KVM: Update documentation to include detailed ENABLE_CAP description

We have an ioctl that enables capabilities individually, but no description
on what exactly happens when we enable a capability using this ioctl.

This patch adds documentation for capability enabling in a new section
of the API documentation.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 2d510b6a649a..7945b0bd35e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1653,3 +1653,50 @@ developer registration required to access it).
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+
+6. Capabilities that can be enabled
+
+There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual CPU when
+enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. Below you can find a list of
+capabilities and what their effect on the vCPU is when enabling them.
+
+The following information is provided along with the description:
+
+  Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl.
+      x86 includes both i386 and x86_64.
+
+  Parameters: what parameters are accepted by the capability.
+
+  Returns: the return value.  General error numbers (EBADF, ENOMEM, EINVAL)
+      are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are.
+
+6.1 KVM_CAP_PPC_OSI
+
+Architectures: ppc
+Parameters: none
+Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
+
+This capability enables interception of OSI hypercalls that otherwise would
+be treated as normal system calls to be injected into the guest. OSI hypercalls
+were invented by Mac-on-Linux to have a standardized communication mechanism
+between the guest and the host.
+
+When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_OSI can occur.
+
+6.2 KVM_CAP_PPC_PAPR
+
+Architectures: ppc
+Parameters: none
+Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
+
+This capability enables interception of PAPR hypercalls. PAPR hypercalls are
+done using the hypercall instruction "sc 1".
+
+It also sets the guest privilege level to "supervisor" mode. Usually the guest
+runs in "hypervisor" privilege mode with a few missing features.
+
+In addition to the above, it changes the semantics of SDR1. In this mode, the
+HTAB address part of SDR1 contains an HVA instead of a GPA, as PAPR keeps the
+HTAB invisible to the guest.
+
+When this capability is enabled, KVM_EXIT_PAPR_HCALL can occur.