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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-12-04 11:08:30 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-12-04 11:08:30 -0800
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Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm
Pull more KVM updates from Paolo Bonzini:

 - PPC secure guest support

 - small x86 cleanup

 - fix for an x86-specific out-of-bounds write on a ioctl (not guest
   triggerable, data not attacker-controlled)

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm:
  kvm: vmx: Stop wasting a page for guest_msrs
  KVM: x86: fix out-of-bounds write in KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID (CVE-2019-19332)
  Documentation: kvm: Fix mention to number of ioctls classes
  powerpc: Ultravisor: Add PPC_UV config option
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Support reset of secure guest
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Handle memory plug/unplug to secure VM
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Radix changes for secure guest
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Shared pages support for secure guests
  KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Support for running secure guests
  mm: ksm: Export ksm_madvise()
  KVM x86: Move kvm cpuid support out of svm
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt20
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
index 49183add44e7..ebb37b34dcfc 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation
 ----------------------
 
 The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects
-of a virtual machine.  The ioctls belong to three classes:
+of a virtual machine.  The ioctls belong to the following classes:
 
  - System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the
    whole kvm subsystem.  In addition a system ioctl is used to create
@@ -4149,6 +4149,24 @@ Valid values for 'action':
 #define KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW 0
 #define KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY 1
 
+4.121 KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF
+
+Capability: basic
+Architectures: powerpc
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: none
+Returns: 0 on successful completion,
+Errors:
+  EINVAL:    if ultravisor failed to terminate the secure guest
+  ENOMEM:    if hypervisor failed to allocate new radix page tables for guest
+
+This ioctl is used to turn off the secure mode of the guest or transition
+the guest from secure mode to normal mode. This is invoked when the guest
+is reset. This has no effect if called for a normal guest.
+
+This ioctl issues an ultravisor call to terminate the secure guest,
+unpins the VPA pages and releases all the device pages that are used to
+track the secure pages by hypervisor.
 
 5. The kvm_run structure
 ------------------------