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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-10 09:57:11 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-01-10 09:57:11 -0800
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Merge branch 'kvm-updates/3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
* 'kvm-updates/3.3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (74 commits)
  KVM: PPC: Whitespace fix for kvm.h
  KVM: Fix whitespace in kvm_para.h
  KVM: PPC: annotate kvm_rma_init as __init
  KVM: x86 emulator: implement RDPMC (0F 33)
  KVM: x86 emulator: fix RDPMC privilege check
  KVM: Expose the architectural performance monitoring CPUID leaf
  KVM: VMX: Intercept RDPMC
  KVM: SVM: Intercept RDPMC
  KVM: Add generic RDPMC support
  KVM: Expose a version 2 architectural PMU to a guests
  KVM: Expose kvm_lapic_local_deliver()
  KVM: x86 emulator: Use opcode::execute for Group 9 instruction
  KVM: x86 emulator: Use opcode::execute for Group 4/5 instructions
  KVM: x86 emulator: Use opcode::execute for Group 1A instruction
  KVM: ensure that debugfs entries have been created
  KVM: drop bsp_vcpu pointer from kvm struct
  KVM: x86: Consolidate PIT legacy test
  KVM: x86: Do not rely on implicit inclusions
  KVM: Make KVM_INTEL depend on CPU_SUP_INTEL
  KVM: Use memdup_user instead of kmalloc/copy_from_user
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt9
-rw-r--r--Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt3
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt25
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index 284b44259750..5575759b84ee 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -350,15 +350,6 @@ Who: 	anybody or Florian Mickler <florian@mickler.org>
 
 ----------------------------
 
-What:	KVM paravirt mmu host support
-When:	January 2011
-Why:	The paravirt mmu host support is slower than non-paravirt mmu, both
-	on newer and older hardware.  It is already not exposed to the guest,
-	and kept only for live migration purposes.
-Who:	Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
-
-----------------------------
-
 What:	iwlwifi 50XX module parameters
 When:	3.0
 Why:	The "..50" modules parameters were used to configure 5000 series and
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7b2e5c5eefa6..e69a461a06c2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1178,9 +1178,6 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
 			Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
 
-	kvm.oos_shadow=	[KVM] Disable out-of-sync shadow paging.
-			Default is 1 (enabled)
-
 	kvm.mmu_audit=	[KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
 			KVM MMU at runtime.
 			Default is 0 (off)
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index e2a4b5287361..e1d94bf4056e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1466,6 +1466,31 @@ is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have
 an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it,
 because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility.
 
+4.64 KVM_NMI
+
+Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_NMI
+Architectures: x86
+Type: vcpu ioctl
+Parameters: none
+Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+
+Queues an NMI on the thread's vcpu.  Note this is well defined only
+when KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP has not been called, since this is an interface
+between the virtual cpu core and virtual local APIC.  After KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP
+has been called, this interface is completely emulated within the kernel.
+
+To use this to emulate the LINT1 input with KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, use the
+following algorithm:
+
+  - pause the vpcu
+  - read the local APIC's state (KVM_GET_LAPIC)
+  - check whether changing LINT1 will queue an NMI (see the LVT entry for LINT1)
+  - if so, issue KVM_NMI
+  - resume the vcpu
+
+Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in
+debugging.
+
 5. The kvm_run structure
 
 Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by