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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index bcd45d5afcab..e0c75dcb2ca3 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ following algorithm: Some guests configure the LINT1 NMI input to cause a panic, aiding in debugging. -4.64 KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP +4.65 KVM_S390_UCAS_MAP Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL Architectures: s390 @@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ This ioctl maps the memory at "user_addr" with the length "length" to the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr". All parameters need to be alligned by 1 megabyte. -4.65 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP +4.66 KVM_S390_UCAS_UNMAP Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL Architectures: s390 @@ -1571,7 +1571,7 @@ This ioctl unmaps the memory in the vcpu's address space starting at "vcpu_addr" with the length "length". The field "user_addr" is ignored. All parameters need to be alligned by 1 megabyte. -4.66 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT +4.67 KVM_S390_VCPU_FAULT Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL Architectures: s390 @@ -1587,6 +1587,46 @@ table upfront. This is useful to handle validity intercepts for user controlled virtual machines to fault in the virtual cpu's lowcore pages prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl. +4.68 KVM_SET_ONE_REG + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG +Architectures: all +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in) +Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure + +struct kvm_one_reg { + __u64 id; + __u64 addr; +}; + +Using this ioctl, a single vcpu register can be set to a specific value +defined by user space with the passed in struct kvm_one_reg, where id +refers to the register identifier as described below and addr is a pointer +to a variable with the respective size. There can be architecture agnostic +and architecture specific registers. Each have their own range of operation +and their own constants and width. To keep track of the implemented +registers, find a list below: + + Arch | Register | Width (bits) + | | + +4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG + +Capability: KVM_CAP_ONE_REG +Architectures: all +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_one_reg (in and out) +Returns: 0 on success, negative value on failure + +This ioctl allows to receive the value of a single register implemented +in a vcpu. The register to read is indicated by the "id" field of the +kvm_one_reg struct passed in. On success, the register value can be found +at the memory location pointed to by "addr". + +The list of registers accessible using this interface is identical to the +list in 4.64. + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |