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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 426f94582b7a..9abf93ee5f65 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -7,8 +7,19 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation 1. General description ====================== -The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects -of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to the following classes: +The kvm API is centered around different kinds of file descriptors +and ioctls that can be issued to these file descriptors. An initial +open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle +can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this +handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM +ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will +create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to +the new resource. + +In other words, the kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to +different kinds of file descriptor in order to control various aspects of +a virtual machine. Depending on the file descriptor that accepts them, +ioctls belong to the following classes: - System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the whole kvm subsystem. In addition a system ioctl is used to create @@ -35,18 +46,19 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to the following classes: device ioctls must be issued from the same process (address space) that was used to create the VM. -2. File descriptors -=================== +While most ioctls are specific to one kind of file descriptor, in some +cases the same ioctl can belong to more than one class. -The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial -open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle -can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this -handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM -ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will -create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to -the new resource. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu or device fd can be used -to control the vcpu or device. For vcpus, this includes the important -task of actually running guest code. +The KVM API grew over time. For this reason, KVM defines many constants +of the form ``KVM_CAP_*``, each corresponding to a set of functionality +provided by one or more ioctls. Availability of these "capabilities" can +be checked with :ref:`KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION <KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION>`. Some +capabilities also need to be enabled for VMs or VCPUs where their +functionality is desired (see :ref:`cap_enable` and :ref:`cap_enable_vm`). + + +2. Restrictions +=============== In general file descriptors can be migrated among processes by means of fork() and the SCM_RIGHTS facility of unix domain socket. These @@ -55,7 +67,7 @@ not cause harm to the host, their actual behavior is not guaranteed by the API. See "General description" for details on the ioctl usage model that is supported by KVM. -It is important to note that althought VM ioctls may only be issued from +It is important to note that although VM ioctls may only be issued from the process that created the VM, a VM's lifecycle is associated with its file descriptor, not its creator (process). In other words, the VM and its resources, *including the associated address space*, are not freed @@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ not be freed until both the parent (original) process and its child have put their references to the VM's file descriptor. Because a VM's resources are not freed until the last reference to its -file descriptor is released, creating additional references to a VM via +file descriptor is released, creating additional references to a VM via fork(), dup(), etc... without careful consideration is strongly discouraged and may have unwanted side effects, e.g. memory allocated by and on behalf of the VM's process may not be freed/unaccounted when @@ -96,12 +108,9 @@ description: Capability: which KVM extension provides this ioctl. Can be 'basic', which means that is will be provided by any kernel that supports - API version 12 (see section 4.1), a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which - means availability needs to be checked with KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION - (see section 4.4), or 'none' which means that while not all kernels - support this ioctl, there's no capability bit to check its - availability: for kernels that don't support the ioctl, - the ioctl returns -ENOTTY. + API version 12 (see :ref:`KVM_GET_API_VERSION <KVM_GET_API_VERSION>`), + or a KVM_CAP_xyz constant that can be checked with + :ref:`KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION <KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION>`. Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl. @@ -118,6 +127,8 @@ description: are not detailed, but errors with specific meanings are. +.. _KVM_GET_API_VERSION: + 4.1 KVM_GET_API_VERSION ----------------------- @@ -147,15 +158,28 @@ described as 'basic' will be available. The new VM has no virtual cpus and no memory. You probably want to use 0 as machine type. +X86: +^^^^ + +Supported X86 VM types can be queried via KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES. + +S390: +^^^^^ + In order to create user controlled virtual machines on S390, check KVM_CAP_S390_UCONTROL and use the flag KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL as privileged user (CAP_SYS_ADMIN). +MIPS: +^^^^^ + To use hardware assisted virtualization on MIPS (VZ ASE) rather than the default trap & emulate implementation (which changes the virtual memory layout to fit in user mode), check KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ and use the flag KVM_VM_MIPS_VZ. +ARM64: +^^^^^^ On arm64, the physical address size for a VM (IPA Size limit) is limited to 40bits by default. The limit can be configured if the host supports the @@ -182,6 +206,9 @@ is dependent on the CPU capability and the kernel configuration. The limit can be retrieved using KVM_CAP_ARM_VM_IPA_SIZE of the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl() at run-time. +Creation of the VM will fail if the requested IPA size (whether it is +implicit or explicit) is unsupported on the host. + Please note that configuring the IPA size does not affect the capability exposed by the guest CPUs in ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1[PARange]. It only affects size of the address translated by the stage2 level (guest physical to @@ -201,7 +228,7 @@ Errors: ====== ============================================================ EFAULT the msr index list cannot be read from or written to - E2BIG the msr index list is to be to fit in the array specified by + E2BIG the msr index list is too big to fit in the array specified by the user. ====== ============================================================ @@ -230,6 +257,8 @@ This list also varies by kvm version and host processor, but does not change otherwise. +.. _KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION: + 4.4 KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ----------------------- @@ -262,17 +291,17 @@ The KVM_RUN ioctl (cf.) communicates with userspace via a shared memory region. This ioctl returns the size of that region. See the KVM_RUN documentation for details. +Besides the size of the KVM_RUN communication region, other areas of +the VCPU file descriptor can be mmap-ed, including: -4.6 KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION -------------------------- +- if KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO is available, a page at + KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET * PAGE_SIZE; for historical reasons, + this page is included in the result of KVM_GET_VCPU_MMAP_SIZE. + KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO is not documented yet. -:Capability: basic -:Architectures: all -:Type: vm ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_memory_region (in) -:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error - -This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. +- if KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING is available, a number of pages at + KVM_DIRTY_LOG_PAGE_OFFSET * PAGE_SIZE. For more information on + KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING, see :ref:`KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING`. 