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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt179
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt18
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt34
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/nested-vmx.txt251
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt8
5 files changed, 479 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 42542eb802c..13ab8379b4e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() to determine the value for max_vcpus at run-time.
180If the KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpus is 4 180If the KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS does not exist, you should assume that max_vcpus is 4
181cpus max. 181cpus max.
182 182
183On powerpc using book3s_hv mode, the vcpus are mapped onto virtual
184threads in one or more virtual CPU cores. (This is because the
185hardware requires all the hardware threads in a CPU core to be in the
186same partition.) The KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT capability indicates the number
187of vcpus per virtual core (vcore). The vcore id is obtained by
188dividing the vcpu id by the number of vcpus per vcore. The vcpus in a
189given vcore will always be in the same physical core as each other
190(though that might be a different physical core from time to time).
191Userspace can control the threading (SMT) mode of the guest by its
192allocation of vcpu ids. For example, if userspace wants
193single-threaded guest vcpus, it should make all vcpu ids be a multiple
194of the number of vcpus per vcore.
195
1834.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) 1964.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl)
184 197
185Capability: basic 198Capability: basic
@@ -1118,6 +1131,13 @@ following flags are specified:
1118/* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */ 1131/* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */
1119#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0) 1132#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0)
1120 1133
1134The KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU flag is a mandatory option to ensure
1135isolation of the device. Usages not specifying this flag are deprecated.
1136
1137Only PCI header type 0 devices with PCI BAR resources are supported by
1138device assignment. The user requesting this ioctl must have read/write
1139access to the PCI sysfs resource files associated with the device.
1140
11214.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE 11414.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE
1122 1142
1123Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT 1143Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT
@@ -1143,15 +1163,10 @@ Assigns an IRQ to a passed-through device.
1143 1163
1144struct kvm_assigned_irq { 1164struct kvm_assigned_irq {
1145 __u32 assigned_dev_id; 1165 __u32 assigned_dev_id;
1146 __u32 host_irq; 1166 __u32 host_irq; /* ignored (legacy field) */
1147 __u32 guest_irq; 1167 __u32 guest_irq;
1148 __u32 flags; 1168 __u32 flags;
1149 union { 1169 union {
1150 struct {
1151 __u32 addr_lo;
1152 __u32 addr_hi;
1153 __u32 data;
1154 } guest_msi;
1155 __u32 reserved[12]; 1170 __u32 reserved[12];
1156 }; 1171 };
1157}; 1172};
@@ -1239,8 +1254,10 @@ Type: vm ioctl
1239Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr (in) 1254Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr (in)
1240Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error 1255Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1241 1256
1242Set the number of MSI-X interrupts for an assigned device. This service can 1257Set the number of MSI-X interrupts for an assigned device. The number is
1243only be called once in the lifetime of an assigned device. 1258reset again by terminating the MSI-X assignment of the device via
1259KVM_DEASSIGN_DEV_IRQ. Calling this service more than once at any earlier
1260point will fail.
1244 1261
1245struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr { 1262struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr {
1246 __u32 assigned_dev_id; 1263 __u32 assigned_dev_id;
@@ -1291,6 +1308,135 @@ Returns the tsc frequency of the guest. The unit of the return value is
1291KHz. If the host has unstable tsc this ioctl returns -EIO instead as an 1308KHz. If the host has unstable tsc this ioctl returns -EIO instead as an
1292error. 1309error.
1293 1310
13114.56 KVM_GET_LAPIC
1312
1313Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
1314Architectures: x86
1315Type: vcpu ioctl
1316Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (out)
1317Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1318
1319#define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400
1320struct kvm_lapic_state {
1321 char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE];
1322};
1323
1324Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument. The
1325data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
1326
13274.57 KVM_SET_LAPIC
1328
1329Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
1330Architectures: x86
1331Type: vcpu ioctl
1332Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (in)
1333Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
1334
1335#define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400
1336struct kvm_lapic_state {
1337 char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE];
1338};
1339
1340Copies the input argument into the the Local APIC registers. The data format
1341and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.
