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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index e4f2cdcf78eb..069450938b79 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -3389,7 +3389,18 @@ struct kvm_run { Request that KVM_RUN return when it becomes possible to inject external interrupts into the guest. Useful in conjunction with KVM_INTERRUPT. - __u8 padding1[7]; + __u8 immediate_exit; + +This field is polled once when KVM_RUN starts; if non-zero, KVM_RUN +exits immediately, returning -EINTR. In the common scenario where a +signal is used to "kick" a VCPU out of KVM_RUN, this field can be used +to avoid usage of KVM_SET_SIGNAL_MASK, which has worse scalability. +Rather than blocking the signal outside KVM_RUN, userspace can set up +a signal handler that sets run->immediate_exit to a non-zero value. + +This field is ignored if KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT is not available. + + __u8 padding1[6]; /* out */ __u32 exit_reason; |