4.7 KVM_CREATE_VCPU @@ -322,8 +351,8 @@ KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET in order to obtain a memory map of the virtual cpu's hardware control block. -4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) --------------------------------- +4.8 KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG +--------------------- :Capability: basic :Architectures: all @@ -348,25 +377,16 @@ since the last call to this ioctl. Bit 0 is the first page in the memory slot. Ensure the entire structure is cleared to avoid padding issues. -If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies -the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap. -They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for -the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability. +If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of slot field specifies +the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap. See +KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION for details on the usage of slot field. The bits in the dirty bitmap are cleared before the ioctl returns, unless KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled. For more information, see the description of the capability. -4.9 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ALIAS ------------------------- - -:Capability: basic -:Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_memory_alias (in) -:Returns: 0 (success), -1 (error) - -This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. +Note that the Xen shared_info page, if configured, shall always be assumed +to be dirty. KVM will not explicitly mark it such. 4.10 KVM_RUN @@ -380,9 +400,14 @@ This ioctl is obsolete and has been removed. Errors: - ===== ============================= + ======= ============================================================== EINTR an unmasked signal is pending - ===== ============================= + ENOEXEC the vcpu hasn't been initialized or the guest tried to execute + instructions from device memory (arm64) + ENOSYS data abort outside memslots with no syndrome info and + KVM_CAP_ARM_NISV_TO_USER not enabled (arm64) + EPERM SVE feature set but not finalized (arm64) + ======= ============================================================== This ioctl is used to run a guest virtual cpu. While there are no explicit parameters, there is an implicit parameter block that can be @@ -395,7 +420,7 @@ kvm_run' (see below). ----------------- :Capability: basic -:Architectures: all except ARM, arm64 +:Architectures: all except arm64 :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_regs (out) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -423,12 +448,19 @@ Reads the general purpose registers from the vcpu. __u64 pc; }; + /* LoongArch */ + struct kvm_regs { + /* out (KVM_GET_REGS) / in (KVM_SET_REGS) */ + unsigned long gpr[32]; + unsigned long pc; + }; + 4.12 KVM_SET_REGS ----------------- :Capability: basic -:Architectures: all except ARM, arm64 +:Architectures: all except arm64 :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_regs (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -513,7 +545,7 @@ translation mode. ------------------ :Capability: basic -:Architectures: x86, ppc, mips +:Architectures: x86, ppc, mips, riscv, loongarch :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_interrupt (in) :Returns: 0 on success, negative on failure. @@ -536,7 +568,7 @@ X86: ========= =================================== 0 on success, -EEXIST if an interrupt is already enqueued - -EINVAL the the irq number is invalid + -EINVAL the irq number is invalid -ENXIO if the PIC is in the kernel -EFAULT if the pointer is invalid ========= =================================== @@ -547,7 +579,7 @@ ioctl is useful if the in-kernel PIC is not used. PPC: ^^^^ -Queues an external interrupt to be injected. This ioctl is overleaded +Queues an external interrupt to be injected. This ioctl is overloaded with 3 different irq values: a) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET @@ -582,17 +614,30 @@ interrupt number dequeues the interrupt. This is an asynchronous vcpu ioctl and can be invoked from any thread. +RISC-V: +^^^^^^^ -4.17 KVM_DEBUG_GUEST --------------------- +Queues an external interrupt to be injected into the virtual CPU. This ioctl +is overloaded with 2 different irq values: -:Capability: basic -:Architectures: none -:Type: vcpu ioctl -:Parameters: none) -:Returns: -1 on error +a) KVM_INTERRUPT_SET -Support for this has been removed. Use KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG instead. + This sets external interrupt for a virtual CPU and it will receive + once it is ready. + +b) KVM_INTERRUPT_UNSET + + This clears pending external interrupt for a virtual CPU. + +This is an asynchronous vcpu ioctl and can be invoked from any thread. + +LOONGARCH: +^^^^^^^^^^ + +Queues an external interrupt to be injected into the virtual CPU. A negative +interrupt number dequeues the interrupt. + +This is an asynchronous vcpu ioctl and can be invoked from any thread. 4.18 KVM_GET_MSRS @@ -669,6 +714,15 @@ MSRs that have been set successfully. Defines the vcpu responses to the cpuid instruction. Applications should use the KVM_SET_CPUID2 ioctl if available. +Caveat emptor: + - If this IOCTL fails, KVM gives no guarantees that previous valid CPUID + configuration (if there is) is not corrupted. Userspace can get a copy + of the resulting CPUID configuration through KVM_GET_CPUID2 in case. + - Using KVM_SET_CPUID{,2} after KVM_RUN, i.e. changing the guest vCPU model + after running the guest, may cause guest instability. + - Using heterogeneous CPUID configurations, modulo APIC IDs, topology, etc... + may cause guest instability. + :: struct kvm_cpuid_entry { @@ -718,7 +772,7 @@ signal mask. ---------------- :Capability: basic -:Architectures: x86 +:Architectures: x86, loongarch :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_fpu (out) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -727,7 +781,7 @@ Reads the floating point state from the vcpu. :: - /* for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ + /* x86: for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ struct kvm_fpu { __u8 fpr[8][16]; __u16 fcw; @@ -742,12 +796,21 @@ Reads the floating point state from the vcpu. __u32 pad2; }; + /* LoongArch: for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ + struct kvm_fpu { + __u32 fcsr; + __u64 fcc; + struct kvm_fpureg { + __u64 val64[4]; + }fpr[32]; + }; + 4.23 KVM_SET_FPU ---------------- :Capability: basic -:Architectures: x86 +:Architectures: x86, loongarch :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_fpu (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -756,7 +819,7 @@ Writes the floating point state to the vcpu. :: - /* for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ + /* x86: for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ struct kvm_fpu { __u8 fpr[8][16]; __u16 fcw; @@ -771,12 +834,21 @@ Writes the floating point state to the vcpu. __u32 pad2; }; + /* LoongArch: for KVM_GET_FPU and KVM_SET_FPU */ + struct kvm_fpu { + __u32 fcsr; + __u64 fcc; + struct kvm_fpureg { + __u64 val64[4]; + }fpr[32]; + }; + 4.24 KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ----------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP, KVM_CAP_S390_IRQCHIP (s390) -:Architectures: x86, ARM, arm64, s390 +:Architectures: x86, arm64, s390 :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: none :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -785,7 +857,7 @@ Creates an interrupt controller model in the kernel. On x86, creates a virtual ioapic, a virtual PIC (two PICs, nested), and sets up future vcpus to have a local APIC. IRQ routing for GSIs 0-15 is set to both PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23 only go to the IOAPIC. -On ARM/arm64, a GICv2 is created. Any other GIC versions require the usage of +On arm64, a GICv2 is created. Any other GIC versions require the usage of KVM_CREATE_DEVICE, which also supports creating a GICv2. Using KVM_CREATE_DEVICE is preferred over KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for GICv2. On s390, a dummy irq routing table is created. @@ -798,7 +870,7 @@ before KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP can be used. ----------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP -:Architectures: x86, arm, arm64 +:Architectures: x86, arm64 :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_irq_level :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -822,22 +894,22 @@ capability is present (or unless it is not using the in-kernel irqchip, of course). -ARM/arm64 can signal an interrupt either at the CPU level, or at the +arm64 can signal an interrupt either at the CPU level, or at the in-kernel irqchip (GIC), and for in-kernel irqchip can tell the GIC to use PPIs designated for specific cpus. The irq field is interpreted like this:: - bits: | 31 ... 28 | 27 ... 24 | 23 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | + bits: | 31 ... 28 | 27 ... 24 | 23 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | field: | vcpu2_index | irq_type | vcpu_index | irq_id | The irq_type field has the following values: -- irq_type[0]: +- KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_CPU: out-of-kernel GIC: irq_id 0 is IRQ, irq_id 1 is FIQ -- irq_type[1]: +- KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_SPI: in-kernel GIC: SPI, irq_id between 32 and 1019 (incl.) (the vcpu_index field is ignored) -- irq_type[2]: +- KVM_ARM_IRQ_TYPE_PPI: in-kernel GIC: PPI, irq_id between 16 and 31 (incl.) (The irq_id field thus corresponds nicely to the IRQ ID in the ARM GIC specs) @@ -848,7 +920,7 @@ When KVM_CAP_ARM_IRQ_LINE_LAYOUT_2 is supported, the target vcpu is identified as (256 * vcpu2_index + vcpu_index). Otherwise, vcpu2_index must be zero. -Note that on arm/arm64, the KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP capability only conditions +Note that on arm64, the KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP capability only conditions injection of interrupts for the in-kernel irqchip. KVM_IRQ_LINE can always be used for a userspace interrupt controller. @@ -928,6 +1000,10 @@ blobs in userspace. When the guest writes the MSR, kvm copies one page of a blob (32- or 64-bit, depending on the vcpu mode) to guest memory. +The MSR index must be in the range [0x40000000, 0x4fffffff], i.e. must reside +in the range that is unofficially reserved for use by hypervisors. The min/max +values are enumerated via KVM_XEN_MSR_MIN_INDEX and KVM_XEN_MSR_MAX_INDEX. + :: struct kvm_xen_hvm_config { @@ -940,6 +1016,24 @@ memory. __u8 pad2[30]; }; +If certain flags are returned from the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM check, they may +be set in the flags field of this ioctl: + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL flag requests KVM to generate +the contents of the hypercall page automatically; hypercalls will be +intercepted and passed to userspace through KVM_EXIT_XEN. In this +case, all of the blob size and address fields must be zero. + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND flag indicates to KVM that userspace +will always use the KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND ioctl to deliver event +channel interrupts rather than manipulating the guest's shared_info +structures directly. This, in turn, may allow KVM to enable features +such as intercepting the SCHEDOP_poll hypercall to accelerate PV +spinlock operation for the guest. Userspace may still use the ioctl +to deliver events if it was advertised, even if userspace does not +send this indication that it will always do so + +No other flags are currently valid in the struct kvm_xen_hvm_config. 4.29 KVM_GET_CLOCK ------------------ @@ -957,20 +1051,37 @@ such as migration. When KVM_CAP_ADJUST_CLOCK is passed to KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, it returns the set of bits that KVM can return in struct kvm_clock_data's flag member. -The only flag defined now is KVM_CLOCK_TSC_STABLE. If set, the returned -value is the exact kvmclock value seen by all VCPUs at the instant -when KVM_GET_CLOCK was called. If clear, the returned value is simply -CLOCK_MONOTONIC plus a constant offset; the offset can be modified -with KVM_SET_CLOCK. KVM will try to make all VCPUs follow this clock, -but the exact value read by each VCPU could differ, because the host -TSC is not stable. +The following flags are defined: + +KVM_CLOCK_TSC_STABLE + If set, the returned value is the exact kvmclock + value seen by all VCPUs at the instant when KVM_GET_CLOCK was called. + If clear, the returned value is simply CLOCK_MONOTONIC plus a constant + offset; the offset can be modified with KVM_SET_CLOCK. KVM will try + to make all VCPUs follow this clock, but the exact value read by each + VCPU could differ, because the host TSC is not stable. + +KVM_CLOCK_REALTIME + If set, the `realtime` field in the kvm_clock_data + structure is populated with the value of the host's real time + clocksource at the instant when KVM_GET_CLOCK was called. If clear, + the `realtime` field does not contain a value. + +KVM_CLOCK_HOST_TSC + If set, the `host_tsc` field in the kvm_clock_data + structure is populated with the value of the host's timestamp counter (TSC) + at the instant when KVM_GET_CLOCK was called. If clear, the `host_tsc` field + does not contain a value. :: struct kvm_clock_data { __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */ __u32 flags; - __u32 pad[9]; + __u32 pad0; + __u64 realtime; + __u64 host_tsc; + __u32 pad[4]; }; @@ -987,12 +1098,25 @@ Sets the current timestamp of kvmclock to the value specified in its parameter. In conjunction with KVM_GET_CLOCK, it is used to ensure monotonicity on scenarios such as migration. +The following flags can be passed: + +KVM_CLOCK_REALTIME + If set, KVM will compare the value of the `realtime` field + with the value of the host's real time clocksource at the instant when + KVM_SET_CLOCK was called. The difference in elapsed time is added to the final + kvmclock value that will be provided to guests. + +Other flags returned by ``KVM_GET_CLOCK`` are accepted but ignored. + :: struct kvm_clock_data { __u64 clock; /* kvmclock current value */ __u32 flags; - __u32 pad[9]; + __u32 pad0; + __u64 realtime; + __u64 host_tsc; + __u32 pad[4]; }; @@ -1001,9 +1125,9 @@ such as migration. :Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS :Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW -:Architectures: x86, arm, arm64 +:Architectures: x86, arm64 :Type: vcpu ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (out) +:Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_events (out) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error X86: @@ -1060,8 +1184,12 @@ The following bits are defined in the flags field: fields contain a valid state. This bit will be set whenever KVM_CAP_EXCEPTION_PAYLOAD is enabled. -ARM/ARM64: -^^^^^^^^^^ +- KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT may be set to signal that the + triple_fault_pending field contains a valid state. This bit will + be set whenever KVM_CAP_X86_TRIPLE_FAULT_EVENT is enabled. + +ARM64: +^^^^^^ If the guest accesses a device that is being emulated by the host kernel in such a way that a real device would generate a physical SError, KVM may make @@ -1120,9 +1248,9 @@ directly to the virtual CPU). :Capability: KVM_CAP_VCPU_EVENTS :Extended by: KVM_CAP_INTR_SHADOW -:Architectures: x86, arm, arm64 +:Architectures: x86, arm64 :Type: vcpu ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_event (in) +:Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_events (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error X86: @@ -1155,8 +1283,12 @@ can be set in the flags field to signal that the exception_has_payload, exception_payload, and exception.pending fields contain a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU. -ARM/ARM64: -^^^^^^^^^^ +If KVM_CAP_X86_TRIPLE_FAULT_EVENT is enabled, KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPLE_FAULT +can be set in flags field to signal that the triple_fault field contains +a valid state and shall be written into the VCPU. + +ARM64: +^^^^^^ User space may need to inject several types of events to the guest. @@ -1183,7 +1315,7 @@ See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure. :Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm ioctl +:Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (out) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1205,7 +1337,7 @@ Reads debug registers from the vcpu. :Capability: KVM_CAP_DEBUGREGS :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vm ioctl +:Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_debugregs (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -1234,7 +1366,7 @@ yet and must be cleared on entry. __u64 userspace_addr; /* start of the userspace allocated memory */ }; - /* for kvm_memory_region::flags */ + /* for kvm_userspace_memory_region::flags */ #define KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES (1UL << 0) #define KVM_MEM_READONLY (1UL << 1) @@ -1260,6 +1392,9 @@ field userspace_addr, which must point at user addressable memory for the entire memory slot size. Any object may back this memory, including anonymous memory, ordinary files, and hugetlbfs. +On architectures that support a form of address tagging, userspace_addr must +be an untagged address. + It is recommended that the lower 21 bits of guest_phys_addr and userspace_addr be identical. This allows large pages in the guest to be backed by large pages in the host. @@ -1276,10 +1411,23 @@ the memory region are automatically reflected into the guest. For example, an mmap() that affects the region will be made visible immediately. Another example is madvise(MADV_DROP). -It is recommended to use this API instead of the KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION ioctl. -The KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION does not allow fine grained control over memory -allocation and is deprecated. +For TDX guest, deleting/moving memory region loses guest memory contents. +Read only region isn't supported. Only as-id 0 is supported. +Note: On arm64, a write generated by the page-table walker (to update +the Access and Dirty flags, for example) never results in a +KVM_EXIT_MMIO exit when the slot has the KVM_MEM_READONLY flag. This +is because KVM cannot provide the data that would be written by the +page-table walker, making it impossible to emulate the access. +Instead, an abort (data abort if the cause of the page-table update +was a load or a store, instruction abort if it was an instruction +fetch) is injected in the guest. + +S390: +^^^^^ + +Returns -EINVAL or -EEXIST if the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL flag set. +Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM. 4.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR --------------------- @@ -1301,18 +1449,20 @@ because of a quirk in the virtualization implementation (see the internals documentation when it pops into existence). +.. _KVM_ENABLE_CAP: + 4.37 KVM_ENABLE_CAP ------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP -:Architectures: mips, ppc, s390 +:Architectures: mips, ppc, s390, x86, loongarch :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error :Capability: KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM :Architectures: all -:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_enable_cap (in) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -1360,7 +1510,7 @@ for vm-wide capabilities. --------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE -:Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64 +:Architectures: x86, s390, arm64, riscv, loongarch :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (out) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -1377,7 +1527,8 @@ uniprocessor guests). Possible values are: ========================== =============================================== - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE the vcpu is currently running [x86,arm/arm64] + KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE the vcpu is currently running + [x86,arm64,riscv,loongarch] KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED the vcpu is an application processor (AP) which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86] KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is @@ -1386,29 +1537,61 @@ Possible values are: is waiting for an interrupt [x86] KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86] - KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED the vcpu is stopped [s390,arm/arm64] + KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED the vcpu is stopped [s390,arm64,riscv] KVM_MP_STATE_CHECK_STOP the vcpu is in a special error state [s390] KVM_MP_STATE_OPERATING the vcpu is operating (running or halted) [s390] KVM_MP_STATE_LOAD the vcpu is in a special load/startup state [s390] + KVM_MP_STATE_SUSPENDED the vcpu is in a suspend state and is waiting + for a wakeup event [arm64] ========================== =============================================== On x86, 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. -For arm/arm64: -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +For arm64: +^^^^^^^^^^ + +If a vCPU is in the KVM_MP_STATE_SUSPENDED state, KVM will emulate the +architectural execution of a WFI instruction. + +If a wakeup event is recognized, KVM will exit to userspace with a +KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT exit, where the event type is KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP. If +userspace wants to honor the wakeup, it must set the vCPU's MP state to +KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE. If it does not, KVM will continue to await a wakeup +event in subsequent calls to KVM_RUN. + +.. warning:: + + If userspace intends to keep the vCPU in a SUSPENDED state, it is + strongly recommended that userspace take action to suppress the + wakeup event (such as masking an interrupt). Otherwise, subsequent + calls to KVM_RUN will immediately exit with a KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP + event and inadvertently waste CPU cycles. + + Additionally, if userspace takes action to suppress a wakeup event, + it is strongly recommended that it also restores the vCPU to its + original state when the vCPU is made RUNNABLE again. For example, + if userspace masked a pending interrupt to suppress the wakeup, + the interrupt should be unmasked before returning control to the + guest. + +For riscv: +^^^^^^^^^^ The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu is paused or not. +On LoongArch, only the KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE state is used to reflect +whether the vcpu is runnable. + 4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE --------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE -:Architectures: x86, s390, arm, arm64 +:Architectures: x86, s390, arm64, riscv, loongarch :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (in) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -1420,12 +1603,15 @@ On x86, 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. -For arm/arm64: -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +For arm64/riscv: +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu should be paused or not. +On LoongArch, only the KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE state is used to reflect +whether the vcpu is runnable. + 4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR ------------------------------ @@ -1461,7 +1647,8 @@ 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 @@ -1478,6 +1665,7 @@ is vcpu 0. struct kvm_xsave { __u32 region[1024]; + __u32 extra[0]; }; This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace. @@ -1486,7 +1674,7 @@ This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace. 4.43 KVM_SET_XSAVE ------------------ -:Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE +:Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE and KVM_CAP_XSAVE2 :Architectures: x86 :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_xsave (in) @@ -1497,9 +1685,18 @@ This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace. struct kvm_xsave { __u32 region[1024]; + __u32 extra[0]; }; -This ioctl would copy userspace's xsave struct to the kernel. +This ioctl would copy userspace's xsave struct to the kernel. It copies +as many bytes as are returned by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_XSAVE2), +when invoked on the vm file descriptor. The size value returned by +KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_XSAVE2) will always be at least 4096. +Currently, it is only greater than 4096 if a dynamic feature