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authorRadim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>2016-07-12 22:09:27 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2016-07-14 09:03:57 +0200
commit3713131345fbea291cbd859d248e06ed77815962 (patch)
treefb712d5c0b49b53984a3b01d0df29c7dfee62e4e /Documentation/virtual
parentc63cf538eb4bf6a5ffd3750366d8d56f023645a5 (diff)
downloadlinux-next-3713131345fbea291cbd859d248e06ed77815962.tar.gz
KVM: x86: add KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API
KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is a capability for features related to x2APIC enablement. KVM_X2APIC_API_32BIT_FORMAT feature can be enabled to extend APIC ID in get/set ioctl and MSI addresses to 32 bits. Both are needed to support x2APIC. The feature has to be enableable and disabled by default, because get/set ioctl shifted and truncated APIC ID to 8 bits by using a non-standard protocol inspired by xAPIC and the change is not backward-compatible. Changes to MSI addresses follow the format used by interrupt remapping unit. The upper address word, that used to be 0, contains upper 24 bits of the LAPIC address in its upper 24 bits. Lower 8 bits are reserved as 0. Using the upper address word is not backward-compatible either as we didn't check that userspace zeroed the word. Reserved bits are still not explicitly checked, but non-zero data will affect LAPIC addresses, which will cause a bug. Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 09efa9eb3926..e34e51fa28b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1482,6 +1482,11 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_msi {
__u32 pad;
};
+On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS
+feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled,
+address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the destination id. Bits 7-0 of
+address_hi must be zero.
+
struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter {
__u64 ind_addr;
__u64 summary_addr;
@@ -1583,6 +1588,17 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state {
Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument. The
data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
+If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is
+enabled, then the format of APIC_ID register depends on the APIC mode
+(reported by MSR_IA32_APICBASE) of its VCPU. x2APIC stores APIC ID in
+the APIC_ID register (bytes 32-35). xAPIC only allows an 8-bit APIC ID
+which is stored in bits 31-24 of the APIC register, or equivalently in
+byte 35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's regs field. KVM_GET_LAPIC must then
+be called after MSR_IA32_APICBASE has been set with KVM_SET_MSR.
+
+If KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature is disabled, struct kvm_lapic_state
+always uses xAPIC format.
+
4.58 KVM_SET_LAPIC
@@ -1600,6 +1616,10 @@ struct kvm_lapic_state {
Copies the input argument into the Local APIC registers. The data format
and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
+The format of the APIC ID register (bytes 32-35 of struct kvm_lapic_state's
+regs field) depends on the state of the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability.
+See the note in KVM_GET_LAPIC.
+
4.59 KVM_IOEVENTFD
@@ -2180,6 +2200,10 @@ struct kvm_msi {
No flags are defined so far. The corresponding field must be 0.
+On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is
+enabled. If it is enabled, address_hi bits 31-8 provide bits 31-8 of the
+destination id. Bits 7-0 of address_hi must be zero.
+
4.71 KVM_CREATE_PIT2
@@ -3811,6 +3835,23 @@ Allows use of runtime-instrumentation introduced with zEC12 processor.
Will return -EINVAL if the machine does not support runtime-instrumentation.
Will return -EBUSY if a VCPU has already been created.
+7.7 KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API
+
+Architectures: x86
+Parameters: args[0] - features that should be enabled
+Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid features
+
+Valid feature flags in args[0] are
+
+#define KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS (1ULL << 0)
+
+Enabling KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS changes the behavior of
+KVM_SET_GSI_ROUTING, KVM_SIGNAL_MSI, KVM_SET_LAPIC, and KVM_GET_LAPIC,
+allowing the use of 32-bit APIC IDs. See KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API in their
+respective sections.
+
+
+
8. Other capabilities.
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