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<title>linux-stable.git/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h, branch v4.11.8</title>
<subtitle>Linux kernel stable tree</subtitle>
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<entry>
<title>KVM: race-free exit from KVM_RUN without POSIX signals</title>
<updated>2017-02-17T11:27:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Bonzini</name>
<email>pbonzini@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-02-08T10:50:15+00:00</published>
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The purpose of the KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK API is to let userspace "kick"
a VCPU out of KVM_RUN through a POSIX signal.  A signal is attached
to a dummy signal handler; by blocking the signal outside KVM_RUN and
unblocking it inside, this possible race is closed:

          VCPU thread                     service thread
   --------------------------------------------------------------
        check flag
                                          set flag
                                          raise signal
        (signal handler does nothing)
        KVM_RUN

However, one issue with KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK is that it has to take
tsk-&gt;sighand-&gt;siglock on every KVM_RUN.  This lock is often on a
remote NUMA node, because it is on the node of a thread's creator.
Taking this lock can be very expensive if there are many userspace
exits (as is the case for SMP Windows VMs without Hyper-V reference
time counter).

As an alternative, we can put the flag directly in kvm_run so that
KVM can see it:

          VCPU thread                     service thread
   --------------------------------------------------------------
                                          raise signal
        signal handler
          set run-&gt;immediate_exit
        KVM_RUN
          check run-&gt;immediate_exit

Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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The purpose of the KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK API is to let userspace "kick"
a VCPU out of KVM_RUN through a POSIX signal.  A signal is attached
to a dummy signal handler; by blocking the signal outside KVM_RUN and
unblocking it inside, this possible race is closed:

          VCPU thread                     service thread
   --------------------------------------------------------------
        check flag
                                          set flag
                                          raise signal
        (signal handler does nothing)
        KVM_RUN

However, one issue with KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK is that it has to take
tsk-&gt;sighand-&gt;siglock on every KVM_RUN.  This lock is often on a
remote NUMA node, because it is on the node of a thread's creator.
Taking this lock can be very expensive if there are many userspace
exits (as is the case for SMP Windows VMs without Hyper-V reference
time counter).

As an alternative, we can put the flag directly in kvm_run so that
KVM can see it:

          VCPU thread                     service thread
   --------------------------------------------------------------
                                          raise signal
        signal handler
          set run-&gt;immediate_exit
        KVM_RUN
          check run-&gt;immediate_exit

Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand &lt;david@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: HPT resizing documentation and reserved numbers</title>
<updated>2017-01-31T10:58:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Gibson</name>
<email>david@gibson.dropbear.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2016-12-20T05:48:58+00:00</published>
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This adds a new powerpc-specific KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT capability to
advertise whether KVM is capable of handling the PAPR extensions for
resizing the hashed page table during guest runtime.  It also adds
definitions for two new VM ioctl()s to implement this extension, and
documentation of the same.

Note that, HPT resizing is already possible with KVM PR without kernel
modification, since the HPT is managed within userspace (qemu).  The
capability defined here will only be set where an in-kernel implementation
of resizing is necessary, i.e. for KVM HV.  To determine if the userspace
resize implementation can be used, it's necessary to check
KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB.  Unfortunately older kernels incorrectly set
KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB even with KVM PR.  If userspace it want to support
resizing with KVM PR on such kernels, it will need a workaround.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
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This adds a new powerpc-specific KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT capability to
advertise whether KVM is capable of handling the PAPR extensions for
resizing the hashed page table during guest runtime.  It also adds
definitions for two new VM ioctl()s to implement this extension, and
documentation of the same.

Note that, HPT resizing is already possible with KVM PR without kernel
modification, since the HPT is managed within userspace (qemu).  The
capability defined here will only be set where an in-kernel implementation
of resizing is necessary, i.e. for KVM HV.  To determine if the userspace
resize implementation can be used, it's necessary to check
KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB.  Unfortunately older kernels incorrectly set
KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB even with KVM PR.  If userspace it want to support
resizing with KVM PR on such kernels, it will need a workaround.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add userspace interfaces for POWER9 MMU</title>
<updated>2017-01-31T08:11:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Mackerras</name>
<email>paulus@ozlabs.org</email>
</author>
<published>2017-01-30T10:21:41+00:00</published>
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This adds two capabilities and two ioctls to allow userspace to
find out about and configure the POWER9 MMU in a guest.  The two
capabilities tell userspace whether KVM can support a guest using
the radix MMU, or using the hashed page table (HPT) MMU with a
process table and segment tables.  (Note that the MMUs in the
POWER9 processor cores do not use the process and segment tables
when in HPT mode, but the nest MMU does).

The KVM_PPC_CONFIGURE_V3_MMU ioctl allows userspace to specify
whether a guest will use the radix MMU or the HPT MMU, and to
specify the size and location (in guest space) of the process
table.

The KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO ioctl gives userspace information about
the radix MMU.  It returns a list of supported radix tree geometries
(base page size and number of bits indexed at each level of the
radix tree) and the encoding used to specify the various page
sizes for the TLB invalidate entry instruction.