has been +enabled with ``arch_prctl()``, but this may change in the future. + +The offsets of the state save areas in struct kvm_xsave follow the +contents of CPUID leaf 0xD on the host. 4.44 KVM_GET_XCRS @@ -1596,6 +1793,10 @@ userspace capabilities, and with user requirements (for example, the user may wish to constrain cpuid to emulate older hardware, or for feature consistency across a cluster). +Dynamically-enabled feature bits need to be requested with +``arch_prctl()`` before calling this ioctl. Feature bits that have not +been requested are excluded from the result. + Note that certain capabilities, such as KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS, may expose cpuid features (e.g. MONITOR) which are not supported by kvm in its default configuration. If userspace enables such capabilities, it @@ -1631,15 +1832,18 @@ emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for this function/index combination -The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned -as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC -support. Instead it is reported via:: +x2APIC (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[21) and TSC deadline timer (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) +may be returned as true, but they depend on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for in-kernel +emulation of the local APIC. TSC deadline timer support is also reported via:: ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER) if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2. +Enabling x2APIC in KVM_SET_CPUID2 requires KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP as KVM doesn't +support forwarding x2APIC MSR accesses to userspace, i.e. KVM does not support +emulating x2APIC in userspace. 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO ----------------------- @@ -1675,14 +1879,14 @@ The flags bitmap is defined as:: ------------------------ :Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING -:Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64 +:Architectures: x86 s390 arm64 :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Sets the GSI routing table entries, overwriting any previously set entries. -On arm/arm64, GSI routing has the following limitation: +On arm64, GSI routing has the following limitation: - GSI routing does not apply to KVM_IRQ_LINE but only to KVM_IRQFD. @@ -1708,6 +1912,7 @@ No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. struct kvm_irq_routing_msi msi; struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter adapter; struct kvm_irq_routing_hv_sint hv_sint; + struct kvm_irq_routing_xen_evtchn xen_evtchn; __u32 pad[8]; } u; }; @@ -1717,6 +1922,10 @@ No flags are specified so far, the corresponding field must be set to zero. #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_MSI 2 #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_S390_ADAPTER 3 #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_HV_SINT 4 + #define KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_XEN_EVTCHN 5 + +On s390, adding a KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_S390_ADAPTER is rejected on ucontrol VMs with +error -EINVAL. flags: @@ -1746,7 +1955,7 @@ flags: If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a -BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits. +BDF identifier in the lower 16 bits. On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled, @@ -1768,26 +1977,43 @@ address_hi must be zero. __u32 sint; }; + struct kvm_irq_routing_xen_evtchn { + __u32 port; + __u32 vcpu; + __u32 priority; + }; + + +When KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM includes the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_2LEVEL bit +in its indication of supported features, routing to Xen event channels +is supported. Although the priority field is present, only the value +KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_2LEVEL is supported, which means delivery by +2 level event channels. FIFO event channel support may be added in +the future. + 4.55 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ -------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL +:Capability: KVM_CAP_TSC_CONTROL / KVM_CAP_VM_TSC_CONTROL :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Type: vcpu ioctl / vm ioctl :Parameters: virtual tsc_khz :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error Specifies the tsc frequency for the virtual machine. The unit of the frequency is KHz. +If the KVM_CAP_VM_TSC_CONTROL capability is advertised, this can also +be used as a vm ioctl to set the initial tsc frequency of subsequently +created vCPUs. 4.56 KVM_GET_TSC_KHZ -------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ +:Capability: KVM_CAP_GET_TSC_KHZ / KVM_CAP_VM_TSC_CONTROL :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Type: vcpu ioctl / vm ioctl :Parameters: none :Returns: virtual tsc-khz on success, negative value on error @@ -1918,8 +2144,8 @@ TLB, prior to calling KVM_RUN on the associated vcpu. The "bitmap" field is the userspace address of an array. This array consists of a number of bits, equal to the total number of TLB entries as -determined by the last successful call to KVM_CONFIG_TLB, rounded up to the -nearest multiple of 64. +determined by the last successful call to ``KVM_ENABLE_CAP(KVM_CAP_SW_TLB)``, +rounded up to the nearest multiple of 64. Each bit corresponds to one TLB entry, ordered the same as in the shared TLB array. @@ -1972,42 +2198,6 @@ userspace update the TCE table directly which is useful in some circumstances. -4.63 KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA ---------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA -:Architectures: powerpc -:Type: vm ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_allocate_rma (out) -:Returns: file descriptor for mapping the allocated RMA - -This allocates a Real Mode Area (RMA) from the pool allocated at boot -time by the kernel. An RMA is a physically-contiguous, aligned region -of memory used on older POWER processors to provide the memory which -will be accessed by real-mode (MMU off) accesses in a KVM guest. -POWER processors support a set of sizes for the RMA that usually -includes 64MB, 128MB, 256MB and some larger powers of two. - -:: - - /* for KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA */ - struct kvm_allocate_rma { - __u64 rma_size; - }; - -The return value is a file descriptor which can be passed to mmap(2) -to map the allocated RMA into userspace. The mapped area can then be -passed to the KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION ioctl to establish it as the -RMA for a virtual machine. The size of the RMA in bytes (which is -fixed at host kernel boot time) is returned in the rma_size field of -the argument structure. - -The KVM_CAP_PPC_RMA capability is 1 or 2 if the KVM_ALLOCATE_RMA ioctl -is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have -an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it, -because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility. - - 4.64 KVM_NMI ------------ @@ -2109,10 +2299,12 @@ prior to calling the KVM_RUN ioctl. Errors: ====== ============================================================ - ENOENT no such register - EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in + ENOENT no such register + EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in protected virtualization mode on s390 - EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization + EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization + EBUSY (riscv) changing register value not allowed after the vcpu + has run at least once ====== ============================================================ (These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error @@ -2156,9 +2348,12 @@ registers, find a list below: PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRA 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR2 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCRS 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_MMCR3 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIAR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SDAR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER2 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_SIER3 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC1 32 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC2 32 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PMC3 32 @@ -2242,6 +2437,11 @@ registers, find a list below: PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PSSCR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DEC_EXPIRY 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_PTCR 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_HASHKEYR 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_HASHPKEYR 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DAWR1 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DAWRX1 64 + PPC KVM_REG_PPC_DEXCR 64 PPC KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR0 64 ... PPC KVM_REG_PPC_TM_GPR31 64 @@ -2384,7 +2584,7 @@ Specifically: 0x6030 0000 0010 004a SPSR_ABT 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_ABT] 0x6030 0000 0010 004c SPSR_UND 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_UND] 0x6030 0000 0010 004e SPSR_IRQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_IRQ] - 0x6060 0000 0010 0050 SPSR_FIQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_FIQ] + 0x6030 0000 0010 0050 SPSR_FIQ 64 spsr[KVM_SPSR_FIQ] 0x6040 0000 0010 0054 V0 128 fp_regs.vregs[0] [1]_ 0x6040 0000 0010 0058 V1 128 fp_regs.vregs[1] [1]_ ... @@ -2394,7 +2594,7 @@ Specifically: ======================= ========= ===== ======================================= .. [1] These encodings are not accepted for SVE-enabled vcpus. See - KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT. + :ref:`KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT`. The equivalent register content can be accessed via bits [127:0] of the corresponding SVE Zn registers instead for vcpus that have SVE @@ -2462,7 +2662,7 @@ follows:: this vcpu, and determines which register slices are visible through this ioctl interface. -(See Documentation/arm64/sve.rst for an explanation of the "vq" +(See Documentation/arch/arm64/sve.rst for an explanation of the "vq" nomenclature.) KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS is only accessible after KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT. @@ -2481,6 +2681,24 @@ EINVAL. After the vcpu's SVE configuration is finalized, further attempts to write this register will fail with EPERM. +arm64 bitmap feature firmware pseudo-registers have the following bit pattern:: + + 0x6030 0000 0016 <regno:16> + +The bitmap feature firmware registers exposes the hypercall services that +are available for userspace to configure. The set bits corresponds to the +services that are available for the guests to access. By default, KVM +sets all the supported bits during VM initialization. The userspace can +discover the available services via KVM_GET_ONE_REG, and write back the +bitmap corresponding to the features that it wishes guests to see via +KVM_SET_ONE_REG. + +Note: These registers are immutable once any of the vCPUs of the VM has +run at least once. A KVM_SET_ONE_REG in such a scenario will return +a -EBUSY to userspace. + +(See Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hypercalls.rst for more details.) + MIPS registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 of that is the register group type: @@ -2532,6 +2750,157 @@ following id bit patterns:: 0x7020 0000 0003 02 <0:3> <reg:5> +RISC-V registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 8 bits of +that is the register group type. + +RISC-V config registers are meant for configuring a Guest VCPU and it has +the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x8020 0000 01 <index into the kvm_riscv_config struct:24> (32bit Host) + 0x8030 0000 01 <index into the kvm_riscv_config struct:24> (64bit Host) + +Following are the RISC-V config registers: + +======================= ========= ============================================= + Encoding Register Description +======================= ========= ============================================= + 0x80x0 0000 0100 0000 isa ISA feature bitmap of Guest VCPU +======================= ========= ============================================= + +The isa config register can be read anytime but can only be written before +a Guest VCPU runs. It will have ISA feature bits matching underlying host +set by default. + +RISC-V core registers represent the general execution state of a Guest VCPU +and it has the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x8020 0000 02 <index into the kvm_riscv_core struct:24> (32bit Host) + 0x8030 0000 02 <index into the kvm_riscv_core struct:24> (64bit Host) + +Following are the RISC-V core registers: + +======================= ========= ============================================= + Encoding Register Description +======================= ========= ============================================= + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0000 regs.pc Program counter + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0001 regs.ra Return address + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0002 regs.sp Stack pointer + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0003 regs.gp Global pointer + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0004 regs.tp Task pointer + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0005 regs.t0 Caller saved register 0 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0006 regs.t1 Caller saved register 1 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0007 regs.t2 Caller saved register 2 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0008 regs.s0 Callee saved register 0 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0009 regs.s1 Callee saved register 1 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 000a regs.a0 Function argument (or return value) 0 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 000b regs.a1 Function argument (or return value) 1 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 000c regs.a2 Function argument 2 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 000d regs.a3 Function argument 3 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 000e regs.a4 Function argument 4 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 000f regs.a5 Function argument 5 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0010 regs.a6 Function argument 6 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0011 regs.a7 Function argument 7 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0012 regs.s2 Callee saved register 2 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0013 regs.s3 Callee saved register 3 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0014 regs.s4 Callee saved register 4 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0015 regs.s5 Callee saved register 5 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0016 regs.s6 Callee saved register 6 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0017 regs.s7 Callee saved register 7 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0018 regs.s8 Callee saved register 8 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0019 regs.s9 Callee saved register 9 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 001a regs.s10 Callee saved register 10 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 001b regs.s11 Callee saved register 11 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 001c regs.t3 Caller saved register 3 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 001d regs.t4 Caller saved register 4 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 001e regs.t5 Caller saved register 5 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 001f regs.t6 Caller saved register 6 + 0x80x0 0000 0200 0020 mode Privilege mode (1 = S-mode or 0 = U-mode) +======================= ========= ============================================= + +RISC-V csr registers represent the supervisor mode control/status registers +of a Guest VCPU and it has the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x8020 0000 03 <index into the kvm_riscv_csr struct:24> (32bit Host) + 0x8030 0000 03 <index into the kvm_riscv_csr struct:24> (64bit Host) + +Following are the RISC-V csr registers: + +======================= ========= ============================================= + Encoding Register Description +======================= ========= ============================================= + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0000 