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authorJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>2010-02-15 04:45:43 -0500
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2010-04-25 05:39:10 -0400
commita1efbe77c1fd7c34a97a76a61520bf23fb3663f6 (patch)
treed2e42935b12867d1b0dcd9c78bb06f76c0c71078 /Documentation/kvm/api.txt
parent48005f64d0ea965d454e38b5181af4aba9bdef5b (diff)
KVM: x86: Add support for saving&restoring debug registers
So far user space was not able to save and restore debug registers for migration or after reset. Plug this hole. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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@@ -718,6 +718,37 @@ If KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW is available, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SHADOW can be set in
718the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and 718the flags field to signal that interrupt.shadow contains a valid state and
719shall be written into the VCPU. 719shall be written into the VCPU.
720 720
7214.32 KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS
722
723Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS
724Architectures: x86
725Type: vm ioctl
726Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (out)
727Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
728
729Reads debug registers from the vcpu.
730
731struct kvm_debugregs {
732 __u64 db[4];
733 __u64 dr6;
734 __u64 dr7;
735 __u64 flags;
736 __u64 reserved[9];
737};
738
7394.33 KVM_SET_DEBUGREGS
740
741Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS
742Architectures: x86
743Type: vm ioctl
744Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (in)
745Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
746
747Writes debug registers into the vcpu.
748
749See KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS for the data structure. The flags field is unused
750yet and must be cleared on entry.
751
721 752
7225. The kvm_run structure 7535. The kvm_run structure
723 754