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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC V8 17/17] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls and features used for PV spinlock
On 05/30/2012 05:24 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2012-05-02 12:09, Raghavendra K T wrote:
>> From: Raghavendra K T<raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> KVM_HC_KICK_CPU hypercall added to wakeup halted vcpu in paravirtual spinlock
>> enabled guest.
>>
>> KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT enables guest to check whether pv spinlock can be enabled
>> in guest.
>>
>> Thanks Alex for KVM_HC_FEATURES inputs and Vatsa for rewriting KVM_HC_KICK_CPU
>
> This contains valuable documentation for features that are already
> supported. Can you break them out and post as separate patch already?
> One comment on them below.
>

That sounds like a good idea. Sure, will do that.

>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri<vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T<raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>> Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 4 ++
>> Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> index 8820685..062dff9 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2 || 3 || kvmclock available at msrs
>> KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF || 4 || async pf can be enabled by
>> || || writing to msr 0x4b564d02
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> +KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT || 6 || guest checks this feature bit
>> + || || before enabling paravirtualized
>> + || || spinlock support.
>> +------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT || 24 || host will warn if no guest-side
>> || || per-cpu warps are expected in
>> || || kvmclock.
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..bc3f14a
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
>> +KVM Hypercalls Documentation
>> +===========================
>> +The template for each hypercall is:
>> +1. Hypercall name, value.
>> +2. Architecture(s)
>> +3. Status (deprecated, obsolete, active)
>> +4. Purpose
>> +
>> +1. KVM_HC_VAPIC_POLL_IRQ
>> +------------------------
>> +Value: 1
>> +Architecture: x86
>> +Purpose: None
>
> Purpose: Trigger guest exit so that the host can check for pending
> interrupts on reentry.

will add fold this and resend.

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