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1The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation
2===================================================================
3
41. General description
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7The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects
5e124900 8of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes:
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10 - System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the
11 whole kvm subsystem. In addition a system ioctl is used to create
5e124900 12 virtual machines.
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14 - VM ioctls: These query and set attributes that affect an entire virtual
15 machine, for example memory layout. In addition a VM ioctl is used to
ddba9180 16 create virtual cpus (vcpus) and devices.
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18 VM ioctls must be issued from the same process (address space) that was
19 used to create the VM.
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21 - vcpu ioctls: These query and set attributes that control the operation
22 of a single virtual cpu.
23
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24 vcpu ioctls should be issued from the same thread that was used to create
25 the vcpu, except for asynchronous vcpu ioctl that are marked as such in
26 the documentation. Otherwise, the first ioctl after switching threads
27 could see a performance impact.
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29 - device ioctls: These query and set attributes that control the operation
30 of a single device.
31
32 device ioctls must be issued from the same process (address space) that
33 was used to create the VM.
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2044892d 352. File descriptors
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38The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial
39open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle
40can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this
2044892d 41handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM
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42ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will
43create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to
44the new resource. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu or device fd can be used
45to control the vcpu or device. For vcpus, this includes the important
46task of actually running guest code.
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48In general file descriptors can be migrated among processes by means
49of fork() and the SCM_RIGHTS facility of unix domain socket. These
50kinds of tricks are explicitly not supported by kvm. While they will
51not cause harm to the host, their actual behavior is not guaranteed by
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52the API. See "General description" for details on the ioctl usage
53model that is supported by KVM.
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55It is important to note that althought VM ioctls may only be issued from
56the process that created the VM, a VM's lifecycle is associated with its
57file descriptor, not its creator (process). In other words, the VM and
58its resources, *including the associated address space*, are not freed
59until the last reference to the VM's file descriptor has been released.
60For example, if fork() is issued after ioctl(KVM_CREATE_VM), the VM will
61not be freed until both the parent (original) process and its child have
62put their references to the VM's file descriptor.
63
64Because a VM's resources are not freed until the last reference to its
65file descriptor is released, creating additional references to a VM via
66via fork(), dup(), etc... without careful consideration is strongly
67discouraged and may have unwanted side effects, e.g. memory allocated
68by and on behalf of the VM's process may not be freed/unaccounted when
69the VM is shut down.
70
71
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75As of Linux 2.6.22, the KVM ABI has been stabilized: no backward
76incompatible change are allowed. However, there is an extension
77facility that allows backward-compatible extensions to the API to be
78queried and used.
79
c9f3f2d8 80The extension mechanism is not based on the Linux version number.
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81Instead, kvm defines extension identifiers and a facility to query
82whether a particular extension identifier is available. If it is, a
83set of ioctls is available for application use.
84
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9c1b96e3 864. API description
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88
89This section describes ioctls that can be used to control kvm guests.
90For each ioctl, the following information is provided along with a
91description:
92
93 Capability: which KVM extension provides this ioctl. Can be 'basic',
94 which means that is will be provided by any kernel that supports
7f05db6a 95 API version 12 (see section 4.1), a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which
9c1b96e3 96 means availability needs to be checked with KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
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97 (see section 4.4), or 'none' which means that while not all kernels
98 support this ioctl, there's no capability bit to check its
99 availability: for kernels that don't support the ioctl,
100 the ioctl returns -ENOTTY.
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102 Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl.
103 x86 includes both i386 and x86_64.
104
105 Type: system, vm, or vcpu.
106
107 Parameters: what parameters are accepted by the ioctl.
108
109 Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL)
110 are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are.
111
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1134.1 KVM_GET_API_VERSION
114
115Capability: basic
116Architectures: all
117Type: system ioctl
118Parameters: none
119Returns: the constant KVM_API_VERSION (=12)
120
121This identifies the API version as the stable kvm API. It is not
122expected that this number will change. However, Linux 2.6.20 and
1232.6.21 report earlier versions; these are not documented and not
124supported. Applications should refuse to run if KVM_GET_API_VERSION
125returns a value other than 12. If this check passes, all ioctls
126described as 'basic' will be available.
127
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1294.2 KVM_CREATE_VM
130
131Capability: basic
132Architectures: all
133Type: system ioctl
e08b9637 134Parameters: machine type identifier (KVM_VM_*)
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135Returns: a VM fd that can be used to control the new virtual machine.
136
bcb85c88 137The new VM has no virtual cpus and no memory.
a8a3c426 138You probably want to use 0 as machine type.
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140In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check
141KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as
142privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN).
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144To use hardware assisted virtualization on MIPS (VZ ASE) rather than
145the default trap & emulate implementation (which changes the virtual
146memory layout to fit in user mode), check KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ and use the
147flag KVM_VM_MIPS_VZ.
148
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150On arm64, the physical address size for a VM (IPA Size limit) is limited
151to 40bits by default. The limit can be configured if the host supports the
152extension KVM_CAP_ARM_VM_IPA_SIZE. When supported, use
153KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE(IPA_Bits) to set the size in the machine type
154identifier, where IPA_Bits is the maximum width of any physical
155address used by the VM. The IPA_Bits is encoded in bits[7-0] of the
156machine type identifier.
157
158e.g, to configure a guest to use 48bit physical address size :
159
160 vm_fd = ioctl(dev_fd, KVM_CREATE_VM, KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_IPA_SIZE(48));
161
162The requested size (IPA_Bits) must be :
163 0 - Implies default size, 40bits (for backward compatibility)
164
165 or
166
167 N - Implies N bits, where N is a positive integer such that,
168 32 <= N <= Host_IPA_Limit
169
170Host_IPA_Limit is the maximum possible value for IPA_Bits on the host and
171is dependent on the CPU capability and the kernel configuration. The limit can
172be retrieved using KVM_CAP_ARM_VM_IPA_SIZE of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
173ioctl() at run-time.
174
175Please note that configuring the IPA size does not affect the capability
176exposed by the guest CPUs in ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1[PARange]. It only affects
177size of the address translated by the stage2 level (guest physical to
178host physical address translations).
179
180
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801e459a 183Capability: basic, KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES for KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST
9c1b96e3 184Architectures: x86
801e459a 185Type: system ioctl
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186Parameters: struct kvm_msr_list (in/out)
187Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
188Errors:
801e459a 189 EFAULT: the msr index list cannot be read from or written to
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190 E2BIG: the msr index list is to be to fit in the array specified by
191 the user.
192
193struct kvm_msr_list {
194 __u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in entries */
195 __u32 indices[0];
196};
197
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198The user fills in the size of the indices array in nmsrs, and in return
199kvm adjusts nmsrs to reflect the actual number of msrs and fills in the
200indices array with their numbers.
201
202KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST returns the guest msrs that are supported. The list
203varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change otherwise.
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205Note: if kvm indicates supports MCE (KVM_CAP_MCE), then the MCE bank MSRs are
206not returned in the MSR list, as different vcpus can have a different number
207of banks, as set via the KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE ioctl.
208
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209KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST returns the list of MSRs that can be passed
210to the KVM_GET_MSRS system ioctl. This lets userspace probe host capabilities
211and processor features that are exposed via MSRs (e.g., VMX capabilities).
212This list also varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change
213otherwise.
214
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2164.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
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92b591a4 218Capability: basic, KVM_CAP_CHECK_EXTENSION_VM for vm ioctl
9c1b96e3 219Architectures: all
92b591a4 220Type: system ioctl, vm ioctl
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221Parameters: extension identifier (KVM_CAP_*)
222Returns: 0 if unsupported; 1 (or some other positive integer) if supported
223
224The API allows the application to query about extensions to the core
225kvm API. Userspace passes an extension identifier (an integer) and
226receives an integer that describes the extension availability.
227Generally 0 means no and 1 means yes, but some extensions may report
228additional information in the integer return value.
229
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230Based on their initialization different VMs may have different capabilities.
231It is thus encouraged to use the vm ioctl to query for capabilities (available
232with KVM_CAP_CHECK_EXTENSION_VM on the vm fd)
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2344.5 KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE
235
236Capability: basic
237Architectures: all
238Type: system ioctl
239Parameters: none
240Returns: size of vcpu mmap area, in bytes
241
242The KVM_RUN ioctl (cf.) communicates with userspace via a shared
243memory region. This ioctl returns the size of that region. See the
244KVM_RUN documentation for details.
245
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2474.6 KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION
248
249Capability: basic
250Architectures: all
251Type: vm ioctl
252Parameters: struct kvm_memory_region (in)
253Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
254
b74a07be 255This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed.
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68ba6974 2584.7 KVM_CREATE_VCPU
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260Capability: basic
261Architectures: all
262Type: vm ioctl
263Parameters: vcpu id (apic id on x86)
264Returns: vcpu fd on success, -1 on error
265
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266This API adds a vcpu to a virtual machine. No more than max_vcpus may be added.
267The vcpu id is an integer in the range [0, max_vcpu_id).
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269The recommended max_vcpus value can be retrieved using the KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS of
270the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time.
271The maximum possible value for max_vcpus can be retrieved using the
272KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time.
273
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275cpus max.
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276If the KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpus is
277same as the value returned from KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS.
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279The maximum possible value for max_vcpu_id can be retrieved using the
280KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time.
281
282If the KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpu_id
283is the same as the value returned from KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS.
284
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285On powerpc using book3s_hv mode, the vcpus are mapped onto virtual
286threads in one or more virtual CPU cores. (This is because the
287hardware requires all the hardware threads in a CPU core to be in the
288same partition.) The KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT capability indicates the number
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289of vcpus per virtual core (vcore). The vcore id is obtained by
290dividing the vcpu id by the number of vcpus per vcore. The vcpus in a
291given vcore will always be in the same physical core as each other
292(though that might be a different physical core from time to time).
293Userspace can control the threading (SMT) mode of the guest by its
294allocation of vcpu ids. For example, if userspace wants
295single-threaded guest vcpus, it should make all vcpu ids be a multiple
296of the number of vcpus per vcore.
297
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298For virtual cpus that have been created with S390 user controlled virtual
299machines, the resulting vcpu fd can be memory mapped at page offset
300KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET in order to obtain a memory map of the virtual
301cpu's hardware control block.
302
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68ba6974 3044.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl)
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306Capability: basic
dbcdae18 307Architectures: all
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308Type: vm ioctl
309Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in/out)
310Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
311
312/* for KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG */
313struct kvm_dirty_log {
314 __u32 slot;
315 __u32 padding;
316 union {
317 void __user *dirty_bitmap; /* one bit per page */
318 __u64 padding;
319 };
320};
321
322Given a memory slot, return a bitmap containing any pages dirtied
323since the last call to this ioctl. Bit 0 is the first page in the
324memory slot. Ensure the entire structure is cleared to avoid padding
325issues.
326
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327If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies
328the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap.
329They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for
330the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability.
331
2a31b9db 332The bits in the dirty bitmap are cleared before the ioctl returns, unless
d7547c55 333KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled. For more information,
2a31b9db 334see the description of the capability.
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68ba6974 3364.9 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS
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338Capability: basic
339Architectures: x86
340Type: vm ioctl
341Parameters: struct kvm_memory_alias (in)
342Returns: 0 (success), -1 (error)
343
a1f4d395 344This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed.
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68ba6974 3474.10 KVM_RUN
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349Capability: basic
350Architectures: all
351Type: vcpu ioctl
352Parameters: none
353Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
354Errors:
355 EINTR: an unmasked signal is pending
356
357This ioctl is used to run a guest virtual cpu. While there are no
358explicit parameters, there is an implicit parameter block that can be
359obtained by mmap()ing the vcpu fd at offset 0, with the size given by
360KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE. The parameter block is formatted as a 'struct
361kvm_run' (see below).
362
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68ba6974 3644.11 KVM_GET_REGS
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366Capability: basic
379e04c7 367Architectures: all except ARM, arm64
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368Type: vcpu ioctl
369Parameters: struct kvm_regs (out)
370Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
371
372Reads the general purpose registers from the vcpu.
373
374/* x86 */
375struct kvm_regs {
376 /* out (KVM_GET_REGS) / in (KVM_SET_REGS) */
377 __u64 rax, rbx, rcx, rdx;
378 __u64 rsi, rdi, rsp, rbp;
379 __u64 r8, r9, r10, r11;
380 __u64 r12, r13, r14, r15;
381 __u64 rip, rflags;
382};
383
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384/* mips */
385struct kvm_regs {
386 /* out (KVM_GET_REGS) / in (KVM_SET_REGS) */
387 __u64 gpr[32];
388 __u64 hi;
389 __u64 lo;
390 __u64 pc;
391};
392
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68ba6974 3944.12 KVM_SET_REGS
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396Capability: basic
379e04c7 397Architectures: all except ARM, arm64
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398Type: vcpu ioctl
399Parameters: struct kvm_regs (in)
400Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
401
402Writes the general purpose registers into the vcpu.
403
404See KVM_GET_REGS for the data structure.
405
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68ba6974 4074.13 KVM_GET_SREGS
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409Capability: basic
5ce941ee 410Architectures: x86, ppc
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411Type: vcpu ioctl
412Parameters: struct kvm_sregs (out)
413Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
414
415Reads special registers from the vcpu.
416
417/* x86 */
418struct kvm_sregs {
419 struct kvm_segment cs, ds, es, fs, gs, ss;
420 struct kvm_segment tr, ldt;
421 struct kvm_dtable gdt, idt;
422 __u64 cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8;
423 __u64 efer;
424 __u64 apic_base;
425 __u64 interrupt_bitmap[(KVM_NR_INTERRUPTS + 63) / 64];
426};
427
68e2ffed 428/* ppc -- see arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h */
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430interrupt_bitmap is a bitmap of pending external interrupts. At most
431one bit may be set. This interrupt has been acknowledged by the APIC
432but not yet injected into the cpu core.
433
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68ba6974 4354.14 KVM_SET_SREGS
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437Capability: basic
5ce941ee 438Architectures: x86, ppc
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439Type: vcpu ioctl
440Parameters: struct kvm_sregs (in)
441Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
442
443Writes special registers into the vcpu. See KVM_GET_SREGS for the
444data structures.
445
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68ba6974 4474.15 KVM_TRANSLATE
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449Capability: basic
450Architectures: x86
451Type: vcpu ioctl
452Parameters: struct kvm_translation (in/out)
453Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
454
455Translates a virtual address according to the vcpu's current address
456translation mode.
457
458struct kvm_translation {
459 /* in */
460 __u64 linear_address;
461
462 /* out */
463 __u64 physical_address;
464 __u8 valid;
465 __u8 writeable;
466 __u8 usermode;
467 __u8 pad[5];
468};
469
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68ba6974 4714.16 KVM_INTERRUPT
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473Capability: basic
c2d2c21b 474Architectures: x86, ppc, mips
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475Type: vcpu ioctl
476Parameters: struct kvm_interrupt (in)
1c1a9ce9 477Returns: 0 on success, negative on failure.
9c1b96e3 478
1c1a9ce9 479Queues a hardware interrupt vector to be injected.
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481/* for KVM_INTERRUPT */
482struct kvm_interrupt {
483 /* in */
484 __u32 irq;
485};
486
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488
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490 -EEXIST if an interrupt is already enqueued
491 -EINVAL the the irq number is invalid
492 -ENXIO if the PIC is in the kernel
493 -EFAULT if the pointer is invalid
494
495Note 'irq' is an interrupt vector, not an interrupt pin or line. This
496ioctl is useful if the in-kernel PIC is not used.
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498PPC:
499
500Queues an external interrupt to be injected. This ioctl is overleaded
501with 3 different irq values:
502
503a) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET
504
505 This injects an edge type external interrupt into the guest once it's ready
506 to receive interrupts. When injected, the interrupt is done.
507
508b) KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET
509
510 This unsets any pending interrupt.
511
512 Only available with KVM_CAP_PPC_UNSET_IRQ.
513
514c) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET_LEVEL
515
516 This injects a level type external interrupt into the guest context. The
517 interrupt stays pending until a specific ioctl with KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET
518 is triggered.
519
520 Only available with KVM_CAP_PPC_IRQ_LEVEL.
521
522Note that any value for 'irq' other than the ones stated above is invalid
523and incurs unexpected behavior.
524
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526
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527MIPS:
528
529Queues an external interrupt to be injected into the virtual CPU. A negative
530interrupt number dequeues the interrupt.
531
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533
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68ba6974 5354.17 KVM_DEBUG_GUEST
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537Capability: basic
538Architectures: none
539Type: vcpu ioctl
540Parameters: none)
541Returns: -1 on error
542
543Support for this has been removed. Use KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG instead.
544
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68ba6974 5464.18 KVM_GET_MSRS
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801e459a 548Capability: basic (vcpu), KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES (system)
9c1b96e3 549Architectures: x86
801e459a 550Type: system ioctl, vcpu ioctl
9c1b96e3 551Parameters: struct kvm_msrs (in/out)
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552Returns: number of msrs successfully returned;
553 -1 on error
554
555When used as a system ioctl:
556Reads the values of MSR-based features that are available for the VM. This
557is similar to KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID, but it returns MSR indices and values.
558The list of msr-based features can be obtained using KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST
559in a system ioctl.
9c1b96e3 560
801e459a 561When used as a vcpu ioctl:
9c1b96e3 562Reads model-specific registers from the vcpu. Supported msr indices can
801e459a 563be obtained using KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST in a system ioctl.
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565struct kvm_msrs {
566 __u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in entries */
567 __u32 pad;
568
569 struct kvm_msr_entry entries[0];
570};
571
572struct kvm_msr_entry {
573 __u32 index;
574 __u32 reserved;
575 __u64 data;
576};
577
578Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the
579size of the entries array) and the 'index' member of each array entry.
580kvm will fill in the 'data' member.
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585Capability: basic
586Architectures: x86
587Type: vcpu ioctl
588Parameters: struct kvm_msrs (in)
589Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
590
591Writes model-specific registers to the vcpu. See KVM_GET_MSRS for the
592data structures.
593
594Application code should set the 'nmsrs' member (which indicates the
595size of the entries array), and the 'index' and 'data' members of each
596array entry.
597
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68ba6974 5994.20 KVM_SET_CPUID
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601Capability: basic
602Architectures: x86
603Type: vcpu ioctl
604Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid (in)
605Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
606
607Defines the vcpu responses to the cpuid instruction. Applications
608should use the KVM_SET_CPUID2 ioctl if available.
609
610
611struct kvm_cpuid_entry {
612 __u32 function;
613 __u32 eax;
614 __u32 ebx;
615 __u32 ecx;
616 __u32 edx;
617 __u32 padding;
618};
619
620/* for KVM_SET_CPUID */
621struct kvm_cpuid {
622 __u32 nent;
623 __u32 padding;
624 struct kvm_cpuid_entry entries[0];
625};
626
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68ba6974 6284.21 KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK
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630Capability: basic
572e0929 631Architectures: all
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632Type: vcpu ioctl
633Parameters: struct kvm_signal_mask (in)
634Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
635
636Defines which signals are blocked during execution of KVM_RUN. This
637signal mask temporarily overrides the threads signal mask. Any
638unblocked signal received (except SIGKILL and SIGSTOP, which retain
639their traditional behaviour) will cause KVM_RUN to return with -EINTR.
640
641Note the signal will only be delivered if not blocked by the original
642signal mask.
643
644/* for KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK */
645struct kvm_signal_mask {
646 __u32 len;
647 __u8 sigset[0];
648};
649
414fa985 650
68ba6974 6514.22 KVM_GET_FPU
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653Capability: basic
654Architectures: x86
655Type: vcpu ioctl
656Parameters: struct kvm_fpu (out)
657Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
658
659Reads the floating point state from the vcpu.
660
661/* for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */
662struct kvm_fpu {
663 __u8 fpr[8][16];
664 __u16 fcw;
665 __u16 fsw;
666 __u8 ftwx; /* in fxsave format */
667 __u8 pad1;
668 __u16 last_opcode;
669 __u64 last_ip;
670 __u64 last_dp;
671 __u8 xmm[16][16];
672 __u32 mxcsr;
673 __u32 pad2;
674};
675
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68ba6974 6774.23 KVM_SET_FPU
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679Capability: basic
680Architectures: x86
681Type: vcpu ioctl
682Parameters: struct kvm_fpu (in)
683Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
684
685Writes the floating point state to the vcpu.
686
687/* for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */
688struct kvm_fpu {
689 __u8 fpr[8][16];
690 __u16 fcw;
691 __u16 fsw;
692 __u8 ftwx; /* in fxsave format */
693 __u8 pad1;
694 __u16 last_opcode;
695 __u64 last_ip;
696 __u64 last_dp;
697 __u8 xmm[16][16];
698 __u32 mxcsr;
699 __u32 pad2;
700};
701
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68ba6974 7034.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP
5dadbfd6 704
84223598 705Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP, KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP (s390)
c32a4272 706Architectures: x86, ARM, arm64, s390
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707Type: vm ioctl
708Parameters: none
709Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
710
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711Creates an interrupt controller model in the kernel.
712On x86, creates a virtual ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up
713future vcpus to have a local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both
714PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23 only go to the IOAPIC.
715On ARM/arm64, a GICv2 is created. Any other GIC versions require the usage of
716KVM_CREATE_DEVICE, which also supports creating a GICv2. Using
717KVM_CREATE_DEVICE is preferred over KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for GICv2.
718On s390, a dummy irq routing table is created.
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720Note that on s390 the KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP vm capability needs to be enabled
721before KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP can be used.
5dadbfd6 722
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68ba6974 7244.25 KVM_IRQ_LINE
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726Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
c32a4272 727Architectures: x86, arm, arm64
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728Type: vm ioctl
729Parameters: struct kvm_irq_level
730Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
731
732Sets the level of a GSI input to the interrupt controller model in the kernel.
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733On some architectures it is required that an interrupt controller model has
734been previously created with KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Note that edge-triggered
735interrupts require the level to be set to 1 and then back to 0.
736
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737On real hardware, interrupt pins can be active-low or active-high. This
738does not matter for the level field of struct kvm_irq_level: 1 always
739means active (asserted), 0 means inactive (deasserted).
740
741x86 allows the operating system to program the interrupt polarity
742(active-low/active-high) for level-triggered interrupts, and KVM used
743to consider the polarity. However, due to bitrot in the handling of
744active-low interrupts, the above convention is now valid on x86 too.
745This is signaled by KVM_CAP_X86_IOAPIC_POLARITY_IGNORED. Userspace
746should not present interrupts to the guest as active-low unless this
747capability is present (or unless it is not using the in-kernel irqchip,
748of course).
749
750
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751ARM/arm64 can signal an interrupt either at the CPU level, or at the
752in-kernel irqchip (GIC), and for in-kernel irqchip can tell the GIC to
753use PPIs designated for specific cpus. The irq field is interpreted
754like this:
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756  bits: | 31 ... 24 | 23 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 |
757 field: | irq_type | vcpu_index | irq_id |
758
759The irq_type field has the following values:
760- irq_type[0]: out-of-kernel GIC: irq_id 0 is IRQ, irq_id 1 is FIQ
761- irq_type[1]: in-kernel GIC: SPI, irq_id between 32 and 1019 (incl.)
