53,7 +58,9 @@ Instead, kvm defines extension identifiers and a facility to query whether a particular extension identifier is available. If it is, a set of ioctls is available for application use. + 4. API description +------------------ This section describes ioctls that can be used to control kvm guests. For each ioctl, the following information is provided along with a @@ -75,6 +82,7 @@ description: Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL) are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. + 4.1 KVM_GET_API_VERSION Capability: basic @@ -90,6 +98,7 @@ supported. Applications should refuse to run if KVM_GET_API_VERSION returns a value other than 12. If this check passes, all ioctls described as 'basic' will be available. + 4.2 KVM_CREATE_VM Capability: basic @@ -109,6 +118,7 @@ In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN). + 4.3 KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST Capability: basic @@ -135,6 +145,7 @@ Note: if kvm indicates supports MCE (KVM_CAP_MCE), then the MCE bank MSRs are not returned in the MSR list, as different vcpus can have a different number of banks, as set via the KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE ioctl. + 4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION Capability: basic @@ -149,6 +160,7 @@ receives an integer that describes the extension availability. Generally 0 means no and 1 means yes, but some extensions may report additional information in the integer return value. + 4.5 KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE Capability: basic @@ -161,6 +173,7 @@ The KVM_RUN ioctl (cf.) communicates with userspace via a shared memory region. This ioctl returns the size of that region. See the KVM_RUN documentation for details. + 4.6 KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION |