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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 38e327d4b479..307f2fcf1b02 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -1495,7 +1495,8 @@ Fails if any VCPU has already been created. Define which vcpu is the Bootstrap Processor (BSP). Values are the same as the vcpu id in KVM_CREATE_VCPU. If this ioctl is not called, the default -is vcpu 0. +is vcpu 0. This ioctl has to be called before vcpu creation, +otherwise it will return EBUSY error. 4.42 KVM_GET_XSAVE @@ -4806,8 +4807,10 @@ If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses into user space. -If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may -experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses. +Note, invoking this ioctl with a vCPU is running is inherently racy. However, +KVM does guarantee that vCPUs will see either the previous filter or the new +filter, e.g. MSRs with identical settings in both the old and new filter will +have deterministic behavior. 4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR -------------------------- |