762 (the vcpu_index field is ignored)
763- irq_type[2]: in-kernel GIC: PPI, irq_id between 16 and 31 (incl.)
764
765(The irq_id field thus corresponds nicely to the IRQ ID in the ARM GIC specs)
766
100943c5 767In both cases, level is used to assert/deassert the line.
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769struct kvm_irq_level {
770 union {
771 __u32 irq; /* GSI */
772 __s32 status; /* not used for KVM_IRQ_LEVEL */
773 };
774 __u32 level; /* 0 or 1 */
775};
776
414fa985 777
68ba6974 7784.26 KVM_GET_IRQCHIP
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780Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
c32a4272 781Architectures: x86
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782Type: vm ioctl
783Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in/out)
784Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
785
786Reads the state of a kernel interrupt controller created with
787KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP into a buffer provided by the caller.
788
789struct kvm_irqchip {
790 __u32 chip_id; /* 0 = PIC1, 1 = PIC2, 2 = IOAPIC */
791 __u32 pad;
792 union {
793 char dummy[512]; /* reserving space */
794 struct kvm_pic_state pic;
795 struct kvm_ioapic_state ioapic;
796 } chip;
797};
798
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68ba6974 8004.27 KVM_SET_IRQCHIP
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802Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
c32a4272 803Architectures: x86
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804Type: vm ioctl
805Parameters: struct kvm_irqchip (in)
806Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
807
808Sets the state of a kernel interrupt controller created with
809KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP from a buffer provided by the caller.
810
811struct kvm_irqchip {
812 __u32 chip_id; /* 0 = PIC1, 1 = PIC2, 2 = IOAPIC */
813 __u32 pad;
814 union {
815 char dummy[512]; /* reserving space */
816 struct kvm_pic_state pic;
817 struct kvm_ioapic_state ioapic;
818 } chip;
819};
820
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68ba6974 8224.28 KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG
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824Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM
825Architectures: x86
826Type: vm ioctl
827Parameters: struct kvm_xen_hvm_config (in)
828Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
829
830Sets the MSR that the Xen HVM guest uses to initialize its hypercall
831page, and provides the starting address and size of the hypercall
832blobs in userspace. When the guest writes the MSR, kvm copies one
833page of a blob (32- or 64-bit, depending on the vcpu mode) to guest
834memory.
835
836struct kvm_xen_hvm_config {
837 __u32 flags;
838 __u32 msr;
839 __u64 blob_addr_32;
840 __u64 blob_addr_64;
841 __u8 blob_size_32;
842 __u8 blob_size_64;
843 __u8 pad2[30];
844};
845
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68ba6974 8474.29 KVM_GET_CLOCK
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848
849Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK
850Architectures: x86
851Type: vm ioctl
852Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (out)
853Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
854
855Gets the current timestamp of kvmclock as seen by the current guest. In
856conjunction with KVM_SET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios
857such as migration.
858
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859When KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK is passed to KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, it returns the
860set of bits that KVM can return in struct kvm_clock_data's flag member.
861
862The only flag defined now is KVM_CLOCK_TSC_STABLE. If set, the returned
863value is the exact kvmclock value seen by all VCPUs at the instant
864when KVM_GET_CLOCK was called. If clear, the returned value is simply
865CLOCK_MONOTONIC plus a constant offset; the offset can be modified
866with KVM_SET_CLOCK. KVM will try to make all VCPUs follow this clock,
867but the exact value read by each VCPU could differ, because the host
868TSC is not stable.
869
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870struct kvm_clock_data {
871 __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */
872 __u32 flags;
873 __u32 pad[9];
874};
875
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68ba6974 8774.30 KVM_SET_CLOCK
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878
879Capability: KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK
880Architectures: x86
881Type: vm ioctl
882Parameters: struct kvm_clock_data (in)
883Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
884
2044892d 885Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the value specified in its parameter.
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886In conjunction with KVM_GET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios
887such as migration.
888
889struct kvm_clock_data {
890 __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */
891 __u32 flags;
892 __u32 pad[9];
893};
894
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68ba6974 8964.31 KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS
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898Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS
48005f64 899Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW
b0960b95 900Architectures: x86, arm, arm64
b7b27fac 901Type: vcpu ioctl
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902Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (out)
903Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
904
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905X86:
906
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907Gets currently pending exceptions, interrupts, and NMIs as well as related
908states of the vcpu.
909
910struct kvm_vcpu_events {
911 struct {
912 __u8 injected;
913 __u8 nr;
914 __u8 has_error_code;
59073aaf 915 __u8 pending;
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916 __u32 error_code;
917 } exception;
918 struct {
919 __u8 injected;
920 __u8 nr;
921 __u8 soft;
48005f64 922 __u8 shadow;
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923 } interrupt;
924 struct {
925 __u8 injected;
926 __u8 pending;
927 __u8 masked;
928 __u8 pad;
929 } nmi;
930 __u32 sipi_vector;
dab4b911 931 __u32 flags;
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932 struct {
933 __u8 smm;
934 __u8 pending;
935 __u8 smm_inside_nmi;
936 __u8 latched_init;
937 } smi;
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938 __u8 reserved[27];
939 __u8 exception_has_payload;
940 __u64 exception_payload;
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941};
942
59073aaf 943The following bits are defined in the flags field:
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59073aaf 945- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW may be set to signal that
f077825a 946 interrupt.shadow contains a valid state.
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948- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM may be set to signal that smi contains a
949 valid state.
950
951- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD may be set to signal that the
952 exception_has_payload, exception_payload, and exception.pending
953 fields contain a valid state. This bit will be set whenever
954 KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD is enabled.
414fa985 955
b0960b95 956ARM/ARM64:
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957
958If the guest accesses a device that is being emulated by the host kernel in
959such a way that a real device would generate a physical SError, KVM may make
960a virtual SError pending for that VCPU. This system error interrupt remains
961pending until the guest takes the exception by unmasking PSTATE.A.
962
963Running the VCPU may cause it to take a pending SError, or make an access that
964causes an SError to become pending. The event's description is only valid while
965the VPCU is not running.
966
967This API provides a way to read and write the pending 'event' state that is not
968visible to the guest. To save, restore or migrate a VCPU the struct representing
969the state can be read then written using this GET/SET API, along with the other
970guest-visible registers. It is not possible to 'cancel' an SError that has been
971made pending.
972
973A device being emulated in user-space may also wish to generate an SError. To do
974this the events structure can be populated by user-space. The current state
975should be read first, to ensure no existing SError is pending. If an existing
976SError is pending, the architecture's 'Multiple SError interrupts' rules should
977be followed. (2.5.3 of DDI0587.a "ARM Reliability, Availability, and
978Serviceability (RAS) Specification").
979
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980SError exceptions always have an ESR value. Some CPUs have the ability to
981specify what the virtual SError's ESR value should be. These systems will
688e0581 982advertise KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR. In this case exception.has_esr will
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983always have a non-zero value when read, and the agent making an SError pending
984should specify the ISS field in the lower 24 bits of exception.serror_esr. If
688e0581 985the system supports KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR, but user-space sets the events
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986with exception.has_esr as zero, KVM will choose an ESR.
987
988Specifying exception.has_esr on a system that does not support it will return
989-EINVAL. Setting anything other than the lower 24bits of exception.serror_esr
990will return -EINVAL.
991
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992struct kvm_vcpu_events {
993 struct {
994 __u8 serror_pending;
995 __u8 serror_has_esr;
996 /* Align it to 8 bytes */
997 __u8 pad[6];
998 __u64 serror_esr;
999 } exception;
1000 __u32 reserved[12];
1001};
1002
68ba6974 10034.32 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS
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1005Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS
48005f64 1006Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW
b0960b95 1007Architectures: x86, arm, arm64
b7b27fac 1008Type: vcpu ioctl
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1009Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (in)
1010Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1011
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1012X86:
1013
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1014Set pending exceptions, interrupts, and NMIs as well as related states of the
1015vcpu.
1016
1017See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure.
1018
dab4b911 1019Fields that may be modified asynchronously by running VCPUs can be excluded
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1020from the update. These fields are nmi.pending, sipi_vector, smi.smm,
1021smi.pending. Keep the corresponding bits in the flags field cleared to
1022suppress overwriting the current in-kernel state. The bits are:
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1023
1024KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NMI_PENDING - transfer nmi.pending to the kernel
1025KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SIPI_VECTOR - transfer sipi_vector
f077825a 1026KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM - transfer the smi sub-struct.
dab4b911 1027
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1028If KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW is available, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW can be set in
1029the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and
1030shall be written into the VCPU.
1031
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1032KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SMM can only be set if KVM_CAP_X86_SMM is available.
1033
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1034If KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD is enabled, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_PAYLOAD
1035can be set in the flags field to signal that the
1036exception_has_payload, exception_payload, and exception.pending fields
1037contain a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU.
1038
b0960b95 1039ARM/ARM64:
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1040
1041Set the pending SError exception state for this VCPU. It is not possible to
1042'cancel' an Serror that has been made pending.
1043
1044See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure.
1045
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68ba6974 10474.33 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS
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1048
1049Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS
1050Architectures: x86
1051Type: vm ioctl
1052Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (out)
1053Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1054
1055Reads debug registers from the vcpu.
1056
1057struct kvm_debugregs {
1058 __u64 db[4];
1059 __u64 dr6;
1060 __u64 dr7;
1061 __u64 flags;
1062 __u64 reserved[9];
1063};
1064
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68ba6974 10664.34 KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS
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1067
1068Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS
1069Architectures: x86
1070Type: vm ioctl
1071Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (in)
1072Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1073
1074Writes debug registers into the vcpu.
1075
1076See KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS for the data structure. The flags field is unused
1077yet and must be cleared on entry.
1078
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68ba6974 10804.35 KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION
0f2d8f4d 1081
76e3bcdb 1082Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY
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1083Architectures: all
1084Type: vm ioctl
1085Parameters: struct kvm_userspace_memory_region (in)
1086Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1087
1088struct kvm_userspace_memory_region {
1089 __u32 slot;
1090 __u32 flags;
1091 __u64 guest_phys_addr;
1092 __u64 memory_size; /* bytes */
1093 __u64 userspace_addr; /* start of the userspace allocated memory */
1094};
1095
1096/* for kvm_memory_region::flags */
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1097#define KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES (1UL << 0)
1098#define KVM_MEM_READONLY (1UL << 1)
0f2d8f4d 1099
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1100This ioctl allows the user to create, modify or delete a guest physical
1101memory slot. Bits 0-15 of "slot" specify the slot id and this value
1102should be less than the maximum number of user memory slots supported per
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1103VM. The maximum allowed slots can be queried using KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS.
1104Slots may not overlap in guest physical address space.
0f2d8f4d 1105
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1106If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of "slot"
1107specifies the address space which is being modified. They must be
1108less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for the
1109KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability. Slots in separate address spaces
1110are unrelated; the restriction on overlapping slots only applies within
1111each address space.
1112
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1113Deleting a slot is done by passing zero for memory_size. When changing
1114an existing slot, it may be moved in the guest physical memory space,
1115or its flags may be modified, but it may not be resized.
1116
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1117Memory for the region is taken starting at the address denoted by the
1118field userspace_addr, which must point at user addressable memory for
1119the entire memory slot size. Any object may back this memory, including
1120anonymous memory, ordinary files, and hugetlbfs.
1121
1122It is recommended that the lower 21 bits of guest_phys_addr and userspace_addr
1123be identical. This allows large pages in the guest to be backed by large
1124pages in the host.
1125
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1126The flags field supports two flags: KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES and
1127KVM_MEM_READONLY. The former can be set to instruct KVM to keep track of
1128writes to memory within the slot. See KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl to know how to
1129use it. The latter can be set, if KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM capability allows it,
1130to make a new slot read-only. In this case, writes to this memory will be
1131posted to userspace as KVM_EXIT_MMIO exits.
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1132
1133When the KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU capability is available, changes in the backing of
1134the memory region are automatically reflected into the guest. For example, an
1135mmap() that affects the region will be made visible immediately. Another
1136example is madvise(MADV_DROP).
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1138It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl.
1139The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory
1140allocation and is deprecated.
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68ba6974 11434.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR
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1145Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_TSS_ADDR
1146Architectures: x86
1147Type: vm ioctl
1148Parameters: unsigned long tss_address (in)
1149Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1150
1151This ioctl defines the physical address of a three-page region in the guest
1152physical address space. The region must be within the first 4GB of the
1153guest physical address space and must not conflict with any memory slot
1154or any mmio address. The guest may malfunction if it accesses this memory
1155region.
1156
1157This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware
1158because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals
1159documentation when it pops into existence).
1160
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68ba6974 11624.37 KVM_ENABLE_CAP
71fbfd5f 1163
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1164Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP
1165Architectures: mips, ppc, s390
1166Type: vcpu ioctl
1167Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in)
1168Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
1169
1170Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM
1171Architectures: all
1172Type: vcpu ioctl
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1173Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in)
1174Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
1175
1176+Not all extensions are enabled by default. Using this ioctl the application
1177can enable an extension, making it available to the guest.
1178
1179On systems that do not support this ioctl, it always fails. On systems that
1180do support it, it only works for extensions that are supported for enablement.
1181
1182To check if a capability can be enabled, the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl should
1183be used.
1184
1185struct kvm_enable_cap {
1186 /* in */
1187 __u32 cap;
1188
1189The capability that is supposed to get enabled.
1190
1191 __u32 flags;
1192
1193A bitfield indicating future enhancements. Has to be 0 for now.
1194
1195 __u64 args[4];
1196
1197Arguments for enabling a feature. If a feature needs initial values to
1198function properly, this is the place to put them.
1199
1200 __u8 pad[64];
1201};
1202
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1204for vm-wide capabilities.
414fa985 1205
68ba6974 12064.38 KVM_GET_MP_STATE
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1208Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE
ecccf0cc 1209Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64
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1210Type: vcpu ioctl
1211Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (out)
1212Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
1213
1214struct kvm_mp_state {
1215 __u32 mp_state;
1216};
1217
1218Returns the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state" (though also valid on
1219uniprocessor guests).
1220
1221Possible values are:
1222
ecccf0cc 1223 - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86,arm/arm64]
b843f065 1224 - KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED: the vcpu is an application processor (AP)
c32a4272 1225 which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86]
b843f065 1226 - KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED: the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is
c32a4272 1227 now ready for a SIPI [x86]
b843f065 1228 - KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and
c32a4272 1229 is waiting for an interrupt [x86]
b843f065 1230 - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector
c32a4272 1231 accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86]
ecccf0cc 1232 - KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED: the vcpu is stopped [s390,arm/arm64]
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1233 - KVM_MP_STATE_CHECK_STOP: the vcpu is in a special error state [s390]
1234 - KVM_MP_STATE_OPERATING: the vcpu is operating (running or halted)
1235 [s390]
1236 - KVM_MP_STATE_LOAD: the vcpu is in a special load/startup state
1237 [s390]
b843f065 1238
c32a4272 1239On x86, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an
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1240in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
1241these architectures.
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1244
1245The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and
1246KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu is paused or not.
414fa985 1247
68ba6974 12484.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE
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1250Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE
ecccf0cc 1251Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64
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1252Type: vcpu ioctl
1253Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (in)
1254Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
1255
1256Sets the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state"; see KVM_GET_MP_STATE for
1257arguments.
1258
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1260in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
1261these architectures.
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1264
1265The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and
1266KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu should be paused or not.
414fa985 1267
68ba6974 12684.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR
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1270Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR
1271Architectures: x86
1272Type: vm ioctl
1273Parameters: unsigned long identity (in)
1274Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1275
1276This ioctl defines the physical address of a one-page region in the guest
1277physical address space. The region must be within the first 4GB of the
1278guest physical address space and must not conflict with any memory slot
1279or any mmio address. The guest may malfunction if it accesses this memory
1280region.
1281
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1282Setting the address to 0 will result in resetting the address to its default
1283(0xfffbc000).
1284
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1285This ioctl is required on Intel-based hosts. This is needed on Intel hardware
1286because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals
1287documentation when it pops into existence).
1288
1af1ac91 1289Fails if any VCPU has already been created.
414fa985 1290
68ba6974 12914.41 KVM_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID
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1293Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_BOOT_CPU_ID
c32a4272 1294Architectures: x86
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1296Parameters: unsigned long vcpu_id
1297Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1298
1299Define which vcpu is the Bootstrap Processor (BSP). Values are the same
1300as the vcpu id in KVM_CREATE_VCPU. If this ioctl is not called, the default
1301is vcpu 0.
1302
414fa985 1303
68ba6974 13044.42 KVM_GET_XSAVE
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1306Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE
1307Architectures: x86
1308Type: vcpu ioctl
1309Parameters: struct kvm_xsave (out)
1310Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1311
1312struct kvm_xsave {
1313 __u32 region[1024];
1314};
1315
1316This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace.
1317
414fa985 1318
68ba6974 13194.43 KVM_SET_XSAVE
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1320
1321Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE
1322Architectures: x86
1323Type: vcpu ioctl
1324Parameters: struct kvm_xsave (in)
1325Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1326
1327struct kvm_xsave {
1328 __u32 region[1024];
1329};
1330
1331This ioctl would copy userspace's xsave struct to the kernel.
1332
414fa985 1333
68ba6974 13344.44 KVM_GET_XCRS
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1335
1336Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS
1337Architectures: x86
1338Type: vcpu ioctl
1339Parameters: struct kvm_xcrs (out)
1340Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1341
1342struct kvm_xcr {
1343 __u32 xcr;
1344 __u32 reserved;
1345 __u64 value;
1346};
1347
1348struct kvm_xcrs {
1349 __u32 nr_xcrs;
1350 __u32 flags;
1351 struct kvm_xcr xcrs[KVM_MAX_XCRS];
1352 __u64 padding[16];
1353};
1354
1355This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xcrs to the userspace.
1356
414fa985 1357
68ba6974 13584.45 KVM_SET_XCRS
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1359
1360Capability: KVM_CAP_XCRS
1361Architectures: x86
1362Type: vcpu ioctl
1363Parameters: struct kvm_xcrs (in)
1364Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1365
1366struct kvm_xcr {
1367 __u32 xcr;
1368 __u32 reserved;
1369 __u64 value;
1370};
1371
1372struct kvm_xcrs {
1373 __u32 nr_xcrs;
1374 __u32 flags;
1375 struct kvm_xcr xcrs[KVM_MAX_XCRS];
1376 __u64 padding[16];
1377};
1378
1379This ioctl would set vcpu's xcr to the value userspace specified.
1380
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68ba6974 13824.46 KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID
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1384Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_CPUID
1385Architectures: x86
1386Type: system ioctl
1387Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out)
1388Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1389
1390struct kvm_cpuid2 {
1391 __u32 nent;
1392 __u32 padding;
1393 struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0];
1394};
1395
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1396#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0)
1397#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1)
1398#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2)
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1400struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
1401 __u32 function;
1402 __u32 index;
1403 __u32 flags;
1404 __u32 eax;
1405 __u32 ebx;
1406 __u32 ecx;
1407 __u32 edx;
1408 __u32 padding[3];
1409};
1410
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1411This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are supported by both the
1412hardware and kvm in its default configuration. Userspace can use the
1413information returned by this ioctl to construct cpuid information (for
1414KVM_SET_CPUID2) that is consistent with hardware, kernel, and
1415userspace capabilities, and with user requirements (for example, the
1416user may wish to constrain cpuid to emulate older hardware, or for
1417feature consistency across a cluster).
1418
1419Note that certain capabilities, such as KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS, may
1420expose cpuid features (e.g. MONITOR) which are not supported by kvm in
1421its default configuration. If userspace enables such capabilities, it
1422is responsible for modifying the results of this ioctl appropriately.
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1424Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure
1425with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in the variable-size
1426array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low to describe the cpu
1427capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the number is too high,
1428the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM) is returned. If the
1429number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted to the number of valid
1430entries in the 'entries' array, which is then filled.
1431
1432The entries returned are the host cpuid as returned by the cpuid instruction,
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1433with unknown or unsupported features masked out. Some features (for example,
1434x2apic), may not be present in the host cpu, but are exposed by kvm if it can
1435emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
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1436
1437 function: the eax value used to obtain the entry
1438 index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are
1439 affected by ecx)
1440 flags: an OR of zero or more of the following:
1441 KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX:
1442 if the index field is valid
1443 KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC:
1444 if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive
1445 invocations; there will be several entries with the same function,
1446 all with this flag set
1447 KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT:
1448 for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is
1449 the first entry to be read by a cpu
1450 eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
1451 this function/index combination
1452
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1453The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned
1454as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC
1455support. Instead it is reported via
1456
1457 ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER)
1458
1459if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the
1460feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2.
1461
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68ba6974 14634.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO
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1465Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO
1466Architectures: ppc
1467Type: vm ioctl
1468Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo (out)
1469Returns: 0 on success, !0 on error
1470
1471struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo {
1472 __u32 flags;
1473 __u32 hcall[4];
1474 __u8 pad[108];
1475};
1476
1477This ioctl fetches PV specific information that need to be passed to the guest
1478using the device tree or other means from vm context.
1479
9202e076 1480The hcall array defines 4 instructions that make up a hypercall.
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1481
1482If any additional field gets added to this structure later on, a bit for that
1483additional piece of information will be set in the flags bitmap.
1484
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1485The flags bitmap is defined as:
1486
1487 /* the host supports the ePAPR idle hcall
1488 #define KVM_PPC_PVINFO_FLAGS_EV_IDLE (1<<0)
414fa985 1489
68ba6974 14904.52 KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING
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1491
1492Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
180ae7b1 1493Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64
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1494Type: vm ioctl
1495Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing (in)
1496Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1497
1498Sets the GSI routing table entries, overwriting any previously set entries.
1499
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1500On arm/arm64, GSI routing has the following limitation:
1501- GSI routing does not apply to KVM_IRQ_LINE but only to KVM_IRQFD.
1502
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1503struct kvm_irq_routing {
1504 __u32 nr;
1505 __u32 flags;
1506 struct kvm_irq_routing_entry entries[0];
1507};
1508
1509No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero.
1510
1511struct kvm_irq_routing_entry {
1512 __u32 gsi;
1513 __u32 type;
1514 __u32 flags;
1515 __u32 pad;
1516 union {
1517 struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip irqchip;
1518 struct kvm_irq_routing_msi msi;
84223598 1519 struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter adapter;
5c919412 1520 struct kvm_irq_routing_hv_sint hv_sint;
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1521 __u32 pad[8];
1522 } u;
1523};
1524
1525/* gsi routing entry types */
1526#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_IRQCHIP 1
1527#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI 2
84223598 1528#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_S390_ADAPTER 3
5c919412 1529#define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_HV_SINT 4
49f48172 1530
76a10b86 1531flags:
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1532- KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: used along with KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI routing entry
1533 type, specifies that the devid field contains a valid value. The per-VM
1534 KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the requirement to provide
1535 the device ID. If this capability is not available, userspace should
1536 never set the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag as the ioctl might fail.
76a10b86 1537- zero otherwise
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1538
1539struct kvm_irq_routing_irqchip {
1540 __u32 irqchip;
1541 __u32 pin;
1542};
1543
1544struct kvm_irq_routing_msi {
1545 __u32 address_lo;
1546 __u32 address_hi;
1547 __u32 data;
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1548 union {
1549 __u32 pad;
1550 __u32 devid;
1551 };
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1552};
1553
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1554If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier
1555for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a
1556BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits.
76a10b86 1557
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1558On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS
1559feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled,
1560address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the destination id. Bits 7-0 of
1561address_hi must be zero.
1562
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1563struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter {
1564 __u64 ind_addr;
1565 __u64 summary_addr;
1566 __u64 ind_offset;
1567 __u32 summary_offset;
1568 __u32 adapter_id;
1569};
1570
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1572 __u32 vcpu;
1573 __u32 sint;
1574};
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1576
15774.55 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ
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1578
1579Capability: KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL
1580Architectures: x86
1581Type: vcpu ioctl
1582Parameters: virtual tsc_khz
1583Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1584
1585Specifies the tsc frequency for the virtual machine. The unit of the
1586frequency is KHz.
1587
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1588
15894.56 KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ
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1590
1591Capability: KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ
1592Architectures: x86
1593Type: vcpu ioctl
1594Parameters: none
1595Returns: virtual tsc-khz on success, negative value on error
1596
1597Returns the tsc frequency of the guest. The unit of the return value is
1598KHz. If the host has unstable tsc this ioctl returns -EIO instead as an
1599error.
1600
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1601
16024.57 KVM_GET_LAPIC
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1604Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
1605Architectures: x86
1606Type: vcpu ioctl
1607Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (out)
1608Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1609
1610#define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400
1611struct kvm_lapic_state {
1612 char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE];
1613};
1614
1615Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument. The
1616data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
1617
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1618If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is
1619enabled, then the format of APIC_ID register depends on the APIC mode
1620(reported by MSR_IA32_APICBASE) of its VCPU. x2APIC stores APIC ID in
1621the APIC_ID register (bytes 32-35). xAPIC only allows an 8-bit APIC ID
1622which is stored in bits 31-24 of the APIC register, or equivalently in
1623byte 35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's regs field. KVM_GET_LAPIC must then
1624be called after MSR_IA32_APICBASE has been set with KVM_SET_MSR.
1625
1626If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature is disabled, struct kvm_lapic_state
1627always uses xAPIC format.
1628
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1629
16304.58 KVM_SET_LAPIC
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1632Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
1633Architectures: x86
1634Type: vcpu ioctl
1635Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (in)
1636Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1637
1638#define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400
1639struct kvm_lapic_state {
1640 char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE];
1641};
1642
df5cbb27 1643Copies the input argument into the Local APIC registers. The data format
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1644and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
1645
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1646The format of the APIC ID register (bytes 32-35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's
1647regs field) depends on the state of the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability.
1648See the note in KVM_GET_LAPIC.
1649
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1650
16514.59 KVM_IOEVENTFD
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1652
1653Capability: KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD
1654Architectures: all
1655Type: vm ioctl
1656Parameters: struct kvm_ioeventfd (in)
1657Returns: 0 on success, !0 on error
1658
1659This ioctl attaches or detaches an ioeventfd to a legal pio/mmio address
1660within the guest. A guest write in the registered address will signal the
1661provided event instead of triggering an exit.
1662
1663struct kvm_ioeventfd {
1664 __u64 datamatch;
1665 __u64 addr; /* legal pio/mmio address */
e9ea5069 1666 __u32 len; /* 0, 1, 2, 4, or 8 bytes */
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1667 __s32 fd;
1668 __u32 flags;
1669 __u8 pad[36];
1670};
1671
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1672For the special case of virtio-ccw devices on s390, the ioevent is matched
1673to a subchannel/virtqueue tuple instead.
1674
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1675The following flags are defined:
1676
1677#define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DATAMATCH (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_datamatch)
1678#define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_PIO (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_pio)
1679#define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_deassign)
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1680#define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_VIRTIO_CCW_NOTIFY \
1681 (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_virtio_ccw_notify)
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1682
1683If datamatch flag is set, the event will be signaled only if the written value
1684to the registered address is equal to datamatch in struct kvm_ioeventfd.
1685
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1686For virtio-ccw devices, addr contains the subchannel id and datamatch the
1687virtqueue index.
1688
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1689With KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD_ANY_LENGTH, a zero length ioeventfd is allowed, and
1690the kernel will ignore the length of guest write and may get a faster vmexit.
1691The speedup may only apply to specific architectures, but the ioeventfd will
1692work anyway.
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1693
16944.60 KVM_DIRTY_TLB
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1695
1696Capability: KVM_CAP_SW_TLB
1697Architectures: ppc
1698Type: vcpu ioctl
1699Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_tlb (in)
1700Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1701
1702struct kvm_dirty_tlb {
1703 __u64 bitmap;
1704 __u32 num_dirty;
1705};
1706
1707This must be called whenever userspace has changed an entry in the shared
1708TLB, prior to calling KVM_RUN on the associated vcpu.
1709
1710The "bitmap" field is the userspace address of an array. This array
1711consists of a number of bits, equal to the total number of TLB entries as
1712determined by the last successful call to KVM_CONFIG_TLB, rounded up to the
1713nearest multiple of 64.
1714
1715Each bit corresponds to one TLB entry, ordered the same as in the shared TLB
1716array.
1717
1718The array is little-endian: the bit 0 is the least significant bit of the
1719first byte, bit 8 is the least significant bit of the second byte, etc.
1720This avoids any complications with differing word sizes.
1721
1722The "num_dirty" field is a performance hint for KVM to determine whether it
1723should skip processing the bitmap and just invalidate everything. It must
1724be set to the number of set bits in the bitmap.
1725
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1728
1729Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE
1730Architectures: powerpc
1731Type: vm ioctl
1732Parameters: struct kvm_create_spapr_tce (in)
1733Returns: file descriptor for manipulating the created TCE table
1734
1735This creates a virtual TCE (translation control entry) table, which
1736is an IOMMU for PAPR-style virtual I/O. It is used to translate
1737logical addresses used in virtual I/O into guest physical addresses,
1738and provides a scatter/gather capability for PAPR virtual I/O.
1739
1740/* for KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE */
1741struct kvm_create_spapr_tce {
1742 __u64 liobn;
1743 __u32 window_size;
1744};
1745
1746The liobn field gives the logical IO bus number for which to create a
1747TCE table. The window_size field specifies the size of the DMA window
1748which this TCE table will translate - the table will contain one 64
1749bit TCE entry for every 4kiB of the DMA window.
1750
1751When the guest issues an H_PUT_TCE hcall on a liobn for which a TCE
1752table has been created using this ioctl(), the kernel will handle it
1753in real mode, updating the TCE table. H_PUT_TCE calls for other
1754liobns will cause a vm exit and must be handled by userspace.
1755
1756The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2)
1757to map the created TCE table into userspace. This lets userspace read
1758the entries written by kernel-handled H_PUT_TCE calls, and also lets
1759userspace update the TCE table directly which is useful in some
1760circumstances.
1761
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17634.63 KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA
1764
1765Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA
1766Architectures: powerpc
1767Type: vm ioctl
1768Parameters: struct kvm_allocate_rma (out)
1769Returns: file descriptor for mapping the allocated RMA
1770
1771This allocates a Real Mode Area (RMA) from the pool allocated at boot
1772time by the kernel. An RMA is a physically-contiguous, aligned region
1773of memory used on older POWER processors to provide the memory which
1774will be accessed by real-mode (MMU off) accesses in a KVM guest.
1775POWER processors support a set of sizes for the RMA that usually
1776includes 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and some larger powers of two.
1777
1778/* for KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA */
1779struct kvm_allocate_rma {
1780 __u64 rma_size;
1781};
1782
1783The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2)
1784to map the allocated RMA into userspace. The mapped area can then be
1785passed to the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl to establish it as the
1786RMA for a virtual machine. The size of the RMA in bytes (which is
1787fixed at host kernel boot time) is returned in the rma_size field of
1788the argument structure.
1789
1790The KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA capability is 1 or 2 if the KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA ioctl
1791is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have
1792an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it,
1793because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility.
1794
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17964.64 KVM_NMI
1797
1798Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_NMI
1799Architectures: x86
1800Type: vcpu ioctl
1801Parameters: none
1802Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1803
1804Queues an NMI on the thread's vcpu. Note this is well defined only
1805when KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP has not been called, since this is an interface
1806between the virtual cpu core and virtual local APIC. After KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP
1807has been called, this interface is completely emulated within the kernel.
1808
1809To use this to emulate the LINT1 input with KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, use the
1810following algorithm:
1811
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1813 - read the local APIC's state (KVM_GET_LAPIC)
1814 - check whether changing LINT1 will queue an NMI (see the LVT entry for LINT1)
1815 - if so, issue KVM_NMI
1816 - resume the vcpu
1817
1818Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in
1819debugging.
1820
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1823
1824Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL
1825Architectures: s390
1826Type: vcpu ioctl
1827Parameters: struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping (in)
1828Returns: 0 in case of success
1829
1830The parameter is defined like this:
1831 struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping {
1832 __u64 user_addr;
1833 __u64 vcpu_addr;
1834 __u64 length;
1835 };
1836
1837This ioctl maps the memory at "user_addr" with the length "length" to
1838the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr". All parameters need to
f884ab15 1839be aligned by 1 megabyte.
27e0393f 1840
414fa985 1841
e24ed81f 18424.66 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP
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1843
1844Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL
1845Architectures: s390
1846Type: vcpu ioctl
1847Parameters: struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping (in)
1848Returns: 0 in case of success
1849
1850The parameter is defined like this:
1851 struct kvm_s390_ucas_mapping {
1852 __u64 user_addr;
1853 __u64 vcpu_addr;
1854 __u64 length;
1855 };
1856
1857This ioctl unmaps the memory in the vcpu's address space starting at
1858"vcpu_addr" with the length "length". The field "user_addr" is ignored.
f884ab15 1859All parameters need to be aligned by 1 megabyte.
27e0393f 1860
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e24ed81f 18624.67 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT
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1863
1864Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL
1865Architectures: s390
1866Type: vcpu ioctl
1867Parameters: vcpu absolute address (in)
1868Returns: 0 in case of success
1869
1870This call creates a page table entry on the virtual cpu's address space
1871(for user controlled virtual machines) or the virtual machine's address
1872space (for regular virtual machines). This only works for minor faults,
1873thus it's recommended to access subject memory page via the user page
1874table upfront. This is useful to handle validity intercepts for user
1875controlled virtual machines to fault in the virtual cpu's lowcore pages
1876prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl.
1877
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18794.68 KVM_SET_ONE_REG
1880
1881Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG
1882Architectures: all
1883Type: vcpu ioctl
1884Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in)
1885Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure
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1886Errors:
1887  ENOENT:   no such register
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1888  EINVAL:   invalid register ID, or no such register
1889  EPERM:    (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization
1890(These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error
1891code being returned in a specific situation.)
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1892
1893struct kvm_one_reg {
1894 __u64 id;
1895 __u64 addr;
1896};
1897
1898Using this ioctl, a single vcpu register can be set to a specific value
1899defined by user space with the passed in struct kvm_one_reg, where id
1900refers to the register identifier as described below and addr is a pointer
1901to a variable with the respective size. There can be architecture agnostic
1902and architecture specific registers. Each have their own range of operation
1903and their own constants and width. To keep track of the implemented
1904registers, find a list below:
1905
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1906 Arch | Register | Width (bits)
1907 | |
1908 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_HIOR | 64
1909 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC1 | 64
1910 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC2 | 64
1911 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC3 | 64
1912 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAC4 | 64
1913 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAC1 | 64
1914 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAC2 | 64
1915 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DABR | 64
1916 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DSCR | 64
1917 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PURR | 64
1918 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPURR | 64
1919 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAR | 64
1920 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DSISR | 32
1921 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_AMR | 64
1922 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_UAMOR | 64
1923 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR0 | 64
1924 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR1 | 64
1925 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRA | 64
1926 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR2 | 64
1927 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRS | 64
1928 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SIAR | 64
1929 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SDAR | 64
1930 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SIER | 64
1931 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC1 | 32
1932 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC2 | 32
1933 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC3 | 32
1934 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC4 | 32
1935 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC5 | 32
1936 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC6 | 32
1937 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC7 | 32
1938 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PMC8 | 32
1939 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FPR0 | 64
a8bd19ef 1940 ...
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1941 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FPR31 | 64
1942 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VR0 | 128
a8bd19ef 1943 ...
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1944 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VR31 | 128
1945 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VSR0 | 128
a8bd19ef 1946 ...
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1947 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VSR31 | 128
1948 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FPSCR | 64
1949 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VSCR | 32
1950 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_ADDR | 64
1951 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_SLB | 128
1952 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VPA_DTL | 128
1953 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPCR | 32
1954 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPR | 32
1955 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TCR | 32
1956 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TSR | 32
1957 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_OR_TSR | 32
1958 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_CLEAR_TSR | 32
1959 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS0 | 32
1960 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS1 | 32
1961 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS2 | 64
1962 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS7_3 | 64
1963 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS4 | 32
1964 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MAS6 | 32
1965 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_MMUCFG | 32
1966 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB0CFG | 32
1967 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB1CFG | 32
1968 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB2CFG | 32
1969 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB3CFG | 32
1970 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB0PS | 32
1971 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB1PS | 32
1972 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB2PS | 32
1973 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TLB3PS | 32
1974 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EPTCFG | 32
1975 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ICP_STATE | 64
e4945b9d 1976 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VP_STATE | 128
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1977 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TB_OFFSET | 64
1978 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPMC1 | 32
1979 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPMC2 | 32
1980 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IAMR | 64
1981 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TFHAR | 64
1982 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TFIAR | 64
1983 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TEXASR | 64
1984 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_FSCR | 64
1985 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PSPB | 32
1986 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EBBHR | 64
1987 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_EBBRR | 64
1988 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_BESCR | 64
1989 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TAR | 64
1990 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DPDES | 64
1991 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAWR | 64
1992 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DAWRX | 64
1993 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_CIABR | 64
1994 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_IC | 64
1995 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VTB | 64
1996 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_CSIGR | 64
1997 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TACR | 64
1998 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TCSCR | 64
1999 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PID | 64
2000 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ACOP | 64
2001 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_VRSAVE | 32
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2002 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_LPCR | 32
2003 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_LPCR_64 | 64
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2004 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PPR | 64
2005 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_ARCH_COMPAT | 32
2006 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DABRX | 32
2007 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_WORT | 64
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2008 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_SPRG9 | 64
2009 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DBSR | 32
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2010 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TIDR | 64
2011 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR | 64
5855564c 2012 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY | 64
30323418 2013 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_PTCR | 64
bf5590f3 2014 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR0 | 64
3b783474 2015 ...
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2016 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR31 | 64
2017 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VSR0 | 128
3b783474 2018 ...
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2019 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VSR63 | 128
2020 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_CR | 64
2021 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_LR | 64
2022 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_CTR | 64
2023 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_FPSCR | 64
2024 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_AMR | 64
2025 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_PPR | 64
2026 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VRSAVE | 64
2027 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_VSCR | 32
2028 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_DSCR | 64
2029 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_TAR | 64
0d808df0 2030 PPC | KVM_REG_PPC_TM_XER | 64
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2031 | |
2032 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_R0 | 64
2033 ...
2034 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_R31 | 64
2035 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_HI | 64
2036 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_LO | 64
2037 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_PC | 64
2038 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_INDEX | 32
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2039 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO0 | 64
2040 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO1 | 64
c2d2c21b 2041 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONTEXT | 64
dffe042f 2042 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONTEXTCONFIG| 32
c2d2c21b 2043 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_USERLOCAL | 64
dffe042f 2044 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_XCONTEXTCONFIG| 64
c2d2c21b 2045 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PAGEMASK | 32
c992a4f6 2046 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PAGEGRAIN | 32
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2047 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_SEGCTL0 | 64
2048 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_SEGCTL1 | 64
2049 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_SEGCTL2 | 64
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2050 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWBASE | 64
2051 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWFIELD | 64
2052 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWSIZE | 64
c2d2c21b 2053 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_WIRED | 32
5a2f352f 2054 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PWCTL | 32
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2055 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_HWRENA | 32
2056 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_BADVADDR | 64
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2057 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_BADINSTR | 32
2058 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_BADINSTRP | 32
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2059 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_COUNT | 32
2060 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYHI | 64
2061 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_COMPARE | 32
2062 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_STATUS | 32
ad58d4d4 2063 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_INTCTL | 32
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2064 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CAUSE | 32
2065 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_EPC | 64
1068eaaf 2066 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_PRID | 32
7801bbe1 2067 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_EBASE | 64
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2068 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG | 32
2069 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG1 | 32
2070 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG2 | 32
2071 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG3 | 32
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2072 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG4 | 32
2073 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG5 | 32
c2d2c21b 2074 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_CONFIG7 | 32
c992a4f6 2075 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_XCONTEXT | 64
c2d2c21b 2076 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ERROREPC | 64
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2077 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH1 | 64
2078 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH2 | 64
2079 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH3 | 64
2080 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH4 | 64
2081 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH5 | 64
2082 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_KSCRATCH6 | 64
d42a008f 2083 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_MAAR(0..63) | 64
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2084 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_CTL | 64
2085 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_RESUME | 64
2086 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_COUNT_HZ | 64
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2087 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_32(0..31) | 32
2088 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_64(0..31) | 64
ab86bd60 2089 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_VEC_128(0..31) | 128
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2090 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_IR | 32
2091 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_CSR | 32
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2092 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_IR | 32
2093 MIPS | KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_CSR | 32
414fa985 2094
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2095ARM registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that
2096is the register group type, or coprocessor number:
2097
2098ARM core registers have the following id bit patterns:
aa404ddf 2099 0x4020 0000 0010 <index into the kvm_regs struct:16>
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1138245c 2101ARM 32-bit CP15 registers have the following id bit patterns:
aa404ddf 2102 0x4020 0000 000F <zero:1> <crn:4> <crm:4> <opc1:4> <opc2:3>
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2103
2104ARM 64-bit CP15 registers have the following id bit patterns:
aa404ddf 2105 0x4030 0000 000F <zero:1> <zero:4> <crm:4> <opc1:4> <zero:3>
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c27581ed 2107ARM CCSIDR registers are demultiplexed by CSSELR value:
aa404ddf 2108 0x4020 0000 0011 00 <csselr:8>
749cf76c 2109
4fe21e4c 2110ARM 32-bit VFP control registers have the following id bit patterns:
aa404ddf 2111 0x4020 0000 0012 1 <regno:12>
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2112
2113ARM 64-bit FP registers have the following id bit patterns:
aa404ddf 2114 0x4030 0000 0012 0 <regno:12>
4fe21e4c 2115
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2116ARM firmware pseudo-registers have the following bit pattern:
2117 0x4030 0000 0014 <regno:16>
2118
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2119
2120arm64 registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of
2121that is the register group type, or coprocessor number:
2122
2123arm64 core/FP-SIMD registers have the following id bit patterns. Note
2124that the size of the access is variable, as the kvm_regs structure
2125contains elements ranging from 32 to 128 bits. The index is a 32bit
2126value in the kvm_regs structure seen as a 32bit array.
2127 0x60x0 0000 0010 <index into the kvm_regs struct:16>
2128
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2129Specifically:
2130 Encoding Register Bits kvm_regs member
2131----------------------------------------------------------------
2132 0x6030 0000 0010 0000 X0 64 regs.regs[0]
2133 0x6030 0000 0010 0002 X1 64 regs.regs[1]
2134 ...
2135 0x6030 0000 0010 003c X30 64 regs.regs[30]
2136 0x6030 0000 0010 003e SP 64 regs.sp
2137 0x6030 0000 0010 0040 PC 64 regs.pc
2138 0x6030 0000 0010 0042 PSTATE 64 regs.pstate
2139 0x6030 0000 0010 0044 SP_EL1 64 sp_el1
2140 0x6030 0000 0010 0046 ELR_EL1 64 elr_el1
2141 0x6030 0000 0010 0048 SPSR_EL1 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_EL1] (alias SPSR_SVC)
2142 0x6030 0000 0010 004a SPSR_ABT 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_ABT]
2143 0x6030 0000 0010 004c SPSR_UND 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_UND]
2144 0x6030 0000 0010 004e SPSR_IRQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_IRQ]
2145 0x6060 0000 0010 0050 SPSR_FIQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_FIQ]
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2146 0x6040 0000 0010 0054 V0 128 fp_regs.vregs[0] (*)
2147 0x6040 0000 0010 0058 V1 128 fp_regs.vregs[1] (*)
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50036ad0 2149 0x6040 0000 0010 00d0 V31 128 fp_regs.vregs[31] (*)
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2150 0x6020 0000 0010 00d4 FPSR 32 fp_regs.fpsr
2151 0x6020 0000 0010 00d5 FPCR 32 fp_regs.fpcr
2152
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2153(*) These encodings are not accepted for SVE-enabled vcpus. See
2154 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT.
2155
2156 The equivalent register content can be accessed via bits [127:0] of
2157 the corresponding SVE Zn registers instead for vcpus that have SVE
2158 enabled (see below).
2159
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2160arm64 CCSIDR registers are demultiplexed by CSSELR value:
2161 0x6020 0000 0011 00 <csselr:8>
2162
2163arm64 system registers have the following id bit patterns:
2164 0x6030 0000 0013 <op0:2> <op1:3> <crn:4> <crm:4> <op2:3>
2165
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2166arm64 firmware pseudo-registers have the following bit pattern:
2167 0x6030 0000 0014 <regno:16>
2168
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2169arm64 SVE registers have the following bit patterns:
2170 0x6080 0000 0015 00 <n:5> <slice:5> Zn bits[2048*slice + 2047 : 2048*slice]
2171 0x6050 0000 0015 04 <n:4> <slice:5> Pn bits[256*slice + 255 : 256*slice]
2172 0x6050 0000 0015 060 <slice:5> FFR bits[256*slice + 255 : 256*slice]
2173 0x6060 0000 0015 ffff KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS pseudo-register
2174
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2175Access to register IDs where 2048 * slice >= 128 * max_vq will fail with
2176ENOENT. max_vq is the vcpu's maximum supported vector length in 128-bit
2177quadwords: see (**) below.
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2178
2179These registers are only accessible on vcpus for which SVE is enabled.
2180See KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT for details.
2181
2182In addition, except for KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS, these registers are not
2183accessible until the vcpu's SVE configuration has been finalized
2184using KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE(KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE). See KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT
2185and KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE for more information about this procedure.
2186
2187KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS is a pseudo-register that allows the set of vector
2188lengths supported by the vcpu to be discovered and configured by
2189userspace. When transferred to or from user memory via KVM_GET_ONE_REG
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2190or KVM_SET_ONE_REG, the value of this register is of type
2191__u64[KVM_ARM64_SVE_VLS_WORDS], and encodes the set of vector lengths as
2192follows:
50036ad0 2193
4bd774e5 2194__u64 vector_lengths[KVM_ARM64_SVE_VLS_WORDS];
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2195
2196if (vq >= SVE_VQ_MIN && vq <= SVE_VQ_MAX &&
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2197 ((vector_lengths[(vq - KVM_ARM64_SVE_VQ_MIN) / 64] >>
2198 ((vq - KVM_ARM64_SVE_VQ_MIN) % 64)) & 1))
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2199 /* Vector length vq * 16 bytes supported */
2200else
2201 /* Vector length vq * 16 bytes not supported */
2202
2203(**) The maximum value vq for which the above condition is true is
2204max_vq. This is the maximum vector length available to the guest on
2205this vcpu, and determines which register slices are visible through
2206this ioctl interface.
2207
b693d0b3 2208(See Documentation/arm64/sve.rst for an explanation of the "vq"
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2209nomenclature.)
2210
2211KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS is only accessible after KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT.
2212KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT initialises it to the best set of vector lengths that
2213the host supports.
2214
2215Userspace may subsequently modify it if desired until the vcpu's SVE
2216configuration is finalized using KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE(KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE).
2217
2218Apart from simply removing all vector lengths from the host set that
2219exceed some value, support for arbitrarily chosen sets of vector lengths
2220is hardware-dependent and may not be available. Attempting to configure
2221an invalid set of vector lengths via KVM_SET_ONE_REG will fail with
2222EINVAL.
2223
2224After the vcpu's SVE configuration is finalized, further attempts to
2225write this register will fail with EPERM.
2226
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2227
2228MIPS registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that is
2229the register group type:
2230
2231MIPS core registers (see above) have the following id bit patterns:
2232 0x7030 0000 0000 <reg:16>
2233
2234MIPS CP0 registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_* above) have the following id bit
2235patterns depending on whether they're 32-bit or 64-bit registers:
2236 0x7020 0000 0001 00 <reg:5> <sel:3> (32-bit)
2237 0x7030 0000 0001 00 <reg:5> <sel:3> (64-bit)
2238
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2239Note: KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO0 and KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_ENTRYLO1 are the MIPS64
2240versions of the EntryLo registers regardless of the word size of the host
2241hardware, host kernel, guest, and whether XPA is present in the guest, i.e.
2242with the RI and XI bits (if they exist) in bits 63 and 62 respectively, and
2243the PFNX field starting at bit 30.
2244
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2245MIPS MAARs (see KVM_REG_MIPS_CP0_MAAR(*) above) have the following id bit
2246patterns:
2247 0x7030 0000 0001 01 <reg:8>
2248
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2249MIPS KVM control registers (see above) have the following id bit patterns:
2250 0x7030 0000 0002 <reg:16>
2251
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2252MIPS FPU registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_{32,64}() above) have the following
2253id bit patterns depending on the size of the register being accessed. They are
2254always accessed according to the current guest FPU mode (Status.FR and
2255Config5.FRE), i.e. as the guest would see them, and they become unpredictable
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2256if the guest FPU mode is changed. MIPS SIMD Architecture (MSA) vector
2257registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_VEC_128() above) have similar patterns as they
2258overlap the FPU registers:
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2259 0x7020 0000 0003 00 <0:3> <reg:5> (32-bit FPU registers)
2260 0x7030 0000 0003 00 <0:3> <reg:5> (64-bit FPU registers)
ab86bd60 2261 0x7040 0000 0003 00 <0:3> <reg:5> (128-bit MSA vector registers)
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2262
2263MIPS FPU control registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_{IR,CSR} above) have the
2264following id bit patterns:
2265 0x7020 0000 0003 01 <0:3> <reg:5>
2266
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2267MIPS MSA control registers (see KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_{IR,CSR} above) have the
2268following id bit patterns:
2269 0x7020 0000 0003 02 <0:3> <reg:5>
2270
c2d2c21b 2271
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22724.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG
2273
2274Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG
2275Architectures: all
2276Type: vcpu ioctl
2277Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in and out)
2278Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure
fe365b4e 2279Errors include:
395f562f 2280  ENOENT:   no such register
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2281  EINVAL:   invalid register ID, or no such register
2282  EPERM:    (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization
2283(These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error
2284code being returned in a specific situation.)
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2285
2286This ioctl allows to receive the value of a single register implemented
2287in a vcpu. The register to read is indicated by the "id" field of the
2288kvm_one_reg struct passed in. On success, the register value can be found
2289at the memory location pointed to by "addr".
2290
2291The list of registers accessible using this interface is identical to the
2e232702 2292list in 4.68.
e24ed81f 2293
414fa985 2294
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22954.70 KVM_KVMCLOCK_CTRL
2296
2297Capability: KVM_CAP_KVMCLOCK_CTRL
2298Architectures: Any that implement pvclocks (currently x86 only)
2299Type: vcpu ioctl
2300Parameters: None
2301Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2302
2303This signals to the host kernel that the specified guest is being paused by
2304userspace. The host will set a flag in the pvclock structure that is checked
2305from the soft lockup watchdog. The flag is part of the pvclock structure that
2306is shared between guest and host, specifically the second bit of the flags
2307field of the pvclock_vcpu_time_info structure. It will be set exclusively by
2308the host and read/cleared exclusively by the guest. The guest operation of
2309checking and clearing the flag must an atomic operation so
2310load-link/store-conditional, or equivalent must be used. There are two cases
2311where the guest will clear the flag: when the soft lockup watchdog timer resets
2312itself or when a soft lockup is detected. This ioctl can be called any time
2313after pausing the vcpu, but before it is resumed.
2314
414fa985 2315
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23164.71 KVM_SIGNAL_MSI
2317
2318Capability: KVM_CAP_SIGNAL_MSI
2988509d 2319Architectures: x86 arm arm64
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2320Type: vm ioctl
2321Parameters: struct kvm_msi (in)
2322Returns: >0 on delivery, 0 if guest blocked the MSI, and -1 on error
2323
2324Directly inject a MSI message. Only valid with in-kernel irqchip that handles
2325MSI messages.
2326
2327struct kvm_msi {
2328 __u32 address_lo;
2329 __u32 address_hi;
2330 __u32 data;
2331 __u32 flags;
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2332 __u32 devid;
2333 __u8 pad[12];
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2334};
2335
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2336flags: KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID: devid contains a valid value. The per-VM
2337 KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID capability advertises the requirement to provide
2338 the device ID. If this capability is not available, userspace
2339 should never set the KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag as the ioctl might fail.
2b8ddd93 2340
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2341If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier
2342for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a
2343BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits.
07975ad3 2344
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2345On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS
2346feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled,
2347address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the destination id. Bits 7-0 of
2348address_hi must be zero.
37131313 2349
414fa985 2350
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23514.71 KVM_CREATE_PIT2
2352
2353Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT2
2354Architectures: x86
2355Type: vm ioctl
2356Parameters: struct kvm_pit_config (in)
2357Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2358
2359Creates an in-kernel device model for the i8254 PIT. This call is only valid
2360after enabling in-kernel irqchip support via KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. The following
2361parameters have to be passed:
2362
2363struct kvm_pit_config {
2364 __u32 flags;
2365 __u32 pad[15];
2366};
2367
2368Valid flags are:
2369
2370#define KVM_PIT_SPEAKER_DUMMY 1 /* emulate speaker port stub */
2371
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2372PIT timer interrupts may use a per-VM kernel thread for injection. If it
2373exists, this thread will have a name of the following pattern:
2374
2375kvm-pit/<owner-process-pid>
2376
2377When running a guest with elevated priorities, the scheduling parameters of
2378this thread may have to be adjusted accordingly.
2379
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2380This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_CREATE_PIT.
2381
2382
23834.72 KVM_GET_PIT2
2384
2385Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT_STATE2
2386Architectures: x86
2387Type: vm ioctl
2388Parameters: struct kvm_pit_state2 (out)
2389Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2390
2391Retrieves the state of the in-kernel PIT model. Only valid after
2392KVM_CREATE_PIT2. The state is returned in the following structure:
2393
2394struct kvm_pit_state2 {
2395 struct kvm_pit_channel_state channels[3];
2396 __u32 flags;
2397 __u32 reserved[9];
2398};
2399
2400Valid flags are:
2401
2402/* disable PIT in HPET legacy mode */
2403#define KVM_PIT_FLAGS_HPET_LEGACY 0x00000001
2404
2405This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_GET_PIT.
2406
2407
24084.73 KVM_SET_PIT2
2409
2410Capability: KVM_CAP_PIT_STATE2
2411Architectures: x86
2412Type: vm ioctl
2413Parameters: struct kvm_pit_state2 (in)
2414Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2415
2416Sets the state of the in-kernel PIT model. Only valid after KVM_CREATE_PIT2.
2417See KVM_GET_PIT2 for details on struct kvm_pit_state2.
2418
2419This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_SET_PIT.
2420
2421
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24224.74 KVM_PPC_GET_SMMU_INFO
2423
2424Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_SMMU_INFO
2425Architectures: powerpc
2426Type: vm ioctl
2427Parameters: None
2428Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2429
2430This populates and returns a structure describing the features of
2431the "Server" class MMU emulation supported by KVM.
cc22c354 2432This can in turn be used by userspace to generate the appropriate
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2433device-tree properties for the guest operating system.
2434
c98be0c9 2435The structure contains some global information, followed by an
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2436array of supported segment page sizes:
2437
2438 struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info {
2439 __u64 flags;
2440 __u32 slb_size;
2441 __u32 pad;
2442 struct kvm_ppc_one_seg_page_size sps[KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_MAX_SZ];
2443 };
2444
2445The supported flags are:
2446
2447 - KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_REAL:
2448 When that flag is set, guest page sizes must "fit" the backing
2449 store page sizes. When not set, any page size in the list can
2450 be used regardless of how they are backed by userspace.
2451
2452 - KVM_PPC_1T_SEGMENTS
2453 The emulated MMU supports 1T segments in addition to the
2454 standard 256M ones.
2455
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2456 - KVM_PPC_NO_HASH
2457 This flag indicates that HPT guests are not supported by KVM,
2458 thus all guests must use radix MMU mode.
2459
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2460The "slb_size" field indicates how many SLB entries are supported
2461
2462The "sps" array contains 8 entries indicating the supported base
2463page sizes for a segment in increasing order. Each entry is defined
2464as follow:
2465
2466 struct kvm_ppc_one_seg_page_size {
2467 __u32 page_shift; /* Base page shift of segment (or 0) */
2468 __u32 slb_enc; /* SLB encoding for BookS */
2469 struct kvm_ppc_one_page_size enc[KVM_PPC_PAGE_SIZES_MAX_SZ];
2470 };
2471
2472An entry with a "page_shift" of 0 is unused. Because the array is
2473organized in increasing order, a lookup can stop when encoutering
2474such an entry.
2475
2476The "slb_enc" field provides the encoding to use in the SLB for the
2477page size. The bits are in positions such as the value can directly
2478be OR'ed into the "vsid" argument of the slbmte instruction.
2479
2480The "enc" array is a list which for each of those segment base page
2481size provides the list of supported actual page sizes (which can be
2482only larger or equal to the base page size), along with the
f884ab15 2483corresponding encoding in the hash PTE. Similarly, the array is
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24848 entries sorted by increasing sizes and an entry with a "0" shift
2485is an empty entry and a terminator:
2486
2487 struct kvm_ppc_one_page_size {
2488 __u32 page_shift; /* Page shift (or 0) */
2489 __u32 pte_enc; /* Encoding in the HPTE (>>12) */
2490 };
2491
2492The "pte_enc" field provides a value that can OR'ed into the hash
2493PTE's RPN field (ie, it needs to be shifted left by 12 to OR it
2494into the hash PTE second double word).
2495
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24964.75 KVM_IRQFD
2497
2498Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQFD
174178fe 2499Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64
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2500Type: vm ioctl
2501Parameters: struct kvm_irqfd (in)
2502Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2503
2504Allows setting an eventfd to directly trigger a guest interrupt.
2505kvm_irqfd.fd specifies the file descriptor to use as the eventfd and
2506kvm_irqfd.gsi specifies the irqchip pin toggled by this event. When
17180032 2507an event is triggered on the eventfd, an interrupt is injected into
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2508the guest using the specified gsi pin. The irqfd is removed using
2509the KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN flag, specifying both kvm_irqfd.fd
2510and kvm_irqfd.gsi.
2511
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AW
2512With KVM_CAP_IRQFD_RESAMPLE, KVM_IRQFD supports a de-assert and notify
2513mechanism allowing emulation of level-triggered, irqfd-based
2514interrupts. When KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is set the user must pass an
2515additional eventfd in the kvm_irqfd.resamplefd field. When operating
2516in resample mode, posting of an interrupt through kvm_irq.fd asserts
2517the specified gsi in the irqchip. When the irqchip is resampled, such
17180032 2518as from an EOI, the gsi is de-asserted and the user is notified via
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2519kvm_irqfd.resamplefd. It is the user's responsibility to re-queue
2520the interrupt if the device making use of it still requires service.
2521Note that closing the resamplefd is not sufficient to disable the
2522irqfd. The KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is only necessary on assignment
2523and need not be specified with KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN.
2524
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EA
2525On arm/arm64, gsi routing being supported, the following can happen:
2526- in case no routing entry is associated to this gsi, injection fails
2527- in case the gsi is associated to an irqchip routing entry,
2528 irqchip.pin + 32 corresponds to the injected SPI ID.
995a0ee9
EA
2529- in case the gsi is associated to an MSI routing entry, the MSI
2530 message and device ID are translated into an LPI (support restricted
2531 to GICv3 ITS in-kernel emulation).
174178fe 2532
5fecc9d8 25334.76 KVM_PPC_ALLOCATE_HTAB
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2534
2535Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB
2536Architectures: powerpc
2537Type: vm ioctl
2538Parameters: Pointer to u32 containing hash table order (in/out)
2539Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2540
2541This requests the host kernel to allocate an MMU hash table for a
2542guest using the PAPR paravirtualization interface. This only does
2543anything if the kernel is configured to use the Book 3S HV style of
2544virtualization. Otherwise the capability doesn't exist and the ioctl
2545returns an ENOTTY error. The rest of this description assumes Book 3S
2546HV.
2547
2548There must be no vcpus running when this ioctl is called; if there
2549are, it will do nothing and return an EBUSY error.
2550
2551The parameter is a pointer to a 32-bit unsigned integer variable
2552containing the order (log base 2) of the desired size of the hash
2553table, which must be between 18 and 46. On successful return from the
f98a8bf9 2554ioctl, the value will not be changed by the kernel.
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2555
2556If no hash table has been allocated when any vcpu is asked to run
2557(with the KVM_RUN ioctl), the host kernel will allocate a
2558default-sized hash table (16 MB).
2559
2560If this ioctl is called when a hash table has already been allocated,
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2561with a different order from the existing hash table, the existing hash
2562table will be freed and a new one allocated. If this is ioctl is
2563called when a hash table has already been allocated of the same order
2564as specified, the kernel will clear out the existing hash table (zero
2565all HPTEs). In either case, if the guest is using the virtualized
2566real-mode area (VRMA) facility, the kernel will re-create the VMRA
2567HPTEs on the next KVM_RUN of any vcpu.
32fad281 2568
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25694.77 KVM_S390_INTERRUPT
2570
2571Capability: basic
2572Architectures: s390
2573Type: vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl
2574Parameters: struct kvm_s390_interrupt (in)
2575Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2576
2577Allows to inject an interrupt to the guest. Interrupts can be floating
2578(vm ioctl) or per cpu (vcpu ioctl), depending on the interrupt type.
2579
2580Interrupt parameters are passed via kvm_s390_interrupt:
2581
2582struct kvm_s390_interrupt {
2583 __u32 type;
2584 __u32 parm;
2585 __u64 parm64;
2586};
2587
2588type can be one of the following:
2589
2822545f 2590KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP (vcpu) - sigp stop; optional flags in parm
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2591KVM_S390_PROGRAM_INT (vcpu) - program check; code in parm
2592KVM_S390_SIGP_SET_PREFIX (vcpu) - sigp set prefix; prefix address in parm
2593KVM_S390_RESTART (vcpu) - restart
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2594KVM_S390_INT_CLOCK_COMP (vcpu) - clock comparator interrupt
2595KVM_S390_INT_CPU_TIMER (vcpu) - CPU timer interrupt
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2596KVM_S390_INT_VIRTIO (vm) - virtio external interrupt; external interrupt
2597 parameters in parm and parm64
2598KVM_S390_INT_SERVICE (vm) - sclp external interrupt; sclp parameter in parm
2599KVM_S390_INT_EMERGENCY (vcpu) - sigp emergency; source cpu in parm
2600KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL (vcpu) - sigp external call; source cpu in parm
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2601KVM_S390_INT_IO(ai,cssid,ssid,schid) (vm) - compound value to indicate an
2602 I/O interrupt (ai - adapter interrupt; cssid,ssid,schid - subchannel);
2603 I/O interruption parameters in parm (subchannel) and parm64 (intparm,
2604 interruption subclass)
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2605KVM_S390_MCHK (vm, vcpu) - machine check interrupt; cr 14 bits in parm,
2606 machine check interrupt code in parm64 (note that
2607 machine checks needing further payload are not
2608 supported by this ioctl)
416ad65f 2609
5e124900 2610This is an asynchronous vcpu ioctl and can be invoked from any thread.
416ad65f 2611
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26124.78 KVM_PPC_GET_HTAB_FD
2613
2614Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_HTAB_FD
2615Architectures: powerpc
2616Type: vm ioctl
2617Parameters: Pointer to struct kvm_get_htab_fd (in)
2618Returns: file descriptor number (>= 0) on success, -1 on error
2619
2620This returns a file descriptor that can be used either to read out the
2621entries in the guest's hashed page table (HPT), or to write entries to
2622initialize the HPT. The returned fd can only be written to if the
2623KVM_GET_HTAB_WRITE bit is set in the flags field of the argument, and
2624can only be read if that bit is clear. The argument struct looks like
2625this:
2626
2627/* For KVM_PPC_GET_HTAB_FD */
2628struct kvm_get_htab_fd {
2629 __u64 flags;
2630 __u64 start_index;
2631 __u64 reserved[2];
2632};
2633
2634/* Values for kvm_get_htab_fd.flags */
2635#define KVM_GET_HTAB_BOLTED_ONLY ((__u64)0x1)
2636#define KVM_GET_HTAB_WRITE ((__u64)0x2)
2637
2638The `start_index' field gives the index in the HPT of the entry at
2639which to start reading. It is ignored when writing.
2640
2641Reads on the fd will initially supply information about all
2642"interesting" HPT entries. Interesting entries are those with the
2643bolted bit set, if the KVM_GET_HTAB_BOLTED_ONLY bit is set, otherwise
2644all entries. When the end of the HPT is reached, the read() will
2645return. If read() is called again on the fd, it will start again from
2646the beginning of the HPT, but will only return HPT entries that have
2647changed since they were last read.
2648
2649Data read or written is structured as a header (8 bytes) followed by a
2650series of valid HPT entries (16 bytes) each. The header indicates how
2651many valid HPT entries there are and how many invalid entries follow
2652the valid entries. The invalid entries are not represented explicitly
2653in the stream. The header format is:
2654
2655struct kvm_get_htab_header {
2656 __u32 index;
2657 __u16 n_valid;
2658 __u16 n_invalid;
2659};
2660
2661Writes to the fd create HPT entries starting at the index given in the
2662header; first `n_valid' valid entries with contents from the data
2663written, then `n_invalid' invalid entries, invalidating any previously
2664valid entries found.
2665
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26664.79 KVM_CREATE_DEVICE
2667
2668Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL
2669Type: vm ioctl
2670Parameters: struct kvm_create_device (in/out)
2671Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2672Errors:
2673 ENODEV: The device type is unknown or unsupported
2674 EEXIST: Device already created, and this type of device may not
2675 be instantiated multiple times
2676
2677 Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or
2678 have their standard meanings.
2679
2680Creates an emulated device in the kernel. The file descriptor returned
2681in fd can be used with KVM_SET/GET/HAS_DEVICE_ATTR.
2682
2683If the KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_TEST flag is set, only test whether the
2684device type is supported (not necessarily whether it can be created
2685in the current vm).
2686
2687Individual devices should not define flags. Attributes should be used
2688for specifying any behavior that is not implied by the device type
2689number.
2690
2691struct kvm_create_device {
2692 __u32 type; /* in: KVM_DEV_TYPE_xxx */
2693 __u32 fd; /* out: device handle */
2694 __u32 flags; /* in: KVM_CREATE_DEVICE_xxx */
2695};
2696
26974.80 KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR/KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR
2698
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SZ
2699Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device,
2700 KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device
2701Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl
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2702Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
2703Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2704Errors:
2705 ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
f9cbd9b0 2706 or hardware support is missing.
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2707 EPERM: The attribute cannot (currently) be accessed this way
2708 (e.g. read-only attribute, or attribute that only makes
2709 sense when the device is in a different state)
2710
2711 Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types.
2712
2713Gets/sets a specified piece of device configuration and/or state. The
2714semantics are device-specific. See individual device documentation in
2715the "devices" directory. As with ONE_REG, the size of the data
2716transferred is defined by the particular attribute.
2717
2718struct kvm_device_attr {
2719 __u32 flags; /* no flags currently defined */
2720 __u32 group; /* device-defined */
2721 __u64 attr; /* group-defined */
2722 __u64 addr; /* userspace address of attr data */
2723};
2724
27254.81 KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR
2726
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2727Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device,
2728 KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device
2729Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl
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2730Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr
2731Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2732Errors:
2733 ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
f9cbd9b0 2734 or hardware support is missing.
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2735
2736Tests whether a device supports a particular attribute. A successful
2737return indicates the attribute is implemented. It does not necessarily
2738indicate that the attribute can be read or written in the device's
2739current state. "addr" is ignored.
f36992e3 2740
d8968f1f 27414.82 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT
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2742
2743Capability: basic
379e04c7 2744Architectures: arm, arm64
749cf76c 2745Type: vcpu ioctl
beb11fc7 2746Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_init (in)
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2747Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
2748Errors:
2749  EINVAL:    the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid.
2750  ENOENT:    a features bit specified is unknown.
2751
2752This tells KVM what type of CPU to present to the guest, and what
2753optional features it should have.  This will cause a reset of the cpu
2754registers to their initial values.  If this is not called, KVM_RUN will
2755return ENOEXEC for that vcpu.
2756
2757Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus
2758should be created before this ioctl is invoked.
2759
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2760Userspace can call this function multiple times for a given vcpu, including
2761after the vcpu has been run. This will reset the vcpu to its initial
2762state. All calls to this function after the initial call must use the same
2763target and same set of feature flags, otherwise EINVAL will be returned.
2764
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2765Possible features:
2766 - KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF: Starts the CPU in a power-off state.
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2767 Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI. If not set, the CPU will be powered on
2768 and execute guest code when KVM_RUN is called.
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2769 - KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT: Starts the CPU in a 32bit mode.
2770 Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL1_32BIT (arm64 only).
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2771 - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2: Emulate PSCI v0.2 (or a future revision
2772 backward compatible with v0.2) for the CPU.
50bb0c94 2773 Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI_0_2.
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2774 - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3: Emulate PMUv3 for the CPU.
2775 Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PMU_V3.
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2777 - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_ADDRESS: Enables Address Pointer authentication
2778 for arm64 only.
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2779 Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PTRAUTH_ADDRESS.
2780 If KVM_CAP_ARM_PTRAUTH_ADDRESS and KVM_CAP_ARM_PTRAUTH_GENERIC are
2781 both present, then both KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_ADDRESS and
2782 KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_GENERIC must be requested or neither must be
2783 requested.
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2784
2785 - KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_GENERIC: Enables Generic Pointer authentication
2786 for arm64 only.
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2787 Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PTRAUTH_GENERIC.
2788 If KVM_CAP_ARM_PTRAUTH_ADDRESS and KVM_CAP_ARM_PTRAUTH_GENERIC are
2789 both present, then both KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_ADDRESS and
2790 KVM_ARM_VCPU_PTRAUTH_GENERIC must be requested or neither must be
2791 requested.
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2793 - KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE: Enables SVE for the CPU (arm64 only).
2794 Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_SVE.
2795 Requires KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE(KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE):
2796
2797 * After KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT:
2798
2799 - KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS may be read using KVM_GET_ONE_REG: the
2800 initial value of this pseudo-register indicates the best set of
2801 vector lengths possible for a vcpu on this host.
2802
2803 * Before KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE(KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE):
2804
2805 - KVM_RUN and KVM_GET_REG_LIST are not available;
2806
2807 - KVM_GET_ONE_REG and KVM_SET_ONE_REG cannot be used to access
2808 the scalable archietctural SVE registers
2809 KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_ZREG(), KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_PREG() or
2810 KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_FFR;
2811
2812 - KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS may optionally be written using
2813 KVM_SET_ONE_REG, to modify the set of vector lengths available
2814 for the vcpu.
2815
2816 * After KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE(KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE):
2817
2818 - the KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS pseudo-register is immutable, and can
2819 no longer be written using KVM_SET_ONE_REG.
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28214.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET
2822
2823Capability: basic
2824Architectures: arm, arm64
2825Type: vm ioctl
2826Parameters: struct struct kvm_vcpu_init (out)
2827Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
2828Errors:
a7265fb1 2829 ENODEV: no preferred target available for the host
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2830
2831This queries KVM for preferred CPU target type which can be emulated
2832by KVM on underlying host.
2833
2834The ioctl returns struct kvm_vcpu_init instance containing information
2835about preferred CPU target type and recommended features for it. The
2836kvm_vcpu_init->features bitmap returned will have feature bits set if
2837the preferred target recommends setting these features, but this is
2838not mandatory.
2839
2840The information returned by this ioctl can be used to prepare an instance
2841of struct kvm_vcpu_init for KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ioctl which will result in
2842in VCPU matching underlying host.
2843
2844
28454.84 KVM_GET_REG_LIST
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2846
2847Capability: basic
c2d2c21b 2848Architectures: arm, arm64, mips
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2849Type: vcpu ioctl
2850Parameters: struct kvm_reg_list (in/out)
2851Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
2852Errors:
2853  E2BIG:     the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by
2854             the user (the number required will be written into n).
2855
2856struct kvm_reg_list {
2857 __u64 n; /* number of registers in reg[] */
2858 __u64 reg[0];
2859};
2860
2861This ioctl returns the guest registers that are supported for the
2862KVM_GET_ONE_REG/KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls.
2863
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2864
28654.85 KVM_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR (deprecated)
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2866
2867Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR
379e04c7 2868Architectures: arm, arm64
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2869Type: vm ioctl
2870Parameters: struct kvm_arm_device_address (in)
2871Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2872Errors:
2873 ENODEV: The device id is unknown
2874 ENXIO: Device not supported on current system
2875 EEXIST: Address already set
2876 E2BIG: Address outside guest physical address space
330690cd 2877 EBUSY: Address overlaps with other device range
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2878
2879struct kvm_arm_device_addr {
2880 __u64 id;
2881 __u64 addr;
2882};
2883
2884Specify a device address in the guest's physical address space where guests
2885can access emulated or directly exposed devices, which the host kernel needs
2886to know about. The id field is an architecture specific identifier for a
2887specific device.
2888
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2889ARM/arm64 divides the id field into two parts, a device id and an
2890address type id specific to the individual device.
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2891
2892  bits: | 63 ... 32 | 31 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 |
2893 field: | 0x00000000 | device id | addr type id |
2894
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2895ARM/arm64 currently only require this when using the in-kernel GIC
2896support for the hardware VGIC features, using KVM_ARM_DEVICE_VGIC_V2
2897as the device id. When setting the base address for the guest's
2898mapping of the VGIC virtual CPU and distributor interface, the ioctl
2899must be called after calling KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, but before calling
2900KVM_RUN on any of the VCPUs. Calling this ioctl twice for any of the
2901base addresses will return -EEXIST.
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2903Note, this IOCTL is deprecated and the more flexible SET/GET_DEVICE_ATTR API
2904should be used instead.
2905
2906
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2908
2909Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RTAS
2910Architectures: ppc
2911Type: vm ioctl
2912Parameters: struct kvm_rtas_token_args
2913Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2914
2915Defines a token value for a RTAS (Run Time Abstraction Services)
2916service in order to allow it to be handled in the kernel. The
2917argument struct gives the name of the service, which must be the name
2918of a service that has a kernel-side implementation. If the token
2919value is non-zero, it will be associated with that service, and
2920subsequent RTAS calls by the guest specifying that token will be
2921handled by the kernel. If the token value is 0, then any token
2922associated with the service will be forgotten, and subsequent RTAS
2923calls by the guest for that service will be passed to userspace to be
2924handled.
2925
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29264.87 KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
2927
2928Capability: KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG
0e6f07f2 2929Architectures: x86, s390, ppc, arm64
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2930Type: vcpu ioctl
2931Parameters: struct kvm_guest_debug (in)
2932Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
2933
2934struct kvm_guest_debug {
2935 __u32 control;
2936 __u32 pad;
2937 struct kvm_guest_debug_arch arch;
2938};
2939
2940Set up the processor specific debug registers and configure vcpu for
2941handling guest debug events. There are two parts to the structure, the
2942first a control bitfield indicates the type of debug events to handle
2943when running. Common control bits are:
2944
2945 - KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE: guest debugging is enabled
2946 - KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP: the next run should single-step
2947
2948The top 16 bits of the control field are architecture specific control
2949flags which can include the following:
2950
4bd611ca 2951 - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP: using software breakpoints [x86, arm64]
834bf887 2952 - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP: using hardware breakpoints [x86, s390, arm64]
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2953 - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB: inject DB type exception [x86]
2954 - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP: inject BP type exception [x86]
2955 - KVM_GUESTDBG_EXIT_PENDING: trigger an immediate guest exit [s390]
2956
2957For example KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP indicates that software breakpoints
2958are enabled in memory so we need to ensure breakpoint exceptions are
2959correctly trapped and the KVM run loop exits at the breakpoint and not
2960running off into the normal guest vector. For KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP
2961we need to ensure the guest vCPUs architecture specific registers are
2962updated to the correct (supplied) values.
2963
2964The second part of the structure is architecture specific and
2965typically contains a set of debug registers.
2966
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2967For arm64 the number of debug registers is implementation defined and
2968can be determined by querying the KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_BPS and
2969KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_WPS capabilities which return a positive number
2970indicating the number of supported registers.
2971
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2972When debug events exit the main run loop with the reason
2973KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch part of the kvm_run
2974structure containing architecture specific debug information.
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29764.88 KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID
2977
2978Capability: KVM_CAP_EXT_EMUL_CPUID
2979Architectures: x86
2980Type: system ioctl
2981Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out)
2982Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
2983
2984struct kvm_cpuid2 {
2985 __u32 nent;
2986 __u32 flags;
2987 struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0];
2988};
2989
2990The member 'flags' is used for passing flags from userspace.
2991
2992#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX BIT(0)
2993#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC BIT(1)
2994#define KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT BIT(2)
2995
2996struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
2997 __u32 function;
2998 __u32 index;
2999 __u32 flags;
3000 __u32 eax;
3001 __u32 ebx;
3002 __u32 ecx;
3003 __u32 edx;
3004 __u32 padding[3];
3005};
3006
3007This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are emulated by
3008kvm.Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to query
3009which features are emulated by kvm instead of being present natively.
3010
3011Userspace invokes KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2
3012structure with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in
3013the variable-size array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low
3014to describe the cpu capabilities, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the
3015number is too high, the 'nent' field is adjusted and an error (ENOMEM)
3016is returned. If the number is just right, the 'nent' field is adjusted
3017to the number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then
3018filled.
3019
3020The entries returned are the set CPUID bits of the respective features
3021which kvm emulates, as returned by the CPUID instruction, with unknown
3022or unsupported feature bits cleared.
3023
3024Features like x2apic, for example, may not be present in the host cpu
3025but are exposed by kvm in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID because they can be
3026emulated efficiently and thus not included here.
3027
3028The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
3029
3030 function: the eax value used to obtain the entry
3031 index: the ecx value used to obtain the entry (for entries that are
3032 affected by ecx)
3033 flags: an OR of zero or more of the following:
3034 KVM_CPUID_FLAG_SIGNIFCANT_INDEX:
3035 if the index field is valid
3036 KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC:
3037 if cpuid for this function returns different values for successive
3038 invocations; there will be several entries with the same function,
3039 all with this flag set
3040 KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATE_READ_NEXT:
3041 for KVM_CPUID_FLAG_STATEFUL_FUNC entries, set if this entry is
3042 the first entry to be read by a cpu
3043 eax, ebx, ecx, edx: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for
3044 this function/index combination
3045
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30464.89 KVM_S390_MEM_OP
3047
3048Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP
3049Architectures: s390
3050Type: vcpu ioctl
3051Parameters: struct kvm_s390_mem_op (in)
3052Returns: = 0 on success,
3053 < 0 on generic error (e.g. -EFAULT or -ENOMEM),
3054 > 0 if an exception occurred while walking the page tables
3055
5d4f6f3d 3056Read or write data from/to the logical (virtual) memory of a VCPU.
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3057
3058Parameters are specified via the following structure:
3059
3060struct kvm_s390_mem_op {
3061 __u64 gaddr; /* the guest address */
3062 __u64 flags; /* flags */
3063 __u32 size; /* amount of bytes */
3064 __u32 op; /* type of operation */
3065 __u64 buf; /* buffer in userspace */
3066 __u8 ar; /* the access register number */
3067 __u8 reserved[31]; /* should be set to 0 */
3068};
3069
3070The type of operation is specified in the "op" field. It is either
3071KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_READ for reading from logical memory space or
3072KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_WRITE for writing to logical memory space. The
3073KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY flag can be set in the "flags" field to check
3074whether the corresponding memory access would create an access exception
3075(without touching the data in the memory at the destination). In case an
3076access exception occurred while walking the MMU tables of the guest, the
3077ioctl returns a positive error number to indicate the type of exception.
3078This exception is also raised directly at the corresponding VCPU if the
3079flag KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_INJECT_EXCEPTION is set in the "flags" field.
3080
3081The start address of the memory region has to be specified in the "gaddr"
3082field, and the length of the region in the "size" field. "buf" is the buffer
3083supplied by the userspace application where the read data should be written
3084to for KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_READ, or where the data that should be written
3085is stored for a KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_WRITE. "buf" is unused and can be NULL
3086when KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY is specified. "ar" designates the access
3087register number to be used.
3088
3089The "reserved" field is meant for future extensions. It is not used by
3090KVM with the currently defined set of flags.
3091
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30924.90 KVM_S390_GET_SKEYS
3093
3094Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_SKEYS
3095Architectures: s390
3096Type: vm ioctl
3097Parameters: struct kvm_s390_skeys
3098Returns: 0 on success, KVM_S390_GET_KEYS_NONE if guest is not using storage
3099 keys, negative value on error
3100
3101This ioctl is used to get guest storage key values on the s390
3102architecture. The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_skeys struct.
3103
3104struct kvm_s390_skeys {
3105 __u64 start_gfn;
3106 __u64 count;
3107 __u64 skeydata_addr;
3108 __u32 flags;
3109 __u32 reserved[9];
3110};
3111
3112The start_gfn field is the number of the first guest frame whose storage keys
3113you want to get.
3114
3115The count field is the number of consecutive frames (starting from start_gfn)
3116whose storage keys to get. The count field must be at least 1 and the maximum
3117allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_ALLOC_MAX. Values outside this range
3118will cause the ioctl to return -EINVAL.
3119
3120The skeydata_addr field is the address to a buffer large enough to hold count
3121bytes. This buffer will be filled with storage key data by the ioctl.
3122
31234.91 KVM_S390_SET_SKEYS
3124
3125Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_SKEYS
3126Architectures: s390
3127Type: vm ioctl
3128Parameters: struct kvm_s390_skeys
3129Returns: 0 on success, negative value on error
3130
3131This ioctl is used to set guest storage key values on the s390
3132architecture. The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_skeys struct.
3133See section on KVM_S390_GET_SKEYS for struct definition.
3134
3135The start_gfn field is the number of the first guest frame whose storage keys
3136you want to set.
3137
3138The count field is the number of consecutive frames (starting from start_gfn)
3139whose storage keys to get. The count field must be at least 1 and the maximum
3140allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_ALLOC_MAX. Values outside this range
3141will cause the ioctl to return -EINVAL.
3142
3143The skeydata_addr field is the address to a buffer containing count bytes of
3144storage keys. Each byte in the buffer will be set as the storage key for a
3145single frame starting at start_gfn for count frames.
3146
3147Note: If any architecturally invalid key value is found in the given data then
3148the ioctl will return -EINVAL.
3149
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31504.92 KVM_S390_IRQ
3151
3152Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_INJECT_IRQ
3153Architectures: s390
3154Type: vcpu ioctl
3155Parameters: struct kvm_s390_irq (in)
3156Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
3157Errors:
3158 EINVAL: interrupt type is invalid
3159 type is KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP and flag parameter is invalid value
3160 type is KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL and code is bigger
3161 than the maximum of VCPUs
3162 EBUSY: type is KVM_S390_SIGP_SET_PREFIX and vcpu is not stopped
3163 type is KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP and a stop irq is already pending
3164 type is KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL and an external call interrupt
3165 is already pending
3166
3167Allows to inject an interrupt to the guest.
3168
3169Using struct kvm_s390_irq as a parameter allows
3170to inject additional payload which is not
3171possible via KVM_S390_INTERRUPT.
3172
3173Interrupt parameters are passed via kvm_s390_irq:
3174
3175struct kvm_s390_irq {
3176 __u64 type;
3177 union {
3178 struct kvm_s390_io_info io;
3179 struct kvm_s390_ext_info ext;
3180 struct kvm_s390_pgm_info pgm;
3181 struct kvm_s390_emerg_info emerg;
3182 struct kvm_s390_extcall_info extcall;
3183 struct kvm_s390_prefix_info prefix;
3184 struct kvm_s390_stop_info stop;
3185 struct kvm_s390_mchk_info mchk;
3186 char reserved[64];
3187 } u;
3188};
3189
3190type can be one of the following:
3191
3192KVM_S390_SIGP_STOP - sigp stop; parameter in .stop
3193KVM_S390_PROGRAM_INT - program check; parameters in .pgm
3194KVM_S390_SIGP_SET_PREFIX - sigp set prefix; parameters in .prefix
3195KVM_S390_RESTART - restart; no parameters
3196KVM_S390_INT_CLOCK_COMP - clock comparator interrupt; no parameters
3197KVM_S390_INT_CPU_TIMER - CPU timer interrupt; no parameters
3198KVM_S390_INT_EMERGENCY - sigp emergency; parameters in .emerg
3199KVM_S390_INT_EXTERNAL_CALL - sigp external call; parameters in .extcall
3200KVM_S390_MCHK - machine check interrupt; parameters in .mchk
3201
5e124900 3202This is an asynchronous vcpu ioctl and can be invoked from any thread.
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32044.94 KVM_S390_GET_IRQ_STATE
3205
3206Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_IRQ_STATE
3207Architectures: s390
3208Type: vcpu ioctl
3209Parameters: struct kvm_s390_irq_state (out)
3210Returns: >= number of bytes copied into buffer,
3211 -EINVAL if buffer size is 0,
3212 -ENOBUFS if buffer size is too small to fit all pending interrupts,
3213 -EFAULT if the buffer address was invalid
3214
3215This ioctl allows userspace to retrieve the complete state of all currently
3216pending interrupts in a single buffer. Use cases include migration
3217and introspection. The parameter structure contains the address of a
3218userspace buffer and its length:
3219
3220struct kvm_s390_irq_state {
3221 __u64 buf;
bb64da9a 3222 __u32 flags; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
816c7667 3223 __u32 len;
bb64da9a 3224 __u32 reserved[4]; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
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3225};
3226
3227Userspace passes in the above struct and for each pending interrupt a
3228struct kvm_s390_irq is copied to the provided buffer.
3229
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3230The structure contains a flags and a reserved field for future extensions. As
3231the kernel never checked for flags == 0 and QEMU never pre-zeroed flags and
3232reserved, these fields can not be used in the future without breaking
3233compatibility.
3234
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3235If -ENOBUFS is returned the buffer provided was too small and userspace
3236may retry with a bigger buffer.
3237
32384.95 KVM_S390_SET_IRQ_STATE
3239
3240Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_IRQ_STATE
3241Architectures: s390
3242Type: vcpu ioctl
3243Parameters: struct kvm_s390_irq_state (in)
3244Returns: 0 on success,
3245 -EFAULT if the buffer address was invalid,
3246 -EINVAL for an invalid buffer length (see below),
3247 -EBUSY if there were already interrupts pending,
3248 errors occurring when actually injecting the
3249 interrupt. See KVM_S390_IRQ.
3250
3251This ioctl allows userspace to set the complete state of all cpu-local
3252interrupts currently pending for the vcpu. It is intended for restoring
3253interrupt state after a migration. The input parameter is a userspace buffer
3254containing a struct kvm_s390_irq_state:
3255
3256struct kvm_s390_irq_state {
3257 __u64 buf;
bb64da9a 3258 __u32 flags; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
816c7667 3259 __u32 len;
bb64da9a 3260 __u32 reserved[4]; /* will stay unused for compatibility reasons */
816c7667
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3261};
3262
bb64da9a
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3263The restrictions for flags and reserved apply as well.
3264(see KVM_S390_GET_IRQ_STATE)
3265
816c7667
JF
3266The userspace memory referenced by buf contains a struct kvm_s390_irq
3267for each interrupt to be injected into the guest.
3268If one of the interrupts could not be injected for some reason the
3269ioctl aborts.
3270
3271len must be a multiple of sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq). It must be > 0
3272and it must not exceed (max_vcpus + 32) * sizeof(struct kvm_s390_irq),
3273which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts.
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ed8e5a24 32754.96 KVM_SMI
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3276
3277Capability: KVM_CAP_X86_SMM
3278Architectures: x86
3279Type: vcpu ioctl
3280Parameters: none
3281Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
3282
3283Queues an SMI on the thread's vcpu.
3284
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32854.97 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
3286
3287Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
3288Architectures: ppc
3289Type: vm
3290
3291This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls
3292H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user
3293space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests.
3294User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls
3295are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN
3296in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls).
3297
3298In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest,
3299user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example,
3300IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is
3301present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property.
3302
3303The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully
3304in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel,
3305they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have
3306an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration.
3307
3308This capability is always enabled.
3309
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33104.98 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64
3311
3312Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64
3313Architectures: powerpc
3314Type: vm ioctl
3315Parameters: struct kvm_create_spapr_tce_64 (in)
3316Returns: file descriptor for manipulating the created TCE table
3317
3318This is an extension for KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE which only supports 32bit
3319windows, described in 4.62 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE
3320
3321This capability uses extended struct in ioctl interface:
3322
3323/* for KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64 */
3324struct kvm_create_spapr_tce_64 {
3325 __u64 liobn;
3326 __u32 page_shift;
3327 __u32 flags;
3328 __u64 offset; /* in pages */
3329 __u64 size; /* in pages */
3330};
3331
3332The aim of extension is to support an additional bigger DMA window with
3333a variable page size.
3334KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64 receives a 64bit window size, an IOMMU page shift and
3335a bus offset of the corresponding DMA window, @size and @offset are numbers
3336of IOMMU pages.
3337
3338@flags are not used at the moment.
3339
3340The rest of functionality is identical to KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE.
3341
ccc4df4e 33424.99 KVM_REINJECT_CONTROL
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3343
3344Capability: KVM_CAP_REINJECT_CONTROL
3345Architectures: x86
3346Type: vm ioctl
3347Parameters: struct kvm_reinject_control (in)
3348Returns: 0 on success,
3349 -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read,
3350 -ENXIO if KVM_CREATE_PIT or KVM_CREATE_PIT2 didn't succeed earlier.
3351
3352i8254 (PIT) has two modes, reinject and !reinject. The default is reinject,
3353where KVM queues elapsed i8254 ticks and monitors completion of interrupt from
3354vector(s) that i8254 injects. Reinject mode dequeues a tick and injects its
3355interrupt whenever there isn't a pending interrupt from i8254.
3356!reinject mode injects an interrupt as soon as a tick arrives.
3357
3358struct kvm_reinject_control {
3359 __u8 pit_reinject;
3360 __u8 reserved[31];
3361};
3362
3363pit_reinject = 0 (!reinject mode) is recommended, unless running an old
3364operating system that uses the PIT for timing (e.g. Linux 2.4.x).
3365
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3367
3368Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU or KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3
3369Architectures: ppc
3370Type: vm ioctl
3371Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg (in)
3372Returns: 0 on success,
3373 -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg cannot be read,
3374 -EINVAL if the configuration is invalid
3375
3376This ioctl controls whether the guest will use radix or HPT (hashed
3377page table) translation, and sets the pointer to the process table for
3378the guest.
3379
3380struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg {
3381 __u64 flags;
3382 __u64 process_table;
3383};
3384
3385There are two bits that can be set in flags; KVM_PPC_MMUV3_RADIX and
3386KVM_PPC_MMUV3_GTSE. KVM_PPC_MMUV3_RADIX, if set, configures the guest
3387to use radix tree translation, and if clear, to use HPT translation.
3388KVM_PPC_MMUV3_GTSE, if set and if KVM permits it, configures the guest
3389to be able to use the global TLB and SLB invalidation instructions;
3390if clear, the guest may not use these instructions.
3391
3392The process_table field specifies the address and size of the guest
3393process table, which is in the guest's space. This field is formatted
3394as the second doubleword of the partition table entry, as defined in
3395the Power ISA V3.00, Book III section 5.7.6.1.
3396
ccc4df4e 33974.101 KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO
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3398
3399Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU
3400Architectures: ppc
3401Type: vm ioctl
3402Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info (out)
3403Returns: 0 on success,
3404 -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info cannot be written,
3405 -EINVAL if no useful information can be returned
3406
3407This ioctl returns a structure containing two things: (a) a list
3408containing supported radix tree geometries, and (b) a list that maps
3409page sizes to put in the "AP" (actual page size) field for the tlbie
3410(TLB invalidate entry) instruction.
3411
3412struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info {
3413 struct kvm_ppc_radix_geom {
3414 __u8 page_shift;
3415 __u8 level_bits[4];
3416 __u8 pad[3];
3417 } geometries[8];
3418 __u32 ap_encodings[8];
3419};
3420
3421The geometries[] field gives up to 8 supported geometries for the
3422radix page table, in terms of the log base 2 of the smallest page
3423size, and the number of bits indexed at each level of the tree, from
3424the PTE level up to the PGD level in that order. Any unused entries
3425will have 0 in the page_shift field.
3426
3427The ap_encodings gives the supported page sizes and their AP field
3428encodings, encoded with the AP value in the top 3 bits and the log
3429base 2 of the page size in the bottom 6 bits.
3430
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34314.102 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE
3432
3433Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT
3434Architectures: powerpc
3435Type: vm ioctl
3436Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in)
3437Returns: 0 on successful completion,
3438 >0 if a new HPT is being prepared, the value is an estimated
3439 number of milliseconds until preparation is complete
3440 -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read,
3441 -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid
3442 -ENOMEM if unable to allocate the new HPT
3443 -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision when moving existing
3444 HPT entries to the new HPT
3445 -EIO on other error conditions
3446
3447Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's
3448Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this starts, stops or monitors
3449the preparation of a new potential HPT for the guest, essentially
3450implementing the H_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE hypercall.
3451
3452If called with shift > 0 when there is no pending HPT for the guest,
3453this begins preparation of a new pending HPT of size 2^(shift) bytes.
3454It then returns a positive integer with the estimated number of
3455milliseconds until preparation is complete.
3456
3457If called when there is a pending HPT whose size does not match that
3458requested in the parameters, discards the existing pending HPT and
3459creates a new one as above.
3460
3461If called when there is a pending HPT of the size requested, will:
3462 * If preparation of the pending HPT is already complete, return 0
3463 * If preparation of the pending HPT has failed, return an error
3464 code, then discard the pending HPT.
3465 * If preparation of the pending HPT is still in progress, return an
3466 estimated number of milliseconds until preparation is complete.
3467
3468If called with shift == 0, discards any currently pending HPT and
3469returns 0 (i.e. cancels any in-progress preparation).
3470
3471flags is reserved for future expansion, currently setting any bits in
3472flags will result in an -EINVAL.
3473
3474Normally this will be called repeatedly with the same parameters until
3475it returns <= 0. The first call will initiate preparation, subsequent
3476ones will monitor preparation until it completes or fails.
3477
3478struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
3479 __u64 flags;
3480 __u32 shift;
3481 __u32 pad;
3482};
3483
34844.103 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT
3485
3486Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT
3487Architectures: powerpc
3488Type: vm ioctl
3489Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in)
3490Returns: 0 on successful completion,
3491 -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read,
3492 -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid
3493 -ENXIO is there is no pending HPT, or the pending HPT doesn't
3494 have the requested size
3495 -EBUSY if the pending HPT is not fully prepared
3496 -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision when moving existing
3497 HPT entries to the new HPT
3498 -EIO on other error conditions
3499
3500Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's
3501Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this requests that the guest be
3502transferred to working with the new HPT, essentially implementing the
3503H_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT hypercall.
3504
3505This should only be called after KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE has
3506returned 0 with the same parameters. In other cases
3507KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT will return an error (usually -ENXIO or
3508-EBUSY, though others may be possible if the preparation was started,
3509but failed).
3510
3511This will have undefined effects on the guest if it has not already
3512placed itself in a quiescent state where no vcpu will make MMU enabled
3513memory accesses.
3514
3515On succsful completion, the pending HPT will become the guest's active
3516HPT and the previous HPT will be discarded.
3517
3518On failure, the guest will still be operating on its previous HPT.
3519
3520struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
3521 __u64 flags;
3522 __u32 shift;
3523 __u32 pad;
3524};
3525
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35264.104 KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED
3527
3528Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE
3529Architectures: x86
3530Type: system ioctl
3531Parameters: u64 mce_cap (out)
3532Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
3533
3534Returns supported MCE capabilities. The u64 mce_cap parameter
3535has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register. Supported
3536capabilities will have the corresponding bits set.
3537
35384.105 KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE
3539
3540Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE
3541Architectures: x86
3542Type: vcpu ioctl
3543Parameters: u64 mcg_cap (in)
3544Returns: 0 on success,
3545 -EFAULT if u64 mcg_cap cannot be read,
3546 -EINVAL if the requested number of banks is invalid,
3547 -EINVAL if requested MCE capability is not supported.
3548
3549Initializes MCE support for use. The u64 mcg_cap parameter
3550has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register and
3551specifies which capabilities should be enabled. The maximum
3552supported number of error-reporting banks can be retrieved when
3553checking for KVM_CAP_MCE. The supported capabilities can be
3554retrieved with KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED.
3555
35564.106 KVM_X86_SET_MCE
3557
3558Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE
3559Architectures: x86
3560Type: vcpu ioctl
3561Parameters: struct kvm_x86_mce (in)
3562Returns: 0 on success,
3563 -EFAULT if struct kvm_x86_mce cannot be read,
3564 -EINVAL if the bank number is invalid,
3565 -EINVAL if VAL bit is not set in status field.
3566
3567Inject a machine check error (MCE) into the guest. The input
3568parameter is:
3569
3570struct kvm_x86_mce {
3571 __u64 status;
3572 __u64 addr;
3573 __u64 misc;
3574 __u64 mcg_status;
3575 __u8 bank;
3576 __u8 pad1[7];
3577 __u64 pad2[3];
3578};
3579
3580If the MCE being reported is an uncorrected error, KVM will
3581inject it as an MCE exception into the guest. If the guest
3582MCG_STATUS register reports that an MCE is in progress, KVM
3583causes an KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN vmexit.
3584
3585Otherwise, if the MCE is a corrected error, KVM will just
3586store it in the corresponding bank (provided this bank is
3587not holding a previously reported uncorrected error).
3588
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35894.107 KVM_S390_GET_CMMA_BITS
3590
3591Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_CMMA_MIGRATION
3592Architectures: s390
3593Type: vm ioctl
3594Parameters: struct kvm_s390_cmma_log (in, out)
3595Returns: 0 on success, a negative value on error
3596
3597This ioctl is used to get the values of the CMMA bits on the s390
3598architecture. It is meant to be used in two scenarios:
3599- During live migration to save the CMMA values. Live migration needs
3600 to be enabled via the KVM_REQ_START_MIGRATION VM property.
3601- To non-destructively peek at the CMMA values, with the flag
3602 KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK set.
3603
3604The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_cmma_log struct. The desired
3605values are written to a buffer whose location is indicated via the "values"
3606member in the kvm_s390_cmma_log struct. The values in the input struct are
3607also updated as needed.
3608Each CMMA value takes up one byte.
3609
3610struct kvm_s390_cmma_log {
3611 __u64 start_gfn;
3612 __u32 count;
3613 __u32 flags;
3614 union {
3615 __u64 remaining;
3616 __u64 mask;
3617 };
3618 __u64 values;
3619};
3620
3621start_gfn is the number of the first guest frame whose CMMA values are
3622to be retrieved,
3623
3624count is the length of the buffer in bytes,
3625
3626values points to the buffer where the result will be written to.
3627
3628If count is greater than KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX, then it is considered to be
3629KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX. KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX is re-used for consistency with
3630other ioctls.
3631
3632The result is written in the buffer pointed to by the field values, and
3633the values of the input parameter are updated as follows.
3634
3635Depending on the flags, different actions are performed. The only
3636supported flag so far is KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK.
3637
3638The default behaviour if KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is not set is:
3639start_gfn will indicate the first page frame whose CMMA bits were dirty.
3640It is not necessarily the same as the one passed as input, as clean pages
3641are skipped.
3642
3643count will indicate the number of bytes actually written in the buffer.
3644It can (and very often will) be smaller than the input value, since the
3645buffer is only filled until 16 bytes of clean values are found (which
3646are then not copied in the buffer). Since a CMMA migration block needs
3647the base address and the length, for a total of 16 bytes, we will send
3648back some clean data if there is some dirty data afterwards, as long as
3649the size of the clean data does not exceed the size of the header. This
3650allows to minimize the amount of data to be saved or transferred over
3651the network at the expense of more roundtrips to userspace. The next
3652invocation of the ioctl will skip over all the clean values, saving
3653potentially more than just the 16 bytes we found.
3654
3655If KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is set:
3656the existing storage attributes are read even when not in migration
3657mode, and no other action is performed;
3658
3659the output start_gfn will be equal to the input start_gfn,
3660
3661the output count will be equal to the input count, except if the end of
3662memory has been reached.
3663
3664In both cases:
3665the field "remaining" will indicate the total number of dirty CMMA values
3666still remaining, or 0 if KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is set and migration mode is
3667not enabled.
3668
3669mask is unused.
3670
3671values points to the userspace buffer where the result will be stored.
3672
3673This ioctl can fail with -ENOMEM if not enough memory can be allocated to
3674complete the task, with -ENXIO if CMMA is not enabled, with -EINVAL if
3675KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is not set but migration mode was not enabled, with
3676-EFAULT if the userspace address is invalid or if no page table is
3677present for the addresses (e.g. when using hugepages).
3678
36794.108 KVM_S390_SET_CMMA_BITS
3680
3681Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_CMMA_MIGRATION
3682Architectures: s390
3683Type: vm ioctl
3684Parameters: struct kvm_s390_cmma_log (in)
3685Returns: 0 on success, a negative value on error
3686
3687This ioctl is used to set the values of the CMMA bits on the s390
3688architecture. It is meant to be used during live migration to restore
3689the CMMA values, but there are no restrictions on its use.
3690The ioctl takes parameters via the kvm_s390_cmma_values struct.
3691Each CMMA value takes up one byte.
3692
3693struct kvm_s390_cmma_log {
3694 __u64 start_gfn;
3695 __u32 count;
3696 __u32 flags;
3697 union {
3698 __u64 remaining;
3699 __u64 mask;
3700 };
3701 __u64 values;
3702};
3703
3704start_gfn indicates the starting guest frame number,
3705
3706count indicates how many values are to be considered in the buffer,
3707
3708flags is not used and must be 0.
3709
3710mask indicates which PGSTE bits are to be considered.
3711
3712remaining is not used.
3713
3714values points to the buffer in userspace where to store the values.
3715
3716This ioctl can fail with -ENOMEM if not enough memory can be allocated to
3717complete the task, with -ENXIO if CMMA is not enabled, with -EINVAL if
3718the count field is too large (e.g. more than KVM_S390_CMMA_SIZE_MAX) or
3719if the flags field was not 0, with -EFAULT if the userspace address is
3720invalid, if invalid pages are written to (e.g. after the end of memory)
3721or if no page table is present for the addresses (e.g. when using
3722hugepages).
3723
7bf14c28 37244.109 KVM_PPC_GET_CPU_CHAR
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3725
3726Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_CPU_CHAR
3727Architectures: powerpc
3728Type: vm ioctl
3729Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char (out)
3730Returns: 0 on successful completion
3731 -EFAULT if struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char cannot be written
3732
3733This ioctl gives userspace information about certain characteristics
3734of the CPU relating to speculative execution of instructions and
3735possible information leakage resulting from speculative execution (see
3736CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5753 and CVE-2017-5754). The information is
3737returned in struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char, which looks like this:
3738
3739struct kvm_ppc_cpu_char {
3740 __u64 character; /* characteristics of the CPU */
3741 __u64 behaviour; /* recommended software behaviour */
3742 __u64 character_mask; /* valid bits in character */
3743 __u64 behaviour_mask; /* valid bits in behaviour */
3744};
3745
3746For extensibility, the character_mask and behaviour_mask fields
3747indicate which bits of character and behaviour have been filled in by
3748the kernel. If the set of defined bits is extended in future then
3749userspace will be able to tell whether it is running on a kernel that
3750knows about the new bits.
3751
3752The character field describes attributes of the CPU which can help
3753with preventing inadvertent information disclosure - specifically,
3754whether there is an instruction to flash-invalidate the L1 data cache
3755(ori 30,30,0 or mtspr SPRN_TRIG2,rN), whether the L1 data cache is set
3756to a mode where entries can only be used by the thread that created
3757them, whether the bcctr[l] instruction prevents speculation, and
3758whether a speculation barrier instruction (ori 31,31,0) is provided.
3759
3760The behaviour field describes actions that software should take to
3761prevent inadvertent information disclosure, and thus describes which
3762vulnerabilities the hardware is subject to; specifically whether the
3763L1 data cache should be flushed when returning to user mode from the
3764kernel, and whether a speculation barrier should be placed between an
3765array bounds check and the array access.
3766
3767These fields use the same bit definitions as the new
3768H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS hypercall.
3769
7bf14c28 37704.110 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP
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3771
3772Capability: basic
3773Architectures: x86
3774Type: system
3775Parameters: an opaque platform specific structure (in/out)
3776Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
3777
3778If the platform supports creating encrypted VMs then this ioctl can be used
3779for issuing platform-specific memory encryption commands to manage those
3780encrypted VMs.
3781
3782Currently, this ioctl is used for issuing Secure Encrypted Virtualization
3783(SEV) commands on AMD Processors. The SEV commands are defined in
2f5947df 3784Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst.
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7bf14c28 37864.111 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION
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3787
3788Capability: basic
3789Architectures: x86
3790Type: system
3791Parameters: struct kvm_enc_region (in)
3792Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
3793
3794This ioctl can be used to register a guest memory region which may
3795contain encrypted data (e.g. guest RAM, SMRAM etc).
3796
3797It is used in the SEV-enabled guest. When encryption is enabled, a guest
3798memory region may contain encrypted data. The SEV memory encryption
3799engine uses a tweak such that two identical plaintext pages, each at
3800different locations will have differing ciphertexts. So swapping or
3801moving ciphertext of those pages will not result in plaintext being
3802swapped. So relocating (or migrating) physical backing pages for the SEV
3803guest will require some additional steps.
3804
3805Note: The current SEV key management spec does not provide commands to
3806swap or migrate (move) ciphertext pages. Hence, for now we pin the guest
3807memory region registered with the ioctl.
3808
7bf14c28 38094.112 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_UNREG_REGION
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3810
3811Capability: basic
3812Architectures: x86
3813Type: system
3814Parameters: struct kvm_enc_region (in)
3815Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
3816
3817This ioctl can be used to unregister the guest memory region registered
3818with KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION ioctl above.
3819
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38204.113 KVM_HYPERV_EVENTFD
3821
3822Capability: KVM_CAP_HYPERV_EVENTFD
3823Architectures: x86
3824Type: vm ioctl
3825Parameters: struct kvm_hyperv_eventfd (in)
3826
3827This ioctl (un)registers an eventfd to receive notifications from the guest on
3828the specified Hyper-V connection id through the SIGNAL_EVENT hypercall, without
3829causing a user exit. SIGNAL_EVENT hypercall with non-zero event flag number
3830(bits 24-31) still triggers a KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_HCALL user exit.
3831
3832struct kvm_hyperv_eventfd {
3833 __u32 conn_id;
3834 __s32 fd;
3835 __u32 flags;
3836 __u32 padding[3];
3837};
3838
3839The conn_id field should fit within 24 bits:
3840
3841#define KVM_HYPERV_CONN_ID_MASK 0x00ffffff
3842
3843The acceptable values for the flags field are:
3844
3845#define KVM_HYPERV_EVENTFD_DEASSIGN (1 << 0)
3846
3847Returns: 0 on success,
3848 -EINVAL if conn_id or flags is outside the allowed range
3849 -ENOENT on deassign if the conn_id isn't registered
3850 -EEXIST on assign if the conn_id is already registered
3851
8fcc4b59
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38524.114 KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE
3853
3854Capability: KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE
3855Architectures: x86
3856Type: vcpu ioctl
3857Parameters: struct kvm_nested_state (in/out)
3858Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
3859Errors:
6ca00dfa 3860 E2BIG: the total state size exceeds the value of 'size' specified by
8fcc4b59
JM
3861 the user; the size required will be written into size.
3862
3863struct kvm_nested_state {
3864 __u16 flags;
3865 __u16 format;
3866 __u32 size;
6ca00dfa 3867
8fcc4b59 3868 union {
6ca00dfa
LA
3869 struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr vmx;
3870 struct kvm_svm_nested_state_hdr svm;
3871
3872 /* Pad the header to 128 bytes. */
8fcc4b59 3873 __u8 pad[120];
6ca00dfa
LA
3874 } hdr;
3875
3876 union {
3877 struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data vmx[0];
3878 struct kvm_svm_nested_state_data svm[0];
3879 } data;
8fcc4b59
JM
3880};
3881
3882#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001
3883#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_RUN_PENDING 0x00000002
6ca00dfa 3884#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS 0x00000004
8fcc4b59 3885
6ca00dfa
LA
3886#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_VMX 0
3887#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_FORMAT_SVM 1
8fcc4b59 3888
6ca00dfa
LA
3889#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE 0x1000
3890
3891#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_SMM_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001
3892#define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_SMM_VMXON 0x00000002
3893
3894struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr {
8fcc4b59 3895 __u64 vmxon_pa;
6ca00dfa 3896 __u64 vmcs12_pa;
8fcc4b59
JM
3897
3898 struct {
3899 __u16 flags;
3900 } smm;
3901};
3902
6ca00dfa
LA
3903struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data {
3904 __u8 vmcs12[KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE];
3905 __u8 shadow_vmcs12[KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_VMCS_SIZE];
3906};
3907
8fcc4b59
JM
3908This ioctl copies the vcpu's nested virtualization state from the kernel to
3909userspace.
3910
6ca00dfa
LA
3911The maximum size of the state can be retrieved by passing KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE
3912to the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl().
8fcc4b59
JM
3913
39144.115 KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE
3915
3916Capability: KVM_CAP_NESTED_STATE
3917Architectures: x86
3918Type: vcpu ioctl
3919Parameters: struct kvm_nested_state (in)
3920Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
3921
6ca00dfa
LA
3922This copies the vcpu's kvm_nested_state struct from userspace to the kernel.
3923For the definition of struct kvm_nested_state, see KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE.
7bf14c28 3924
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39254.116 KVM_(UN)REGISTER_COALESCED_MMIO
3926
0804c849
PH
3927Capability: KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO (for coalesced mmio)
3928 KVM_CAP_COALESCED_PIO (for coalesced pio)
9943450b
PH
3929Architectures: all
3930Type: vm ioctl
3931Parameters: struct kvm_coalesced_mmio_zone
3932Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
3933
0804c849 3934Coalesced I/O is a performance optimization that defers hardware
9943450b
PH
3935register write emulation so that userspace exits are avoided. It is
3936typically used to reduce the overhead of emulating frequently accessed
3937hardware registers.
3938
0804c849 3939When a hardware register is configured for coalesced I/O, write accesses
9943450b
PH
3940do not exit to userspace and their value is recorded in a ring buffer
3941that is shared between kernel and userspace.
3942
0804c849 3943Coalesced I/O is used if one or more write accesses to a hardware
9943450b
PH
3944register can be deferred until a read or a write to another hardware
3945register on the same device. This last access will cause a vmexit and
3946userspace will process accesses from the ring buffer before emulating
0804c849
PH
3947it. That will avoid exiting to userspace on repeated writes.
3948
3949Coalesced pio is based on coalesced mmio. There is little difference
3950between coalesced mmio and pio except that coalesced pio records accesses
3951to I/O ports.
9943450b 3952
2a31b9db
PB
39534.117 KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl)
3954
d7547c55 3955Capability: KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2
dbcdae18 3956Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips
2a31b9db
PB
3957Type: vm ioctl
3958Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in)
3959Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
3960
3961/* for KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG */
3962struct kvm_clear_dirty_log {
3963 __u32 slot;
3964 __u32 num_pages;
3965 __u64 first_page;
3966 union {
3967 void __user *dirty_bitmap; /* one bit per page */
3968 __u64 padding;
3969 };
3970};
3971
3972The ioctl clears the dirty status of pages in a memory slot, according to
3973the bitmap that is passed in struct kvm_clear_dirty_log's dirty_bitmap
3974field. Bit 0 of the bitmap corresponds to page "first_page" in the
3975memory slot, and num_pages is the size in bits of the input bitmap.
76d58e0f
PB
3976first_page must be a multiple of 64; num_pages must also be a multiple of
397764 unless first_page + num_pages is the size of the memory slot. For each
3978bit that is set in the input bitmap, the corresponding page is marked "clean"
2a31b9db
PB
3979in KVM's dirty bitmap, and dirty tracking is re-enabled for that page
3980(for example via write-protection, or by clearing the dirty bit in
3981a page table entry).
3982
3983If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies
3984the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap.
3985They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for
3986the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability.
3987
d7547c55 3988This ioctl is mostly useful when KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2
2a31b9db
PB
3989is enabled; for more information, see the description of the capability.
3990However, it can always be used as long as KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION confirms
d7547c55 3991that KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is present.
2a31b9db 3992
2bc39970
VK
39934.118 KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID
3994
3995Capability: KVM_CAP_HYPERV_CPUID
3996Architectures: x86
3997Type: vcpu ioctl
3998Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out)
3999Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
4000
4001struct kvm_cpuid2 {
4002 __u32 nent;
4003 __u32 padding;
4004 struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 entries[0];
4005};
4006
4007struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
4008 __u32 function;
4009 __u32 index;
4010 __u32 flags;
4011 __u32 eax;
4012 __u32 ebx;
4013 __u32 ecx;
4014 __u32 edx;
4015 __u32 padding[3];
4016};
4017
4018This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features leaves related to Hyper-V emulation in
4019KVM. Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to construct
4020cpuid information presented to guests consuming Hyper-V enlightenments (e.g.
4021Windows or Hyper-V guests).
4022
4023CPUID feature leaves returned by this ioctl are defined by Hyper-V Top Level
4024Functional Specification (TLFS). These leaves can't be obtained with
4025KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID ioctl because some of them intersect with KVM feature
4026leaves (0x40000000, 0x40000001).
4027
4028Currently, the following list of CPUID leaves are returned:
4029 HYPERV_CPUID_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS
4030 HYPERV_CPUID_INTERFACE
4031 HYPERV_CPUID_VERSION
4032 HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES
4033 HYPERV_CPUID_ENLIGHTMENT_INFO
4034 HYPERV_CPUID_IMPLEMENT_LIMITS
4035 HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES
4036
4037HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES leaf is only exposed when Enlightened VMCS was
4038enabled on the corresponding vCPU (KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS).
4039
4040Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure
4041with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in the variable-size
4042array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low to describe all Hyper-V
4043feature leaves, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the number is more or equal
4044to the number of Hyper-V feature leaves, the 'nent' field is adjusted to the
4045number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then filled.
4046
4047'index' and 'flags' fields in 'struct kvm_cpuid_entry2' are currently reserved,
4048userspace should not expect to get any particular value there.
2a31b9db 4049
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DM
40504.119 KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE
4051
50036ad0
DM
4052Architectures: arm, arm64
4053Type: vcpu ioctl
4054Parameters: int feature (in)
4055Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
4056Errors:
4057 EPERM: feature not enabled, needs configuration, or already finalized
9df2d660 4058 EINVAL: feature unknown or not present
50036ad0
DM
4059
4060Recognised values for feature:
9df2d660 4061 arm64 KVM_ARM_VCPU_SVE (requires KVM_CAP_ARM_SVE)
50036ad0
DM
4062
4063Finalizes the configuration of the specified vcpu feature.
4064
4065The vcpu must already have been initialised, enabling the affected feature, by
4066means of a successful KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT call with the appropriate flag set in
4067features[].
4068
4069For affected vcpu features, this is a mandatory step that must be performed
4070before the vcpu is fully usable.
4071
4072Between KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT and KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE, the feature may be
4073configured by use of ioctls such as KVM_SET_ONE_REG. The exact configuration
4074that should be performaned and how to do it are feature-dependent.
4075
4076Other calls that depend on a particular feature being finalized, such as
4077KVM_RUN, KVM_GET_REG_LIST, KVM_GET_ONE_REG and KVM_SET_ONE_REG, will fail with
4078-EPERM unless the feature has already been finalized by means of a
4079KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE call.
4080
4081See KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT for details of vcpu features that require finalization
4082using this ioctl.
4083
66bb8a06
EH
40844.120 KVM_SET_PMU_EVENT_FILTER
4085
4086Capability: KVM_CAP_PMU_EVENT_FILTER
4087Architectures: x86
4088Type: vm ioctl
4089Parameters: struct kvm_pmu_event_filter (in)
4090Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
4091
4092struct kvm_pmu_event_filter {
30cd8604
EH
4093 __u32 action;
4094 __u32 nevents;
4095 __u32 fixed_counter_bitmap;
4096 __u32 flags;
4097 __u32 pad[4];
4098 __u64 events[0];
66bb8a06
EH
4099};
4100
4101This ioctl restricts the set of PMU events that the guest can program.
4102The argument holds a list of events which will be allowed or denied.
4103The eventsel+umask of each event the guest attempts to program is compared
4104against the events field to determine whether the guest should have access.
30cd8604
EH
4105The events field only controls general purpose counters; fixed purpose
4106counters are controlled by the fixed_counter_bitmap.
4107
4108No flags are defined yet, the field must be zero.
66bb8a06
EH
4109
4110Valid values for 'action':
4111#define KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW 0
4112#define KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY 1
4113
4114
9c1b96e3 41155. The kvm_run structure
414fa985 4116------------------------
9c1b96e3
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4117
4118Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by
4119mmap()ing a vcpu fd. From that point, application code can control
4120execution by changing fields in kvm_run prior to calling the KVM_RUN
4121ioctl, and obtain information about the reason KVM_RUN returned by
4122looking up structure members.
4123
4124struct kvm_run {
4125 /* in */
4126 __u8 request_interrupt_window;
4127
4128Request that KVM_RUN return when it becomes possible to inject external
4129interrupts into the guest. Useful in conjunction with KVM_INTERRUPT.
4130
460df4c1
PB
4131 __u8 immediate_exit;
4132
4133This field is polled once when KVM_RUN starts; if non-zero, KVM_RUN
4134exits immediately, returning -EINTR. In the common scenario where a
4135signal is used to "kick" a VCPU out of KVM_RUN, this field can be used
4136to avoid usage of KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK, which has worse scalability.
4137Rather than blocking the signal outside KVM_RUN, userspace can set up
4138a signal handler that sets run->immediate_exit to a non-zero value.
4139
4140This field is ignored if KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT is not available.
4141
4142 __u8 padding1[6];
9c1b96e3
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4143
4144 /* out */
4145 __u32 exit_reason;
4146
4147When KVM_RUN has returned successfully (return value 0), this informs
4148application code why KVM_RUN has returned. Allowable values for this
4149field are detailed below.
4150
4151 __u8 ready_for_interrupt_injection;
4152
4153If request_interrupt_window has been specified, this field indicates
4154an interrupt can be injected now with KVM_INTERRUPT.
4155
4156 __u8 if_flag;
4157
4158The value of the current interrupt flag. Only valid if in-kernel
4159local APIC is not used.
4160
f077825a
PB
4161 __u16 flags;
4162
4163More architecture-specific flags detailing state of the VCPU that may
4164affect the device's behavior. The only currently defined flag is
4165KVM_RUN_X86_SMM, which is valid on x86 machines and is set if the
4166VCPU is in system management mode.
9c1b96e3
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4167
4168 /* in (pre_kvm_run), out (post_kvm_run) */
4169 __u64 cr8;
4170
4171The value of the cr8 register. Only valid if in-kernel local APIC is
4172not used. Both input and output.
4173
4174 __u64 apic_base;
4175
4176The value of the APIC BASE msr. Only valid if in-kernel local
4177APIC is not used. Both input and output.
4178
4179 union {
4180 /* KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN */
4181 struct {
4182 __u64 hardware_exit_reason;
4183 } hw;
4184
4185If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN, the vcpu has exited due to unknown
4186reasons. Further architecture-specific information is available in
4187hardware_exit_reason.
4188
4189 /* KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY */
4190 struct {
4191 __u64 hardware_entry_failure_reason;
4192 } fail_entry;
4193
4194If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY, the vcpu could not be run due
4195to unknown reasons. Further architecture-specific information is
4196available in hardware_entry_failure_reason.
4197
4198 /* KVM_EXIT_EXCEPTION */
4199 struct {
4200 __u32 exception;
4201 __u32 error_code;
4202 } ex;
4203
4204Unused.
4205
4206 /* KVM_EXIT_IO */
4207 struct {
4208#define KVM_EXIT_IO_IN 0
4209#define KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT 1
4210 __u8 direction;
4211 __u8 size; /* bytes */
4212 __u16 port;
4213 __u32 count;
4214 __u64 data_offset; /* relative to kvm_run start */
4215 } io;
4216
2044892d 4217If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_IO, then the vcpu has
9c1b96e3
AK
4218executed a port I/O instruction which could not be satisfied by kvm.
4219data_offset describes where the data is located (KVM_EXIT_IO_OUT) or
4220where kvm expects application code to place the data for the next
2044892d 4221KVM_RUN invocation (KVM_EXIT_IO_IN). Data format is a packed array.
9c1b96e3 4222
8ab30c15 4223 /* KVM_EXIT_DEBUG */
9c1b96e3
AK
4224 struct {
4225 struct kvm_debug_exit_arch arch;
4226 } debug;
4227
8ab30c15
AB
4228If the exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_DEBUG, then a vcpu is processing a debug event
4229for which architecture specific information is returned.
9c1b96e3
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4230
4231 /* KVM_EXIT_MMIO */
4232 struct {
4233 __u64 phys_addr;
4234 __u8 data[8];
4235 __u32 len;
4236 __u8 is_write;
4237 } mmio;
4238
2044892d 4239If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_MMIO, then the vcpu has
9c1b96e3
AK
4240executed a memory-mapped I/O instruction which could not be satisfied
4241by kvm. The 'data' member contains the written data if 'is_write' is
4242true, and should be filled by application code otherwise.
4243
6acdb160
CD
4244The 'data' member contains, in its first 'len' bytes, the value as it would
4245appear if the VCPU performed a load or store of the appropriate width directly
4246to the byte array.
4247
cc568ead 4248NOTE: For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR and
ce91ddc4 4249 KVM_EXIT_EPR the corresponding
ad0a048b
AG
4250operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace
4251has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish
67961344
MT
4252incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace
4253can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete
4254pending operations.
4255
9c1b96e3
AK
4256 /* KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL */
4257 struct {
4258 __u64 nr;
4259 __u64 args[6];
4260 __u64 ret;
4261 __u32 longmode;
4262 __u32 pad;
4263 } hypercall;
4264
647dc49e
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4265Unused. This was once used for 'hypercall to userspace'. To implement
4266such functionality, use KVM_EXIT_IO (x86) or KVM_EXIT_MMIO (all except s390).
4267Note KVM_EXIT_IO is significantly faster than KVM_EXIT_MMIO.
9c1b96e3
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4268
4269 /* KVM_EXIT_TPR_ACCESS */
4270 struct {
4271 __u64 rip;
4272 __u32 is_write;
4273 __u32 pad;
4274 } tpr_access;
4275
4276To be documented (KVM_TPR_ACCESS_REPORTING).
4277
4278 /* KVM_EXIT_S390_SIEIC */
4279 struct {
4280 __u8 icptcode;
4281 __u64 mask; /* psw upper half */
4282 __u64 addr; /* psw lower half */
4283 __u16 ipa;
4284 __u32 ipb;
4285 } s390_sieic;
4286
4287s390 specific.
4288
4289 /* KVM_EXIT_S390_RESET */
4290#define KVM_S390_RESET_POR 1
4291#define KVM_S390_RESET_CLEAR 2
4292#define KVM_S390_RESET_SUBSYSTEM 4
4293#define KVM_S390_RESET_CPU_INIT 8
4294#define KVM_S390_RESET_IPL 16
4295 __u64 s390_reset_flags;
4296
4297s390 specific.
4298
e168bf8d
CO
4299 /* KVM_EXIT_S390_UCONTROL */
4300 struct {
4301 __u64 trans_exc_code;
4302 __u32 pgm_code;
4303 } s390_ucontrol;
4304
4305s390 specific. A page fault has occurred for a user controlled virtual
4306machine (KVM_VM_S390_UNCONTROL) on it's host page table that cannot be
4307resolved by the kernel.
4308The program code and the translation exception code that were placed
4309in the cpu's lowcore are presented here as defined by the z Architecture
4310Principles of Operation Book in the Chapter for Dynamic Address Translation
4311(DAT)
4312
9c1b96e3
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4313 /* KVM_EXIT_DCR */
4314 struct {
4315 __u32 dcrn;
4316 __u32 data;
4317 __u8 is_write;
4318 } dcr;
4319
ce91ddc4 4320Deprecated - was used for 440 KVM.
9c1b96e3 4321
ad0a048b
AG
4322 /* KVM_EXIT_OSI */
4323 struct {
4324 __u64 gprs[32];
4325 } osi;
4326
4327MOL uses a special hypercall interface it calls 'OSI'. To enable it, we catch
4328hypercalls and exit with this exit struct that contains all the guest gprs.
4329
4330If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_OSI, then the vcpu has triggered such a hypercall.
4331Userspace can now handle the hypercall and when it's done modify the gprs as
4332necessary. Upon guest entry all guest GPRs will then be replaced by the values
4333in this struct.
4334
de56a948
PM
4335 /* KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL */
4336 struct {
4337 __u64 nr;
4338 __u64 ret;
4339 __u64 args[9];
4340 } papr_hcall;
4341
4342This is used on 64-bit PowerPC when emulating a pSeries partition,
4343e.g. with the 'pseries' machine type in qemu. It occurs when the
4344guest does a hypercall using the 'sc 1' instruction. The 'nr' field
4345contains the hypercall number (from the guest R3), and 'args' contains
4346the arguments (from the guest R4 - R12). Userspace should put the
4347return code in 'ret' and any extra returned values in args[].
4348The possible hypercalls are defined in the Power Architecture Platform
4349Requirements (PAPR) document available from www.power.org (free
4350developer registration required to access it).
4351
fa6b7fe9
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4352 /* KVM_EXIT_S390_TSCH */
4353 struct {
4354 __u16 subchannel_id;
4355 __u16 subchannel_nr;
4356 __u32 io_int_parm;
4357 __u32 io_int_word;
4358 __u32 ipb;
4359 __u8 dequeued;
4360 } s390_tsch;
4361
4362s390 specific. This exit occurs when KVM_CAP_S390_CSS_SUPPORT has been enabled
4363and TEST SUBCHANNEL was intercepted. If dequeued is set, a pending I/O
4364interrupt for the target subchannel has been dequeued and subchannel_id,
4365subchannel_nr, io_int_parm and io_int_word contain the parameters for that
4366interrupt. ipb is needed for instruction parameter decoding.
4367
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AG
4368 /* KVM_EXIT_EPR */
4369 struct {
4370 __u32 epr;
4371 } epr;
4372
4373On FSL BookE PowerPC chips, the interrupt controller has a fast patch
4374interrupt acknowledge path to the core. When the core successfully
4375delivers an interrupt, it automatically populates the EPR register with
4376the interrupt vector number and acknowledges the interrupt inside
4377the interrupt controller.
4378
4379In case the interrupt controller lives in user space, we need to do
4380the interrupt acknowledge cycle through it to fetch the next to be
4381delivered interrupt vector using this exit.
4382
4383It gets triggered whenever both KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR are enabled and an
4384external interrupt has just been delivered into the guest. User space
4385should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field.
4386
8ad6b634
AP
4387 /* KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT */
4388 struct {
4389#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN 1
4390#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET 2
2ce79189 4391#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH 3
8ad6b634
AP
4392 __u32 type;
4393 __u64 flags;
4394 } system_event;
4395
4396If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT then the vcpu has triggered
4397a system-level event using some architecture specific mechanism (hypercall
4398or some special instruction). In case of ARM/ARM64, this is triggered using
4399HVC instruction based PSCI call from the vcpu. The 'type' field describes
4400the system-level event type. The 'flags' field describes architecture
4401specific flags for the system-level event.
4402
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4403Valid values for 'type' are:
4404 KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN -- the guest has requested a shutdown of the
4405 VM. Userspace is not obliged to honour this, and if it does honour
4406 this does not need to destroy the VM synchronously (ie it may call
4407 KVM_RUN again before shutdown finally occurs).
4408 KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET -- the guest has requested a reset of the VM.
4409 As with SHUTDOWN, userspace can choose to ignore the request, or
4410 to schedule the reset to occur in the future and may call KVM_RUN again.
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4411 KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH -- the guest crash occurred and the guest
4412 has requested a crash condition maintenance. Userspace can choose
4413 to ignore the request, or to gather VM memory core dump and/or
4414 reset/shutdown of the VM.
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4416 /* KVM_EXIT_IOAPIC_EOI */
4417 struct {
4418 __u8 vector;
4419 } eoi;
4420
4421Indicates that the VCPU's in-kernel local APIC received an EOI for a
4422level-triggered IOAPIC interrupt. This exit only triggers when the
4423IOAPIC is implemented in userspace (i.e. KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP is enabled);
4424the userspace IOAPIC should process the EOI and retrigger the interrupt if
4425it is still asserted. Vector is the LAPIC interrupt vector for which the
4426EOI was received.
4427
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4428 struct kvm_hyperv_exit {
4429#define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC 1
83326e43 4430#define KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_HCALL 2
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4431 __u32 type;
4432 union {
4433 struct {
4434 __u32 msr;
4435 __u64 control;
4436 __u64 evt_page;
4437 __u64 msg_page;
4438 } synic;
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4439 struct {
4440 __u64 input;
4441 __u64 result;
4442 __u64 params[2];
4443 } hcall;
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4444 } u;
4445 };
4446 /* KVM_EXIT_HYPERV */
4447 struct kvm_hyperv_exit hyperv;
4448Indicates that the VCPU exits into userspace to process some tasks
4449related to Hyper-V emulation.
4450Valid values for 'type' are:
4451 KVM_EXIT_HYPERV_SYNIC -- synchronously notify user-space about
4452Hyper-V SynIC state change. Notification is used to remap SynIC
4453event/message pages and to enable/disable SynIC messages/events processing
4454in userspace.
4455
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4456 /* Fix the size of the union. */
4457 char padding[256];
4458 };
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4459
4460 /*
4461 * shared registers between kvm and userspace.
4462 * kvm_valid_regs specifies the register classes set by the host
4463 * kvm_dirty_regs specified the register classes dirtied by userspace
4464 * struct kvm_sync_regs is architecture specific, as well as the
4465 * bits for kvm_valid_regs and kvm_dirty_regs
4466 */
4467 __u64 kvm_valid_regs;
4468 __u64 kvm_dirty_regs;
4469 union {
4470 struct kvm_sync_regs regs;
7b7e3952 4471 char padding[SYNC_REGS_SIZE_BYTES];
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4472 } s;
4473
4474If KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS is defined, these fields allow userspace to access
4475certain guest registers without having to call SET/GET_*REGS. Thus we can
4476avoid some system call overhead if userspace has to handle the exit.
4477Userspace can query the validity of the structure by checking
4478kvm_valid_regs for specific bits. These bits are architecture specific
4479and usually define the validity of a groups of registers. (e.g. one bit
4480 for general purpose registers)
4481
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4482Please note that the kernel is allowed to use the kvm_run structure as the
4483primary storage for certain register types. Therefore, the kernel may use the
4484values in kvm_run even if the corresponding bit in kvm_dirty_regs is not set.
4485
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44906. Capabilities that can be enabled on vCPUs
4491--------------------------------------------
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4493There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual CPU or
4494the virtual machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37.
4495Below you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the vCPU or
4496the virtual machine is when enabling them.
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4497
4498The following information is provided along with the description:
4499
4500 Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl.
4501 x86 includes both i386 and x86_64.
4502
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4503 Target: whether this is a per-vcpu or per-vm capability.
4504
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4505 Parameters: what parameters are accepted by the capability.
4506
4507 Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL)
4508 are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are.
4509
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45116.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_OSI
4512
4513Architectures: ppc
0907c855 4514Target: vcpu
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4515Parameters: none
4516Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
4517
4518This capability enables interception of OSI hypercalls that otherwise would
4519be treated as normal system calls to be injected into the guest. OSI hypercalls
4520were invented by Mac-on-Linux to have a standardized communication mechanism
4521between the guest and the host.
4522
4523When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_OSI can occur.
4524
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45266.2 KVM_CAP_PPC_PAPR
4527
4528Architectures: ppc
0907c855 4529Target: vcpu
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4530Parameters: none
4531Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
4532
4533This capability enables interception of PAPR hypercalls. PAPR hypercalls are
4534done using the hypercall instruction "sc 1".
4535
4536It also sets the guest privilege level to "supervisor" mode. Usually the guest
4537runs in "hypervisor" privilege mode with a few missing features.
4538
4539In addition to the above, it changes the semantics of SDR1. In this mode, the
4540HTAB address part of SDR1 contains an HVA instead of a GPA, as PAPR keeps the
4541HTAB invisible to the guest.
4542
4543When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL can occur.
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45466.3 KVM_CAP_SW_TLB
4547
4548Architectures: ppc
0907c855 4549Target: vcpu
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4550Parameters: args[0] is the address of a struct kvm_config_tlb
4551Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
4552
4553struct kvm_config_tlb {
4554 __u64 params;
4555 __u64 array;
4556 __u32 mmu_type;
4557 __u32 array_len;
4558};
4559
4560Configures the virtual CPU's TLB array, establishing a shared memory area
4561between userspace and KVM. The "params" and "array" fields are userspace
4562addresses of mmu-type-specific data structures. The "array_len" field is an
4563safety mechanism, and should be set to the size in bytes of the memory that
4564userspace has reserved for the array. It must be at least the size dictated
4565by "mmu_type" and "params".
4566
4567While KVM_RUN is active, the shared region is under control of KVM. Its
4568contents are undefined, and any modification by userspace results in
4569boundedly undefined behavior.
4570
4571On return from KVM_RUN, the shared region will reflect the current state of
4572the guest's TLB. If userspace makes any changes, it must call KVM_DIRTY_TLB
4573to tell KVM which entries have been changed, prior to calling KVM_RUN again
4574on this vcpu.
4575
4576For mmu types KVM_MMU_FSL_BOOKE_NOHV and KVM_MMU_FSL_BOOKE_HV:
4577 - The "params" field is of type "struct kvm_book3e_206_tlb_params".
4578 - The "array" field points to an array of type "struct
4579 kvm_book3e_206_tlb_entry".
4580 - The array consists of all entries in the first TLB, followed by all
4581 entries in the second TLB.
4582 - Within a TLB, entries are ordered first by increasing set number. Within a
4583 set, entries are ordered by way (increasing ESEL).
4584 - The hash for determining set number in TLB0 is: (MAS2 >> 12) & (num_sets - 1)
4585 where "num_sets" is the tlb_sizes[] value divided by the tlb_ways[] value.
4586 - The tsize field of mas1 shall be set to 4K on TLB0, even though the
4587 hardware ignores this value for TLB0.
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4588
45896.4 KVM_CAP_S390_CSS_SUPPORT
4590
4591Architectures: s390
0907c855 4592Target: vcpu
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4593Parameters: none
4594Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
4595
4596This capability enables support for handling of channel I/O instructions.
4597
4598TEST PENDING INTERRUPTION and the interrupt portion of TEST SUBCHANNEL are
4599handled in-kernel, while the other I/O instructions are passed to userspace.
4600
4601When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_S390_TSCH will occur on TEST
4602SUBCHANNEL intercepts.
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4604Note that even though this capability is enabled per-vcpu, the complete
4605virtual machine is affected.
4606
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46076.5 KVM_CAP_PPC_EPR
4608
4609Architectures: ppc
0907c855 4610Target: vcpu
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AG
4611Parameters: args[0] defines whether the proxy facility is active
4612Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
4613
4614This capability enables or disables the delivery of interrupts through the
4615external proxy facility.
4616
4617When enabled (args[0] != 0), every time the guest gets an external interrupt
4618delivered, it automatically exits into user space with a KVM_EXIT_EPR exit
4619to receive the topmost interrupt vector.
4620
4621When disabled (args[0] == 0), behavior is as if this facility is unsupported.
4622
4623When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_EPR can occur.
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4624
46256.6 KVM_CAP_IRQ_MPIC
4626
4627Architectures: ppc
4628Parameters: args[0] is the MPIC device fd
4629 args[1] is the MPIC CPU number for this vcpu
4630
4631This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel MPIC device.
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4632
46336.7 KVM_CAP_IRQ_XICS
4634
4635Architectures: ppc
0907c855 4636Target: vcpu
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4637Parameters: args[0] is the XICS device fd
4638 args[1] is the XICS CPU number (server ID) for this vcpu
4639
4640This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel XICS device.
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4641
46426.8 KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP
4643
4644Architectures: s390
4645Target: vm
4646Parameters: none
4647
4648This capability enables the in-kernel irqchip for s390. Please refer to
4649"4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP" for details.
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46516.9 KVM_CAP_MIPS_FPU
4652
4653Architectures: mips
4654Target: vcpu
4655Parameters: args[0] is reserved for future use (should be 0).
4656
4657This capability allows the use of the host Floating Point Unit by the guest. It
4658allows the Config1.FP bit to be set to enable the FPU in the guest. Once this is
4659done the KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_* and KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_* registers can be accessed
4660(depending on the current guest FPU register mode), and the Status.FR,
4661Config5.FRE bits are accessible via the KVM API and also from the guest,
4662depending on them being supported by the FPU.
4663
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46646.10 KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA
4665
4666Architectures: mips
4667Target: vcpu
4668Parameters: args[0] is reserved for future use (should be 0).
4669
4670This capability allows the use of the MIPS SIMD Architecture (MSA) by the guest.
4671It allows the Config3.MSAP bit to be set to enable the use of MSA by the guest.