1342
13434.58 KVM_IOEVENTFD
1344
1345Capability: KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD
1346Architectures: all
1347Type: vm ioctl
1348Parameters: struct kvm_ioeventfd (in)
1349Returns: 0 on success, !0 on error
1350
1351This ioctl attaches or detaches an ioeventfd to a legal pio/mmio address
1352within the guest. A guest write in the registered address will signal the
1353provided event instead of triggering an exit.
1354
1355struct kvm_ioeventfd {
1356 __u64 datamatch;
1357 __u64 addr; /* legal pio/mmio address */
1358 __u32 len; /* 1, 2, 4, or 8 bytes */
1359 __s32 fd;
1360 __u32 flags;
1361 __u8 pad[36];
1362};
1363
1364The following flags are defined:
1365
1366#define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DATAMATCH (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_datamatch)
1367#define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_PIO (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_pio)
1368#define KVM_IOEVENTFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN (1 << kvm_ioeventfd_flag_nr_deassign)
1369
1370If datamatch flag is set, the event will be signaled only if the written value
1371to the registered address is equal to datamatch in struct kvm_ioeventfd.
1372
13734.62 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE
1374
1375Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE
1376Architectures: powerpc
1377Type: vm ioctl
1378Parameters: struct kvm_create_spapr_tce (in)
1379Returns: file descriptor for manipulating the created TCE table
1380
1381This creates a virtual TCE (translation control entry) table, which
1382is an IOMMU for PAPR-style virtual I/O. It is used to translate
1383logical addresses used in virtual I/O into guest physical addresses,
1384and provides a scatter/gather capability for PAPR virtual I/O.
1385
1386/* for KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE */
1387struct kvm_create_spapr_tce {
1388 __u64 liobn;
1389 __u32 window_size;
1390};
1391
1392The liobn field gives the logical IO bus number for which to create a
1393TCE table. The window_size field specifies the size of the DMA window
1394which this TCE table will translate - the table will contain one 64
1395bit TCE entry for every 4kiB of the DMA window.
1396
1397When the guest issues an H_PUT_TCE hcall on a liobn for which a TCE
1398table has been created using this ioctl(), the kernel will handle it
1399in real mode, updating the TCE table. H_PUT_TCE calls for other
1400liobns will cause a vm exit and must be handled by userspace.
1401
1402The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2)
1403to map the created TCE table into userspace. This lets userspace read
1404the entries written by kernel-handled H_PUT_TCE calls, and also lets
1405userspace update the TCE table directly which is useful in some
1406circumstances.
1407
14084.63 KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA
1409
1410Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA
1411Architectures: powerpc
1412Type: vm ioctl
1413Parameters: struct kvm_allocate_rma (out)
1414Returns: file descriptor for mapping the allocated RMA
1415
1416This allocates a Real Mode Area (RMA) from the pool allocated at boot
1417time by the kernel. An RMA is a physically-contiguous, aligned region
1418of memory used on older POWER processors to provide the memory which
1419will be accessed by real-mode (MMU off) accesses in a KVM guest.
1420POWER processors support a set of sizes for the RMA that usually
1421includes 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and some larger powers of two.
1422
1423/* for KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA */
1424struct kvm_allocate_rma {
1425 __u64 rma_size;
1426};
1427
1428The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2)
1429to map the allocated RMA into userspace. The mapped area can then be
1430passed to the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl to establish it as the
1431RMA for a virtual machine. The size of the RMA in bytes (which is
1432fixed at host kernel boot time) is returned in the rma_size field of
1433the argument structure.
1434
1435The KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA capability is 1 or 2 if the KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA ioctl
1436is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have
1437an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it,
1438because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility.
