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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt21
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/kvm.h3
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 0fe36497642c..904c61cdd311 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -988,18 +988,20 @@ uniprocessor guests).
Possible values are:
- - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running
+ - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running [x86, ia64]
- KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED: the vcpu is an application processor (AP)
- which has not yet received an INIT signal
+ which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86,
+ ia64]
- KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED: the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is
- now ready for a SIPI
+ now ready for a SIPI [x86, ia64]
- KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and
- is waiting for an interrupt
+ is waiting for an interrupt [x86, ia64]
- KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector
- accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS)
+ accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86, ia64]
-This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel
-irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace.
+On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an
+in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
+these architectures.
4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE
@@ -1013,8 +1015,9 @@ Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
Sets the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state"; see KVM_GET_MP_STATE for
arguments.
-This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel
-irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace.
+On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an
+in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
+these architectures.
4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index e11d8f170a62..37d4ec6f14d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -399,8 +399,9 @@ struct kvm_vapic_addr {
__u64 vapic_addr;
};
-/* for KVM_SET_MPSTATE */
+/* for KVM_SET_MP_STATE */
+/* not all states are valid on all architectures */
#define KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE 0
#define KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED 1
#define KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED 2