4672Once this is done the KVM_REG_MIPS_VEC_* and KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_* registers can be
4673accessed, and the Config5.MSAEn bit is accessible via the KVM API and also from
4674the guest.
4675
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46766.74 KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS
4677Architectures: s390, x86
4678Target: s390: always enabled, x86: vcpu
4679Parameters: none
4680Returns: x86: KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns a bit-array indicating which register
4681sets are supported (bitfields defined in arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h).
4682
4683As described above in the kvm_sync_regs struct info in section 5 (kvm_run):
4684KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS "allow[s] userspace to access certain guest registers
4685without having to call SET/GET_*REGS". This reduces overhead by eliminating
4686repeated ioctl calls for setting and/or getting register values. This is
4687particularly important when userspace is making synchronous guest state
4688modifications, e.g. when emulating and/or intercepting instructions in
4689userspace.
4690
4691For s390 specifics, please refer to the source code.
4692
4693For x86:
4694- the register sets to be copied out to kvm_run are selectable
4695 by userspace (rather that all sets being copied out for every exit).
4696- vcpu_events are available in addition to regs and sregs.
4697
4698For x86, the 'kvm_valid_regs' field of struct kvm_run is overloaded to
4699function as an input bit-array field set by userspace to indicate the
4700specific register sets to be copied out on the next exit.
4701
4702To indicate when userspace has modified values that should be copied into
4703the vCPU, the all architecture bitarray field, 'kvm_dirty_regs' must be set.
4704This is done using the same bitflags as for the 'kvm_valid_regs' field.
4705If the dirty bit is not set, then the register set values will not be copied
4706into the vCPU even if they've been modified.
4707
4708Unused bitfields in the bitarrays must be set to zero.
4709
4710struct kvm_sync_regs {
4711 struct kvm_regs regs;
4712 struct kvm_sregs sregs;
4713 struct kvm_vcpu_events events;
4714};
4715
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47166.75 KVM_CAP_PPC_IRQ_XIVE
4717
4718Architectures: ppc
4719Target: vcpu
4720Parameters: args[0] is the XIVE device fd
4721 args[1] is the XIVE CPU number (server ID) for this vcpu
4722
4723This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel XIVE device.
4724
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47257. Capabilities that can be enabled on VMs
4726------------------------------------------
4727
4728There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual
4729machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. Below
4730you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the VM
4731is when enabling them.
4732
4733The following information is provided along with the description:
4734
4735 Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl.
4736 x86 includes both i386 and x86_64.
4737
4738 Parameters: what parameters are accepted by the capability.
4739
4740 Returns: the return value. General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL)
4741 are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are.
4742
4743
47447.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_ENABLE_HCALL
4745
4746Architectures: ppc
4747Parameters: args[0] is the sPAPR hcall number
4748 args[1] is 0 to disable, 1 to enable in-kernel handling
4749
4750This capability controls whether individual sPAPR hypercalls (hcalls)
4751get handled by the kernel or not. Enabling or disabling in-kernel
4752handling of an hcall is effective across the VM. On creation, an
4753initial set of hcalls are enabled for in-kernel handling, which
4754consists of those hcalls for which in-kernel handlers were implemented
4755before this capability was implemented. If disabled, the kernel will
4756not to attempt to handle the hcall, but will always exit to userspace
4757to handle it. Note that it may not make sense to enable some and
4758disable others of a group of related hcalls, but KVM does not prevent
4759userspace from doing that.
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4760
4761If the hcall number specified is not one that has an in-kernel
4762implementation, the KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl will fail with an EINVAL
4763error.
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4764
47657.2 KVM_CAP_S390_USER_SIGP
4766
4767Architectures: s390
4768Parameters: none
4769
4770This capability controls which SIGP orders will be handled completely in user
4771space. With this capability enabled, all fast orders will be handled completely
4772in the kernel:
4773- SENSE
4774- SENSE RUNNING
4775- EXTERNAL CALL
4776- EMERGENCY SIGNAL
4777- CONDITIONAL EMERGENCY SIGNAL
4778
4779All other orders will be handled completely in user space.
4780
4781Only privileged operation exceptions will be checked for in the kernel (or even
4782in the hardware prior to interception). If this capability is not enabled, the
4783old way of handling SIGP orders is used (partially in kernel and user space).
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4784
47857.3 KVM_CAP_S390_VECTOR_REGISTERS
4786
4787Architectures: s390
4788Parameters: none
4789Returns: 0 on success, negative value on error
4790
4791Allows use of the vector registers introduced with z13 processor, and
4792provides for the synchronization between host and user space. Will
4793return -EINVAL if the machine does not support vectors.
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4794
47957.4 KVM_CAP_S390_USER_STSI
4796
4797Architectures: s390
4798Parameters: none
4799
4800This capability allows post-handlers for the STSI instruction. After
4801initial handling in the kernel, KVM exits to user space with
4802KVM_EXIT_S390_STSI to allow user space to insert further data.
4803
4804Before exiting to userspace, kvm handlers should fill in s390_stsi field of
4805vcpu->run:
4806struct {
4807 __u64 addr;
4808 __u8 ar;
4809 __u8 reserved;
4810 __u8 fc;
4811 __u8 sel1;
4812 __u16 sel2;
4813} s390_stsi;
4814
4815@addr - guest address of STSI SYSIB
4816@fc - function code
4817@sel1 - selector 1
4818@sel2 - selector 2
4819@ar - access register number
4820
4821KVM handlers should exit to userspace with rc = -EREMOTE.
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48237.5 KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP
4824
4825Architectures: x86
b053b2ae 4826Parameters: args[0] - number of routes reserved for userspace IOAPICs
49df6397
SR
4827Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
4828
4829Create a local apic for each processor in the kernel. This can be used
4830instead of KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP if the userspace VMM wishes to emulate the
4831IOAPIC and PIC (and also the PIT, even though this has to be enabled
4832separately).
4833
b053b2ae
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4834This capability also enables in kernel routing of interrupt requests;
4835when KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP only routes of KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI type are
4836used in the IRQ routing table. The first args[0] MSI routes are reserved
4837for the IOAPIC pins. Whenever the LAPIC receives an EOI for these routes,
4838a KVM_EXIT_IOAPIC_EOI vmexit will be reported to userspace.
49df6397
SR
4839
4840Fails if VCPU has already been created, or if the irqchip is already in the
4841kernel (i.e. KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP has already been called).
4842
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48437.6 KVM_CAP_S390_RI
4844
4845Architectures: s390
4846Parameters: none
4847
4848Allows use of runtime-instrumentation introduced with zEC12 processor.
4849Will return -EINVAL if the machine does not support runtime-instrumentation.
4850Will return -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created.
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48527.7 KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API
4853
4854Architectures: x86
4855Parameters: args[0] - features that should be enabled
4856Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid features
4857
4858Valid feature flags in args[0] are
4859
4860#define KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS (1ULL << 0)
c519265f 4861#define KVM_X2APIC_API_DISABLE_BROADCAST_QUIRK (1ULL << 1)
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4862
4863Enabling KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS changes the behavior of
4864KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING, KVM_SIGNAL_MSI, KVM_SET_LAPIC, and KVM_GET_LAPIC,
4865allowing the use of 32-bit APIC IDs. See KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API in their
4866respective sections.
4867
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4868KVM_X2APIC_API_DISABLE_BROADCAST_QUIRK must be enabled for x2APIC to work
4869in logical mode or with more than 255 VCPUs. Otherwise, KVM treats 0xff
4870as a broadcast even in x2APIC mode in order to support physical x2APIC
4871without interrupt remapping. This is undesirable in logical mode,
4872where 0xff represents CPUs 0-7 in cluster 0.
37131313 4873
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48747.8 KVM_CAP_S390_USER_INSTR0
4875
4876Architectures: s390
4877Parameters: none
4878
4879With this capability enabled, all illegal instructions 0x0000 (2 bytes) will
4880be intercepted and forwarded to user space. User space can use this
4881mechanism e.g. to realize 2-byte software breakpoints. The kernel will
4882not inject an operating exception for these instructions, user space has
4883to take care of that.
4884
4885This capability can be enabled dynamically even if VCPUs were already
4886created and are running.
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48887.9 KVM_CAP_S390_GS
4889
4890Architectures: s390
4891Parameters: none
4892Returns: 0 on success; -EINVAL if the machine does not support
4893 guarded storage; -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created.
4894
4895Allows use of guarded storage for the KVM guest.
4896
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48977.10 KVM_CAP_S390_AIS
4898
4899Architectures: s390
4900Parameters: none
4901
4902Allow use of adapter-interruption suppression.
4903Returns: 0 on success; -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created.
4904
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49057.11 KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT
4906
4907Architectures: ppc
4908Parameters: vsmt_mode, flags
4909
4910Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to set
4911the desired virtual SMT mode (i.e. the number of virtual CPUs per
4912virtual core). The virtual SMT mode, vsmt_mode, must be a power of 2
4913between 1 and 8. On POWER8, vsmt_mode must also be no greater than
4914the number of threads per subcore for the host. Currently flags must
4915be 0. A successful call to enable this capability will result in
4916vsmt_mode being returned when the KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT capability is
4917subsequently queried for the VM. This capability is only supported by
4918HV KVM, and can only be set before any VCPUs have been created.
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4919The KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT_POSSIBLE capability indicates which virtual SMT
4920modes are available.
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49227.12 KVM_CAP_PPC_FWNMI
4923
4924Architectures: ppc
4925Parameters: none
4926
4927With this capability a machine check exception in the guest address
4928space will cause KVM to exit the guest with NMI exit reason. This
4929enables QEMU to build error log and branch to guest kernel registered
4930machine check handling routine. Without this capability KVM will
4931branch to guests' 0x200 interrupt vector.
4932
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49337.13 KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS
4934
4935Architectures: x86
4936Parameters: args[0] defines which exits are disabled
4937Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid exits
4938
4939Valid bits in args[0] are
4940
4941#define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_MWAIT (1 << 0)
caa057a2 4942#define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HLT (1 << 1)
8ffdaa7f 4943#define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_PAUSE (1 << 2)
b5170063 4944#define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_CSTATE (1 << 3)
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4945
4946Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to no
4947longer intercept some instructions for improved latency in some
4948workloads, and is suggested when vCPUs are associated to dedicated
4949physical CPUs. More bits can be added in the future; userspace can
4950just pass the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION result to KVM_ENABLE_CAP to disable
4951all such vmexits.
4952
caa057a2 4953Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
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49557.14 KVM_CAP_S390_HPAGE_1M
4956
4957Architectures: s390
4958Parameters: none
4959Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if hpage module parameter was not set
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4960 or cmma is enabled, or the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL
4961 flag set
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4962
4963With this capability the KVM support for memory backing with 1m pages
4964through hugetlbfs can be enabled for a VM. After the capability is
4965enabled, cmma can't be enabled anymore and pfmfi and the storage key
4966interpretation are disabled. If cmma has already been enabled or the
4967hpage module parameter is not set to 1, -EINVAL is returned.
4968
4969While it is generally possible to create a huge page backed VM without
4970this capability, the VM will not be able to run.
4971
c4f55198 49727.15 KVM_CAP_MSR_PLATFORM_INFO
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4973
4974Architectures: x86
4975Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not
4976
4977With this capability, a guest may read the MSR_PLATFORM_INFO MSR. Otherwise,
4978a #GP would be raised when the guest tries to access. Currently, this
4979capability does not enable write permissions of this MSR for the guest.
4980
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49817.16 KVM_CAP_PPC_NESTED_HV
4982
4983Architectures: ppc
4984Parameters: none
4985Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when the implementation doesn't support
4986 nested-HV virtualization.
4987
4988HV-KVM on POWER9 and later systems allows for "nested-HV"
4989virtualization, which provides a way for a guest VM to run guests that
4990can run using the CPU's supervisor mode (privileged non-hypervisor
4991state). Enabling this capability on a VM depends on the CPU having
4992the necessary functionality and on the facility being enabled with a
4993kvm-hv module parameter.
4994
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49957.17 KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD
4996
4997Architectures: x86
4998Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not
4999
5000With this capability enabled, CR2 will not be modified prior to the
5001emulated VM-exit when L1 intercepts a #PF exception that occurs in
5002L2. Similarly, for kvm-intel only, DR6 will not be modified prior to
5003the emulated VM-exit when L1 intercepts a #DB exception that occurs in
5004L2. As a result, when KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS reports a pending #PF (or
5005#DB) exception for L2, exception.has_payload will be set and the
5006faulting address (or the new DR6 bits*) will be reported in the
5007exception_payload field. Similarly, when userspace injects a #PF (or
5008#DB) into L2 using KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS, it is expected to set
5009exception.has_payload and to put the faulting address (or the new DR6
5010bits*) in the exception_payload field.
5011
5012This capability also enables exception.pending in struct
5013kvm_vcpu_events, which allows userspace to distinguish between pending
5014and injected exceptions.
5015
5016
5017* For the new DR6 bits, note that bit 16 is set iff the #DB exception
5018 will clear DR6.RTM.
5019
d7547c55 50207.18 KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2
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dbcdae18 5022Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips
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5023Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not
5024
5025With this capability enabled, KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG will not automatically
5026clear and write-protect all pages that are returned as dirty.
5027Rather, userspace will have to do this operation separately using
5028KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG.
5029
5030At the cost of a slightly more complicated operation, this provides better
5031scalability and responsiveness for two reasons. First,
5032KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG ioctl can operate on a 64-page granularity rather
5033than requiring to sync a full memslot; this ensures that KVM does not
5034take spinlocks for an extended period of time. Second, in some cases a
5035large amount of time can pass between a call to KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG and
5036userspace actually using the data in the page. Pages can be modified
5037during this time, which is inefficint for both the guest and userspace:
5038the guest will incur a higher penalty due to write protection faults,
5039while userspace can see false reports of dirty pages. Manual reprotection
5040helps reducing this time, improving guest performance and reducing the
5041number of dirty log false positives.
5042
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5043KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 was previously available under the name
5044KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT, but the implementation had bugs that make
5045it hard or impossible to use it correctly. The availability of
5046KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 signals that those bugs are fixed.
5047Userspace should not try to use KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT.
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50498. Other capabilities.
5050----------------------
5051
5052This section lists capabilities that give information about other
5053features of the KVM implementation.
5054
50558.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_HWRNG
5056
5057Architectures: ppc
5058
5059This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is
5060available, means that that the kernel has an implementation of the
5061H_RANDOM hypercall backed by a hardware random-number generator.
5062If present, the kernel H_RANDOM handler can be enabled for guest use
5063with the KVM_CAP_PPC_ENABLE_HCALL capability.
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5064
50658.2 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC
5066
5067Architectures: x86
5068This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is
5069available, means that that the kernel has an implementation of the
5070Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt controller(SynIC). Hyper-V SynIC is
5071used to support Windows Hyper-V based guest paravirt drivers(VMBus).
5072
5073In order to use SynIC, it has to be activated by setting this
5074capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this
5075will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported
5076by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior.
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5077
50788.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU
5079
5080Architectures: ppc
5081
5082This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is
5083available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the
5084radix MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in the POWER9
5085processor).
5086
50878.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3
5088
5089Architectures: ppc
5090
5091This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is
5092available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the
5093hashed page table MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in
5094the POWER9 processor), including in-memory segment tables.
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5095
50968.5 KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ
5097
5098Architectures: mips
5099
5100This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on the main kvm handle indicates that
5101it is available, means that full hardware assisted virtualization capabilities
5102of the hardware are available for use through KVM. An appropriate
5103KVM_VM_MIPS_* type must be passed to KVM_CREATE_VM to create a VM which
5104utilises it.
5105
5106If KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a kvm VM handle indicates that this capability is
5107available, it means that the VM is using full hardware assisted virtualization
5108capabilities of the hardware. This is useful to check after creating a VM with
5109KVM_VM_MIPS_DEFAULT.
5110
5111The value returned by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION should be compared against known
5112values (see below). All other values are reserved. This is to allow for the
5113possibility of other hardware assisted virtualization implementations which
5114may be incompatible with the MIPS VZ ASE.
5115
5116 0: The trap & emulate implementation is in use to run guest code in user
5117 mode. Guest virtual memory segments are rearranged to fit the guest in the
5118 user mode address space.
5119
5120 1: The MIPS VZ ASE is in use, providing full hardware assisted
5121 virtualization, including standard guest virtual memory segments.
5122
51238.6 KVM_CAP_MIPS_TE
5124
5125Architectures: mips
5126
5127This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on the main kvm handle indicates that
5128it is available, means that the trap & emulate implementation is available to
5129run guest code in user mode, even if KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ indicates that hardware
5130assisted virtualisation is also available. KVM_VM_MIPS_TE (0) must be passed
5131to KVM_CREATE_VM to create a VM which utilises it.
5132
5133If KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a kvm VM handle indicates that this capability is
5134available, it means that the VM is using trap & emulate.
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5135
51368.7 KVM_CAP_MIPS_64BIT
5137
5138Architectures: mips
5139
5140This capability indicates the supported architecture type of the guest, i.e. the
5141supported register and address width.
5142
5143The values returned when this capability is checked by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a
5144kvm VM handle correspond roughly to the CP0_Config.AT register field, and should
5145be checked specifically against known values (see below). All other values are
5146reserved.
5147
5148 0: MIPS32 or microMIPS32.
5149 Both registers and addresses are 32-bits wide.
5150 It will only be possible to run 32-bit guest code.
5151
5152 1: MIPS64 or microMIPS64 with access only to 32-bit compatibility segments.
5153 Registers are 64-bits wide, but addresses are 32-bits wide.
5154 64-bit guest code may run but cannot access MIPS64 memory segments.
5155 It will also be possible to run 32-bit guest code.
5156
5157 2: MIPS64 or microMIPS64 with access to all address segments.
5158 Both registers and addresses are 64-bits wide.
5159 It will be possible to run 64-bit or 32-bit guest code.
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5162
5163Architectures: arm, arm64
5164This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is available, means
5165that if userspace creates a VM without an in-kernel interrupt controller, it
5166will be notified of changes to the output level of in-kernel emulated devices,
5167which can generate virtual interrupts, presented to the VM.
5168For such VMs, on every return to userspace, the kernel
5169updates the vcpu's run->s.regs.device_irq_level field to represent the actual
5170output level of the device.
5171
5172Whenever kvm detects a change in the device output level, kvm guarantees at
5173least one return to userspace before running the VM. This exit could either
5174be a KVM_EXIT_INTR or any other exit event, like KVM_EXIT_MMIO. This way,
5175userspace can always sample the device output level and re-compute the state of
5176the userspace interrupt controller. Userspace should always check the state
5177of run->s.regs.device_irq_level on every kvm exit.
5178The value in run->s.regs.device_irq_level can represent both level and edge
5179triggered interrupt signals, depending on the device. Edge triggered interrupt
5180signals will exit to userspace with the bit in run->s.regs.device_irq_level
5181set exactly once per edge signal.
5182
5183The field run->s.regs.device_irq_level is available independent of
5184run->kvm_valid_regs or run->kvm_dirty_regs bits.
5185
5186If KVM_CAP_ARM_USER_IRQ is supported, the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl returns a
5187number larger than 0 indicating the version of this capability is implemented
5188and thereby which bits in in run->s.regs.device_irq_level can signal values.
5189
5190Currently the following bits are defined for the device_irq_level bitmap:
5191
5192 KVM_CAP_ARM_USER_IRQ >= 1:
5193
5194 KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_VTIMER - EL1 virtual timer
5195 KVM_ARM_DEV_EL1_PTIMER - EL1 physical timer
5196 KVM_ARM_DEV_PMU - ARM PMU overflow interrupt signal
5197
5198Future versions of kvm may implement additional events. These will get
5199indicated by returning a higher number from KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION and will be
5200listed above.
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5201
52028.10 KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT_POSSIBLE
5203
5204Architectures: ppc
5205
5206Querying this capability returns a bitmap indicating the possible
5207virtual SMT modes that can be set using KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT. If bit N
5208(counting from the right) is set, then a virtual SMT mode of 2^N is
5209available.
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5210
52118.11 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2
5212
5213Architectures: x86
5214
5215This capability enables a newer version of Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt
5216controller (SynIC). The only difference with KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC is that KVM
5217doesn't clear SynIC message and event flags pages when they are enabled by
5218writing to the respective MSRs.
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5219
52208.12 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_VP_INDEX
5221
5222Architectures: x86
5223
5224This capability indicates that userspace can load HV_X64_MSR_VP_INDEX msr. Its
5225value is used to denote the target vcpu for a SynIC interrupt. For
5226compatibilty, KVM initializes this msr to KVM's internal vcpu index. When this
5227capability is absent, userspace can still query this msr's value.
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5228
52298.13 KVM_CAP_S390_AIS_MIGRATION
5230
5231Architectures: s390
5232Parameters: none
5233
5234This capability indicates if the flic device will be able to get/set the
5235AIS states for migration via the KVM_DEV_FLIC_AISM_ALL attribute and allows
5236to discover this without having to create a flic device.
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5237
52388.14 KVM_CAP_S390_PSW
5239
5240Architectures: s390
5241
5242This capability indicates that the PSW is exposed via the kvm_run structure.
5243
52448.15 KVM_CAP_S390_GMAP
5245
5246Architectures: s390
5247
5248This capability indicates that the user space memory used as guest mapping can
5249be anywhere in the user memory address space, as long as the memory slots are
5250aligned and sized to a segment (1MB) boundary.
5251
52528.16 KVM_CAP_S390_COW
5253
5254Architectures: s390
5255
5256This capability indicates that the user space memory used as guest mapping can
5257use copy-on-write semantics as well as dirty pages tracking via read-only page
5258tables.
5259
52608.17 KVM_CAP_S390_BPB
5261
5262Architectures: s390
5263
5264This capability indicates that kvm will implement the interfaces to handle
5265reset, migration and nested KVM for branch prediction blocking. The stfle
5266facility 82 should not be provided to the guest without this capability.
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2ddc6498 52688.18 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_TLBFLUSH
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5269
5270Architectures: x86
5271
5272This capability indicates that KVM supports paravirtualized Hyper-V TLB Flush
5273hypercalls:
5274HvFlushVirtualAddressSpace, HvFlushVirtualAddressSpaceEx,
5275HvFlushVirtualAddressList, HvFlushVirtualAddressListEx.
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688e0581 52778.19 KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR
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5278
5279Architectures: arm, arm64
5280
5281This capability indicates that userspace can specify (via the
5282KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS ioctl) the syndrome value reported to the guest when it
5283takes a virtual SError interrupt exception.
5284If KVM advertises this capability, userspace can only specify the ISS field for
5285the ESR syndrome. Other parts of the ESR, such as the EC are generated by the
5286CPU when the exception is taken. If this virtual SError is taken to EL1 using
5287AArch64, this value will be reported in the ISS field of ESR_ELx.
5288
5289See KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS for more details.
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52908.20 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SEND_IPI
5291
5292Architectures: x86
5293
5294This capability indicates that KVM supports paravirtualized Hyper-V IPI send
5295hypercalls:
5296HvCallSendSyntheticClusterIpi, HvCallSendSyntheticClusterIpiEx.