1439
12945. The kvm_run structure 14405. The kvm_run structure
1295 1441
1296Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by 1442Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by
@@ -1473,6 +1619,23 @@ Userspace can now handle the hypercall and when it's done modify the gprs as
1473necessary. Upon guest entry all guest GPRs will then be replaced by the values 1619necessary. Upon guest entry all guest GPRs will then be replaced by the values
1474in this struct. 1620in this struct.
1475 1621
1622 /* KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL */
1623 struct {
1624 __u64 nr;
1625 __u64 ret;
1626 __u64 args[9];
1627 } papr_hcall;
1628
1629This is used on 64-bit PowerPC when emulating a pSeries partition,
1630e.g. with the 'pseries' machine type in qemu. It occurs when the
1631guest does a hypercall using the 'sc 1' instruction. The 'nr' field
1632contains the hypercall number (from the guest R3), and 'args' contains
1633the arguments (from the guest R4 - R12). Userspace should put the
1634return code in 'ret' and any extra returned values in args[].
1635The possible hypercalls are defined in the Power Architecture Platform
1636Requirements (PAPR) document available from www.power.org (free
1637developer registration required to access it).
1638
1476 /* Fix the size of the union. */ 1639 /* Fix the size of the union. */
1477 char padding[256]; 1640 char padding[256];
1478 }; 1641 };
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
index f46aa58389c..5dc972c09b5 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/mmu.txt
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
165 Contains the value of efer.nxe for which the page is valid. 165 Contains the value of efer.nxe for which the page is valid.
166 role.cr0_wp: 166 role.cr0_wp:
167 Contains the value of cr0.wp for which the page is valid. 167 Contains the value of cr0.wp for which the page is valid.
168 role.smep_andnot_wp:
169 Contains the value of cr4.smep && !cr0.wp for which the page is valid
170 (pages for which this is true are different from other pages; see the
171 treatment of cr0.wp=0 below).
168 gfn: 172 gfn:
169 Either the guest page table containing the translations shadowed by this 173 Either the guest page table containing the translations shadowed by this
170 page, or the base page frame for linear translations. See role.direct. 174 page, or the base page frame for linear translations. See role.direct.
@@ -317,6 +321,20 @@ on fault type:
317 321
318(user write faults generate a #PF) 322(user write faults generate a #PF)
319 323
324In the first case there is an additional complication if CR4.SMEP is
325enabled: since we've turned the page into a kernel page, the kernel may now
326execute it. We handle this by also setting spte.nx. If we get a user
327fetch or read fault, we'll change spte.u=1 and spte.nx=gpte.nx back.
328
329To prevent an spte that was converted into a kernel page with cr0.wp=0
330from being written by the kernel after cr0.wp has changed to 1, we make
331the value of cr0.wp part of the page role. This means that an spte created
332with one value of cr0.wp cannot be used when cr0.wp has a different value -
333it will simply be missed by the shadow page lookup code. A similar issue
334exists when an spte created with cr0.wp=0 and cr4.smep=0 is used after
335changing cr4.smep to 1. To avoid this, the value of !cr0.wp && cr4.smep
336is also made a part of the page role.
337
320Large pages 338Large pages
321=========== 339===========
322 340
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
index d079aed27e0..50317809113 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
@@ -185,3 +185,37 @@ MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN: 0x4b564d02
185 185
186 Currently type 2 APF will be always delivered on the same vcpu as 186 Currently type 2 APF will be always delivered on the same vcpu as
187 type 1 was, but guest should not rely on that. 187 type 1 was, but guest should not rely on that.
188
189MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME: 0x4b564d03
190
191 data: 64-byte alignment physical address of a memory area which must be
192 in guest RAM, plus an enable bit in bit 0. This memory is expected to
193 hold a copy of the following structure:
194
195 struct kvm_steal_time {
196 __u64 steal;
197 __u32 version;
198 __u32 flags;
199 __u32 pad[12];
200 }
201
202 whose data will be filled in by the hypervisor periodically. Only one
203 write, or registration, is needed for each VCPU. The interval between
204 updates of this structure is arbitrary and implementation-dependent.
205 The hypervisor may update this structure at any time it sees fit until
206 anything with bit0 == 0 is written to it. Guest is required to make sure
207 this structure is initialized to zero.
208
209 Fields have the following meanings:
210
211 version: a sequence counter. In other words, guest has to check
212 this field before and after grabbing time information and make
213 sure they are both equal and even. An odd version indicates an
214 in-progress update.
215
216 flags: At this point, always zero. May be used to indicate
217 changes in this structure in the future.
218
219 steal: the amount of time in which this vCPU did not run, in
220 nanoseconds. Time during which the vcpu is idle, will not be
221 reported as steal time.
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/nested-vmx.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/nested-vmx.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ed937de116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/nested-vmx.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
1Nested VMX
2==========
3
4Overview
5---------
6
7On Intel processors, KVM uses Intel's VMX (Virtual-Machine eXtensions)
8to easily and efficiently run guest operating systems. Normally, these guests
9*cannot* themselves be hypervisors running their own guests, because in VMX,
10guests cannot use VMX instructions.
11
12The "Nested VMX" feature adds this missing capability - of running guest
13hypervisors (which use VMX) with their own nested guests. It does so by
14allowing a guest to use VMX instructions, and correctly and efficiently
15emulating them using the single level of VMX available in the hardware.
16
17We describe in much greater detail the theory behind the nested VMX feature,
18its implementation and its performance characteristics, in the OSDI 2010 paper
19"The Turtles Project: Design and Implementation of Nested Virtualization",
20available at:
21
22 http://www.usenix.org/events/osdi10/tech/full_papers/Ben-Yehuda.pdf
23
24
25Terminology
26-----------
27
28Single-level virtualization has two levels - the host (KVM) and the guests.
29In nested virtualization, we have three levels: The host (KVM), which we call
30L0, the guest hypervisor, which we call L1, and its nested guest, which we
31call L2.
32
33
34Known limitations
35-----------------
36
37The current code supports running Linux guests under KVM guests.
38Only 64-bit guest hypervisors are supported.
39
40Additional patches for running Windows under guest KVM, and Linux under
41guest VMware server, and support for nested EPT, are currently running in
42the lab, and will be sent as follow-on patchsets.
43
44
45Running nested VMX
46------------------
47
48The nested VMX feature is disabled by default. It can be enabled by giving
49the "nested=1" option to the kvm-intel module.
50
51No modifications are required to user space (qemu). However, qemu's default
52emulated CPU type (qemu64) does not list the "VMX" CPU feature, so it must be
53explicitly enabled, by giving qemu one of the following options:
54
55 -cpu host (emulated CPU has all features of the real CPU)
56
57 -cpu qemu64,+vmx (add just the vmx feature to a named CPU type)
58
59
60ABIs
61----
62
63Nested VMX aims to present a standard and (eventually) fully-functional VMX
64implementation for the a guest hypervisor to use. As such, the official
65specification of the ABI that it provides is Intel's VMX specification,
66namely volume 3B of their "Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software
67Developer's Manual". Not all of VMX's features are currently fully supported,
68but the goal is to eventually support them all, starting with the VMX features
69which are used in practice by popular hypervisors (KVM and others).
70
71As a VMX implementation, nested VMX presents a VMCS structure to L1.
72As mandated by the spec, other than the two fields revision_id and abort,
73this structure is *opaque* to its user, who is not supposed to know or care
74about its internal structure. Rather, the structure is accessed through the
75VMREAD and VMWRITE instructions.
76Still, for debugging purposes, KVM developers might be interested to know the
77internals of this structure; This is struct vmcs12 from arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c.
78
79The name "vmcs12" refers to the VMCS that L1 builds for L2. In the code we
80also have "vmcs01", the VMCS that L0 built for L1, and "vmcs02" is the VMCS
81which L0 builds to actually run L2 - how this is done is explained in the
82aforementioned paper.