Initially, both capabilities return 0 and the ioctls return -EINVAL,
until the necessary infrastructure for them to operate correctly
is added.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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This adds two capabilities and two ioctls to allow userspace to
find out about and configure the POWER9 MMU in a guest.  The two
capabilities tell userspace whether KVM can support a guest using
the radix MMU, or using the hashed page table (HPT) MMU with a
process table and segment tables.  (Note that the MMUs in the
POWER9 processor cores do not use the process and segment tables
when in HPT mode, but the nest MMU does).

The KVM_PPC_CONFIGURE_V3_MMU ioctl allows userspace to specify
whether a guest will use the radix MMU or the HPT MMU, and to
specify the size and location (in guest space) of the process
table.

The KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO ioctl gives userspace information about
the radix MMU.  It returns a list of supported radix tree geometries
(base page size and number of bits indexed at each level of the
radix tree) and the encoding used to specify the various page
sizes for the TLB invalidate entry instruction.

Initially, both capabilities return 0 and the ioctls return -EINVAL,
until the necessary infrastructure for them to operate correctly
is added.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm</title>
<updated>2016-12-13T23:47:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2016-12-13T23:47:02+00:00</published>
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Pull KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Small release, the most interesting stuff is x86 nested virt
  improvements.

  x86:
   - userspace can now hide nested VMX features from guests
   - nested VMX can now run Hyper-V in a guest
   - support for AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_FMAPS in KVM
   - infrastructure support for virtual Intel GPUs.

  PPC:
   - support for KVM guests on POWER9
   - improved support for interrupt polling
   - optimizations and cleanups.

  s390:
   - two small optimizations, more stuff is in flight and will be in
     4.11.

  ARM:
   - support for the GICv3 ITS on 32bit platforms"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (94 commits)
  arm64: KVM: pmu: Reset PMSELR_EL0.SEL to a sane value before entering the guest
  KVM: arm/arm64: timer: Check for properly initialized timer on init
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-v2: Limit ITARGETSR bits to number of VCPUs
  KVM: x86: Handle the kthread worker using the new API
  KVM: nVMX: invvpid handling improvements
  KVM: nVMX: check host CR3 on vmentry and vmexit
  KVM: nVMX: introduce nested_vmx_load_cr3 and call it on vmentry
  KVM: nVMX: propagate errors from prepare_vmcs02
  KVM: nVMX: fix CR3 load if L2 uses PAE paging and EPT
  KVM: nVMX: load GUEST_EFER after GUEST_CR0 during emulated VM-entry
  KVM: nVMX: generate MSR_IA32_CR{0,4}_FIXED1 from guest CPUID
  KVM: nVMX: fix checks on CR{0,4} during virtual VMX operation
  KVM: nVMX: support restore of VMX capability MSRs
  KVM: nVMX: generate non-true VMX MSRs based on true versions
  KVM: x86: Do not clear RFLAGS.TF when a singlestep trap occurs.
  KVM: x86: Add kvm_skip_emulated_instruction and use it.
  KVM: VMX: Move skip_emulated_instruction out of nested_vmx_check_vmcs12
  KVM: VMX: Reorder some skip_emulated_instruction calls
  KVM: x86: Add a return value to kvm_emulate_cpuid
  KVM: PPC: Book3S: Move prototypes for KVM functions into kvm_ppc.h
  ...
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<pre>
Pull KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Small release, the most interesting stuff is x86 nested virt
  improvements.

  x86:
   - userspace can now hide nested VMX features from guests
   - nested VMX can now run Hyper-V in a guest
   - support for AVX512_4VNNIW and AVX512_FMAPS in KVM
   - infrastructure support for virtual Intel GPUs.

  PPC:
   - support for KVM guests on POWER9
   - improved support for interrupt polling
   - optimizations and cleanups.

  s390:
   - two small optimizations, more stuff is in flight and will be in
     4.11.

  ARM:
   - support for the GICv3 ITS on 32bit platforms"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (94 commits)
  arm64: KVM: pmu: Reset PMSELR_EL0.SEL to a sane value before entering the guest
  KVM: arm/arm64: timer: Check for properly initialized timer on init
  KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-v2: Limit ITARGETSR bits to number of VCPUs
  KVM: x86: Handle the kthread worker using the new API
  KVM: nVMX: invvpid handling improvements
  KVM: nVMX: check host CR3 on vmentry and vmexit
  KVM: nVMX: introduce nested_vmx_load_cr3 and call it on vmentry
  KVM: nVMX: propagate errors from prepare_vmcs02
  KVM: nVMX: fix CR3 load if L2 uses PAE paging and EPT
  KVM: nVMX: load GUEST_EFER after GUEST_CR0 during emulated VM-entry
  KVM: nVMX: generate MSR_IA32_CR{0,4}_FIXED1 from guest CPUID
  KVM: nVMX: fix checks on CR{0,4} during virtual VMX operation
  KVM: nVMX: support restore of VMX capability MSRs
  KVM: nVMX: generate non-true VMX MSRs based on true versions
  KVM: x86: Do not clear RFLAGS.TF when a singlestep trap occurs.
  KVM: x86: Add kvm_skip_emulated_instruction and use it.
  KVM: VMX: Move skip_emulated_instruction out of nested_vmx_check_vmcs12
  KVM: VMX: Reorder some skip_emulated_instruction calls
  KVM: x86: Add a return value to kvm_emulate_cpuid
  KVM: PPC: Book3S: Move prototypes for KVM functions into kvm_ppc.h
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: PPC: Move KVM_PPC_PVINFO_FLAGS_EV_IDLE definition next to its structure</title>
<updated>2016-11-24T03:22:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>David Gibson</name>
<email>david@gibson.dropbear.id.au</email>
</author>
<published>2016-11-23T05:14:06+00:00</published>
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The KVM_PPC_PVINFO_FLAGS_EV_IDLE macro defines a bit for use in the flags
field of struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo.  However, changes since that was introduced
have moved it away from that structure definition, which is confusing.

Move it back next to the structure it belongs with.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
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The KVM_PPC_PVINFO_FLAGS_EV_IDLE macro defines a bit for use in the flags
field of struct kvm_ppc_pvinfo.  However, changes since that was introduced
have moved it away from that structure definition, which is confusing.

Move it back next to the structure it belongs with.

Signed-off-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@ozlabs.org&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>kvm: kvmclock: let KVM_GET_CLOCK return whether the master clock is in use</title>
<updated>2016-11-19T18:04:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Bonzini</name>
<email>pbonzini@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-11-09T16:48:15+00:00</published>
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Userspace can read the exact value of kvmclock by reading the TSC
and fetching the timekeeping parameters out of guest memory.  This
however is brittle and not necessary anymore with KVM 4.11.  Provide
a mechanism that lets userspace know if the new KVM_GET_CLOCK
semantics are in effect, and---since we are at it---if the clock
is stable across all VCPUs.

Cc: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti &lt;mtosatti@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
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Userspace can read the exact value of kvmclock by reading the TSC
and fetching the timekeeping parameters out of guest memory.  This
however is brittle and not necessary anymore with KVM 4.11.  Provide
a mechanism that lets userspace know if the new KVM_GET_CLOCK
semantics are in effect, and---since we are at it---if the clock
is stable across all VCPUs.

Cc: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti &lt;mtosatti@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-4.8-take2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into HEAD</title>
<updated>2016-08-04T11:59:56+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paolo Bonzini</name>
<email>pbonzini@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-08-04T11:59:56+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
KVM/ARM Changes for v4.8 - Take 2

Includes GSI routing support to go along with the new VGIC and a small fix that
has been cooking in -next for a while.
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KVM/ARM Changes for v4.8 - Take 2

Includes GSI routing support to go along with the new VGIC and a small fix that
has been cooking in -next for a while.
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: PPC: Introduce KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM</title>
<updated>2016-08-01T17:42:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sam Bobroff</name>
<email>sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-07-20T03:41:36+00:00</published>
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Introduce a new KVM capability, KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM, that can be queried to
determine if a PowerPC KVM guest should use HTM (Hardware Transactional
Memory).

This will be used by QEMU to populate the pa-features bits in the
guest's device tree.

Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff &lt;sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
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Introduce a new KVM capability, KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM, that can be queried to
determine if a PowerPC KVM guest should use HTM (Hardware Transactional
Memory).

This will be used by QEMU to populate the pa-features bits in the
guest's device tree.

Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff &lt;sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: David Gibson &lt;david@gibson.dropbear.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini &lt;pbonzini@redhat.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-4.8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into next</title>
<updated>2016-07-22T18:27:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Radim Krčmář</name>
<email>rkrcmar@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-07-22T18:27:26+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=912902ce78b0d48f717f9128e61fb9bffbd65f86'/>
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<content type='text'>
KVM/ARM changes for Linux 4.8

- GICv3 ITS emulation
- Simpler idmap management that fixes potential TLB conflicts
- Honor the kernel protection in HYP mode
- Removal of the old vgic implementation
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KVM/ARM changes for Linux 4.8

- GICv3 ITS emulation
- Simpler idmap management that fixes potential TLB conflicts
- Honor the kernel protection in HYP mode
- Removal of the old vgic implementation
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>KVM: api: Pass the devid in the msi routing entry</title>
<updated>2016-07-22T17:51:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Auger</name>
<email>eric.auger@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-07-22T16:20:37+00:00</published>
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On ARM, the MSI msg (address and data) comes along with
out-of-band device ID information. The device ID encodes the
device that writes the MSI msg. Let's convey the device id in
kvm_irq_routing_msi and use KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag value in
kvm_irq_routing_entry to indicate the msi devid is populated.

Signed-off-by: Eric Auger &lt;eric.auger@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara &lt;andre.przywara@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
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On ARM, the MSI msg (address and data) comes along with
out-of-band device ID information. The device ID encodes the
device that writes the MSI msg. Let's convey the device id in
kvm_irq_routing_msi and use KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID flag value in
kvm_irq_routing_entry to indicate the msi devid is populated.

Signed-off-by: Eric Auger &lt;eric.auger@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Andre Przywara &lt;andre.przywara@arm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Radim Krčmář &lt;rkrcmar@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;marc.zyngier@arm.com&gt;
</pre>
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