83
84For convenience, we repeat the content of struct vmcs12 here. If the internals
85of this structure changes, this can break live migration across KVM versions.
86VMCS12_REVISION (from vmx.c) should be changed if struct vmcs12 or its inner
87struct shadow_vmcs is ever changed.
88
89 typedef u64 natural_width;
90 struct __packed vmcs12 {
91 /* According to the Intel spec, a VMCS region must start with
92 * these two user-visible fields */
93 u32 revision_id;
94 u32 abort;
95
96 u32 launch_state; /* set to 0 by VMCLEAR, to 1 by VMLAUNCH */
97 u32 padding[7]; /* room for future expansion */
98
99 u64 io_bitmap_a;
100 u64 io_bitmap_b;
101 u64 msr_bitmap;
102 u64 vm_exit_msr_store_addr;
103 u64 vm_exit_msr_load_addr;
104 u64 vm_entry_msr_load_addr;
105 u64 tsc_offset;
106 u64 virtual_apic_page_addr;
107 u64 apic_access_addr;
108 u64 ept_pointer;
109 u64 guest_physical_address;
110 u64 vmcs_link_pointer;
111 u64 guest_ia32_debugctl;
112 u64 guest_ia32_pat;
113 u64 guest_ia32_efer;
114 u64 guest_pdptr0;
115 u64 guest_pdptr1;
116 u64 guest_pdptr2;
117 u64 guest_pdptr3;
118 u64 host_ia32_pat;
119 u64 host_ia32_efer;
120 u64 padding64[8]; /* room for future expansion */
121 natural_width cr0_guest_host_mask;
122 natural_width cr4_guest_host_mask;
123 natural_width cr0_read_shadow;
124 natural_width cr4_read_shadow;
125 natural_width cr3_target_value0;
126 natural_width cr3_target_value1;
127 natural_width cr3_target_value2;
128 natural_width cr3_target_value3;
129 natural_width exit_qualification;
130 natural_width guest_linear_address;
131 natural_width guest_cr0;
132 natural_width guest_cr3;
133 natural_width guest_cr4;
134 natural_width guest_es_base;
135 natural_width guest_cs_base;
136 natural_width guest_ss_base;
137 natural_width guest_ds_base;
138 natural_width guest_fs_base;
139 natural_width guest_gs_base;
140 natural_width guest_ldtr_base;
141 natural_width guest_tr_base;
142 natural_width guest_gdtr_base;
143 natural_width guest_idtr_base;
144 natural_width guest_dr7;
145 natural_width guest_rsp;
146 natural_width guest_rip;
147 natural_width guest_rflags;
148 natural_width guest_pending_dbg_exceptions;
149 natural_width guest_sysenter_esp;
150 natural_width guest_sysenter_eip;
151 natural_width host_cr0;
152 natural_width host_cr3;
153 natural_width host_cr4;
154 natural_width host_fs_base;
155 natural_width host_gs_base;
156 natural_width host_tr_base;
157 natural_width host_gdtr_base;
158 natural_width host_idtr_base;
159 natural_width host_ia32_sysenter_esp;
160 natural_width host_ia32_sysenter_eip;
161 natural_width host_rsp;
162 natural_width host_rip;
163 natural_width paddingl[8]; /* room for future expansion */
164 u32 pin_based_vm_exec_control;
165 u32 cpu_based_vm_exec_control;
166 u32 exception_bitmap;
167 u32 page_fault_error_code_mask;
168 u32 page_fault_error_code_match;
169 u32 cr3_target_count;
170 u32 vm_exit_controls;
171 u32 vm_exit_msr_store_count;
172 u32 vm_exit_msr_load_count;
173 u32 vm_entry_controls;
174 u32 vm_entry_msr_load_count;
175 u32 vm_entry_intr_info_field;
176 u32 vm_entry_exception_error_code;
177 u32 vm_entry_instruction_len;
178 u32 tpr_threshold;
179 u32 secondary_vm_exec_control;
180 u32 vm_instruction_error;
181 u32 vm_exit_reason;
182 u32 vm_exit_intr_info;
183 u32 vm_exit_intr_error_code;
184 u32 idt_vectoring_info_field;
185 u32 idt_vectoring_error_code;
186 u32 vm_exit_instruction_len;
187 u32 vmx_instruction_info;
188 u32 guest_es_limit;
189 u32 guest_cs_limit;
190 u32 guest_ss_limit;
191 u32 guest_ds_limit;
192 u32 guest_fs_limit;
193 u32 guest_gs_limit;
194 u32 guest_ldtr_limit;
195 u32 guest_tr_limit;
196 u32 guest_gdtr_limit;
197 u32 guest_idtr_limit;
198 u32 guest_es_ar_bytes;
199 u32 guest_cs_ar_bytes;
200 u32 guest_ss_ar_bytes;
201 u32 guest_ds_ar_bytes;
202 u32 guest_fs_ar_bytes;
203 u32 guest_gs_ar_bytes;
204 u32 guest_ldtr_ar_bytes;
205 u32 guest_tr_ar_bytes;
206 u32 guest_interruptibility_info;
207 u32 guest_activity_state;
208 u32 guest_sysenter_cs;
209 u32 host_ia32_sysenter_cs;
210 u32 padding32[8]; /* room for future expansion */
211 u16 virtual_processor_id;
212 u16 guest_es_selector;
213 u16 guest_cs_selector;
214 u16 guest_ss_selector;
215 u16 guest_ds_selector;
216 u16 guest_fs_selector;
217 u16 guest_gs_selector;
218 u16 guest_ldtr_selector;
219 u16 guest_tr_selector;
220 u16 host_es_selector;
221 u16 host_cs_selector;
222 u16 host_ss_selector;
223 u16 host_ds_selector;
224 u16 host_fs_selector;
225 u16 host_gs_selector;
226 u16 host_tr_selector;
227 };
228
229
230Authors
231-------
232
233These patches were written by:
234 Abel Gordon, abelg <at> il.ibm.com
235 Nadav Har'El, nyh <at> il.ibm.com
236 Orit Wasserman, oritw <at> il.ibm.com
237 Ben-Ami Yassor, benami <at> il.ibm.com
238 Muli Ben-Yehuda, muli <at> il.ibm.com
239
240With contributions by:
241 Anthony Liguori, aliguori <at> us.ibm.com
242 Mike Day, mdday <at> us.ibm.com
243 Michael Factor, factor <at> il.ibm.com
244 Zvi Dubitzky, dubi <at> il.ibm.com
245
246And valuable reviews by:
247 Avi Kivity, avi <at> redhat.com
248 Gleb Natapov, gleb <at> redhat.com
249 Marcelo Tosatti, mtosatti <at> redhat.com
250 Kevin Tian, kevin.tian <at> intel.com
251 and others.
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt
index 3ab969c5904..2b7ce190cde 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ page that contains parts of supervisor visible register state. The guest can
68map this shared page using the KVM hypercall KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE. 68map this shared page using the KVM hypercall KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE.
69 69
70With this hypercall issued the guest always gets the magic page mapped at the 70With this hypercall issued the guest always gets the magic page mapped at the
71desired location in effective and physical address space. For now, we always 71desired location. The first parameter indicates the effective address when the
72map the page to -4096. This way we can access it using absolute load and store 72MMU is enabled. The second parameter indicates the address in real mode, if
73functions. The following instruction reads the first field of the magic page: 73applicable to the target. For now, we always map the page to -4096. This way we
74can access it using absolute load and store functions. The following
75instruction reads the first field of the magic page:
74 76
75 ld rX, -4096(0) 77 ld rX, -4096(0)
76 78