sstatus Supervisor status + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0001 sie Supervisor interrupt enable + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0002 stvec Supervisor trap vector base + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0003 sscratch Supervisor scratch register + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0004 sepc Supervisor exception program counter + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0005 scause Supervisor trap cause + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0006 stval Supervisor bad address or instruction + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0007 sip Supervisor interrupt pending + 0x80x0 0000 0300 0008 satp Supervisor address translation and protection +======================= ========= ============================================= + +RISC-V timer registers represent the timer state of a Guest VCPU and it has +the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x8030 0000 04 <index into the kvm_riscv_timer struct:24> + +Following are the RISC-V timer registers: + +======================= ========= ============================================= + Encoding Register Description +======================= ========= ============================================= + 0x8030 0000 0400 0000 frequency Time base frequency (read-only) + 0x8030 0000 0400 0001 time Time value visible to Guest + 0x8030 0000 0400 0002 compare Time compare programmed by Guest + 0x8030 0000 0400 0003 state Time compare state (1 = ON or 0 = OFF) +======================= ========= ============================================= + +RISC-V F-extension registers represent the single precision floating point +state of a Guest VCPU and it has the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x8020 0000 05 <index into the __riscv_f_ext_state struct:24> + +Following are the RISC-V F-extension registers: + +======================= ========= ============================================= + Encoding Register Description +======================= ========= ============================================= + 0x8020 0000 0500 0000 f[0] Floating point register 0 + ... + 0x8020 0000 0500 001f f[31] Floating point register 31 + 0x8020 0000 0500 0020 fcsr Floating point control and status register +======================= ========= ============================================= + +RISC-V D-extension registers represent the double precision floating point +state of a Guest VCPU and it has the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x8020 0000 06 <index into the __riscv_d_ext_state struct:24> (fcsr) + 0x8030 0000 06 <index into the __riscv_d_ext_state struct:24> (non-fcsr) + +Following are the RISC-V D-extension registers: + +======================= ========= ============================================= + Encoding Register Description +======================= ========= ============================================= + 0x8030 0000 0600 0000 f[0] Floating point register 0 + ... + 0x8030 0000 0600 001f f[31] Floating point register 31 + 0x8020 0000 0600 0020 fcsr Floating point control and status register +======================= ========= ============================================= + +LoongArch registers are mapped using the lower 32 bits. The upper 16 bits of +that is the register group type. + +LoongArch csr registers are used to control guest cpu or get status of guest +cpu, and they have the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x9030 0000 0001 00 <reg:5> <sel:3> (64-bit) + +LoongArch KVM control registers are used to implement some new defined functions +such as set vcpu counter or reset vcpu, and they have the following id bit patterns:: + + 0x9030 0000 0002 <reg:16> + 4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG -------------------- @@ -2545,10 +2914,10 @@ following id bit patterns:: Errors include: ======== ============================================================ - ENOENT no such register - EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in + ENOENT no such register + EINVAL invalid register ID, or no such register or used with VMs in protected virtualization mode on s390 - EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization + EPERM (arm64) register access not allowed before vcpu finalization ======== ============================================================ (These error codes are indicative only: do not rely on a specific error @@ -2591,7 +2960,7 @@ after pausing the vcpu, but before it is resumed. ------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_SIGNAL_MSI -:Architectures: x86 arm arm64 +:Architectures: x86 arm64 :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_msi (in) :Returns: >0 on delivery, 0 if guest blocked the MSI, and -1 on error @@ -2618,7 +2987,7 @@ flags: If KVM_MSI_VALID_DEVID is set, devid contains a unique device identifier for the device that wrote the MSI message. For PCI, this is usually a -BFD identifier in the lower 16 bits. +BDF identifier in the lower 16 bits. On x86, address_hi is ignored unless the KVM_X2APIC_API_USE_32BIT_IDS feature of KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API capability is enabled. If it is enabled, @@ -2680,7 +3049,9 @@ KVM_CREATE_PIT2. The state is returned in the following structure:: Valid flags are:: /* disable PIT in HPET legacy mode */ - #define KVM_PIT_FLAGS_HPET_LEGACY 0x00000001 + #define KVM_PIT_FLAGS_HPET_LEGACY 0x00000001 + /* speaker port data bit enabled */ + #define KVM_PIT_FLAGS_SPEAKER_DATA_ON 0x00000002 This IOCTL replaces the obsolete KVM_GET_PIT. @@ -2752,7 +3123,7 @@ as follow:: }; An entry with a "page_shift" of 0 is unused. Because the array is -organized in increasing order, a lookup can stop when encoutering +organized in increasing order, a lookup can stop when encountering such an entry. The "slb_enc" field provides the encoding to use in the SLB for the @@ -2779,7 +3150,7 @@ into the hash PTE second double word). -------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQFD -:Architectures: x86 s390 arm arm64 +:Architectures: x86 s390 arm64 :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_irqfd (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -2805,7 +3176,7 @@ Note that closing the resamplefd is not sufficient to disable the irqfd. The KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_RESAMPLE is only necessary on assignment and need not be specified with KVM_IRQFD_FLAG_DEASSIGN. -On arm/arm64, gsi routing being supported, the following can happen: +On arm64, gsi routing being supported, the following can happen: - in case no routing entry is associated to this gsi, injection fails - in case the gsi is associated to an irqchip routing entry, @@ -2965,6 +3336,7 @@ valid entries found. ---------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL +:Architectures: all :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_create_device (in/out) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3004,6 +3376,8 @@ number. :Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device, KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device + KVM_CAP_SYS_ATTRIBUTES for system (/dev/kvm) device (no set) +:Architectures: x86, arm64, s390 :Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3038,7 +3412,8 @@ transferred is defined by the particular attribute. ------------------------ :Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL, KVM_CAP_VM_ATTRIBUTES for vm device, - KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device + KVM_CAP_VCPU_ATTRIBUTES for vcpu device + KVM_CAP_SYS_ATTRIBUTES for system (/dev/kvm) device :Type: device ioctl, vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_device_attr :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3055,11 +3430,13 @@ return indicates the attribute is implemented. It does not necessarily indicate that the attribute can be read or written in the device's current state. "addr" is ignored. +.. _KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT: + 4.82 KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ---------------------- :Capability: basic -:Architectures: arm, arm64 +:Architectures: arm64 :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_init (in) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -3067,15 +3444,28 @@ current state. "addr" is ignored. Errors: ====== ================================================================= - EINVAL the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid. - ENOENT a features bit specified is unknown. + EINVAL the target is unknown, or the combination of features is invalid. + ENOENT a features bit specified is unknown. ====== ================================================================= This tells KVM what type of CPU to present to the guest, and what -optional features it should have. This will cause a reset of the cpu -registers to their initial values. If this is not called, KVM_RUN will +optional features it should have. This will cause a reset of the cpu +registers to their initial values. If this is not called, KVM_RUN will return ENOEXEC for that vcpu. +The initial values are defined as: + - Processor state: + * AArch64: EL1h, D, A, I and F bits set. All other bits + are cleared. + * AArch32: SVC, A, I and F bits set. All other bits are + cleared. + - General Purpose registers, including PC and SP: set to 0 + - FPSIMD/NEON registers: set to 0 + - SVE registers: set to 0 + - System registers: Reset to their architecturally defined + values as for a warm reset to EL1 (resp. SVC) or EL2 (in the + case of EL2 being enabled). + Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus should be created before this ioctl is invoked. @@ -3128,7 +3518,7 @@ Possible features: - KVM_RUN and KVM_GET_REG_LIST are not available; - KVM_GET_ONE_REG and KVM_SET_ONE_REG cannot be used to access - the scalable archietctural SVE registers + the scalable architectural SVE registers KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_ZREG(), KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_PREG() or KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_FFR; @@ -3141,13 +3531,24 @@ Possible features: - the KVM_REG_ARM64_SVE_VLS pseudo-register is immutable, and can no longer be written using KVM_SET_ONE_REG. + - KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2: Enable Nested Virtualisation support, + booting the guest from EL2 instead of EL1. + Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2. + The VM is running with HCR_EL2.E2H being RES1 (VHE) unless + KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2_E2H0 is also set. + + - KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2_E2H0: Restrict Nested Virtualisation + support to HCR_EL2.E2H being RES0 (non-VHE). + Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_EL2_E2H0. + KVM_ARM_VCPU_HAS_EL2 must also be set. + 4.83 KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET ----------------------------- :Capability: basic -:Architectures: arm, arm64 +:Architectures: arm64 :Type: vm ioctl -:Parameters: struct struct kvm_vcpu_init (out) +:Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_init (out) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error Errors: @@ -3167,14 +3568,14 @@ not mandatory. The information returned by this ioctl can be used to prepare an instance of struct kvm_vcpu_init for KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ioctl which will result in -in VCPU matching underlying host. +VCPU matching underlying host. 4.84 KVM_GET_REG_LIST --------------------- :Capability: basic -:Architectures: arm, arm64, mips +:Architectures: arm64, mips, riscv :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_reg_list (in/out) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -3182,8 +3583,8 @@ in VCPU matching underlying host. Errors: ===== ============================================================== - E2BIG the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by - the user (the number required will be written into n). + E2BIG the reg index list is too big to fit in the array specified by + the user (the number required will be written into n). ===== ============================================================== :: @@ -3196,12 +3597,33 @@ Errors: This ioctl returns the guest registers that are supported for the KVM_GET_ONE_REG/KVM_SET_ONE_REG calls. +Note that s390 does not support KVM_GET_REG_LIST for historical reasons +(read: nobody cared). The set of registers in kernels 4.x and newer is: + +- KVM_REG_S390_TODPR + +- KVM_REG_S390_EPOCHDIFF + +- KVM_REG_S390_CPU_TIMER + +- KVM_REG_S390_CLOCK_COMP + +- KVM_REG_S390_PFTOKEN + +- KVM_REG_S390_PFCOMPARE + +- KVM_REG_S390_PFSELECT + +- KVM_REG_S390_PP + +- KVM_REG_S390_GBEA + 4.85 KVM_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR (deprecated) ----------------------------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_SET_DEVICE_ADDR -:Architectures: arm, arm64 +:Architectures: arm64 :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_arm_device_address (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -3228,13 +3650,13 @@ can access emulated or directly exposed devices, which the host kernel needs to know about. The id field is an architecture specific identifier for a specific device. -ARM/arm64 divides the id field into two parts, a device id and an +arm64 divides the id field into two parts, a device id and an address type id specific to the individual device:: - bits: | 63 ... 32 | 31 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | + bits: | 63 ... 32 | 31 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | field: | 0x00000000 | device id | addr type id | -ARM/arm64 currently only require this when using the in-kernel GIC +arm64 currently only require this when using the in-kernel GIC support for the hardware VGIC features, using KVM_ARM_DEVICE_VGIC_V2 as the device id. When setting the base address for the guest's mapping of the VGIC virtual CPU and distributor interface, the ioctl @@ -3295,10 +3717,12 @@ The top 16 bits of the control field are architecture specific control flags which can include the following: - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP: using software breakpoints [x86, arm64] - - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP: using hardware breakpoints [x86, s390, arm64] + - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP: using hardware breakpoints [x86, s390] + - KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW: using hardware debug events [arm64] - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_DB: inject DB type exception [x86] - KVM_GUESTDBG_INJECT_BP: inject BP type exception [x86] - KVM_GUESTDBG_EXIT_PENDING: trigger an immediate guest exit [s390] + - KVM_GUESTDBG_BLOCKIRQ: avoid injecting interrupts/NMI/SMI [x86] For example KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP indicates that software breakpoints are enabled in memory so we need to ensure breakpoint exceptions are @@ -3318,6 +3742,9 @@ indicating the number of supported registers. For ppc, the KVM_CAP_PPC_GUEST_DEBUG_SSTEP capability indicates whether the single-step debug event (KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) is supported. +Also when supported, KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG2 capability indicates the +supported KVM_GUESTDBG_* bits in the control field. + When debug events exit the main run loop with the reason KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch part of the kvm_run structure containing architecture specific debug information. @@ -3400,15 +3827,17 @@ The fields in each entry are defined as follows: 4.89 KVM_S390_MEM_OP -------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP +:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP, KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED, KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION :Architectures: s390 -:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Type: vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_s390_mem_op (in) :Returns: = 0 on success, < 0 on generic error (e.g. -EFAULT or -ENOMEM), - > 0 if an exception occurred while walking the page tables + 16 bit program exception code if the access causes such an exception -Read or write data from/to the logical (virtual) memory of a VCPU. +Read or write data from/to the VM's memory. +The KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION capability specifies what functionality is +supported. Parameters are specified via the following structure:: @@ -3418,33 +3847,127 @@ Parameters are specified via the following structure:: __u32 size; /* amount of bytes */ __u32 op; /* type of operation */ __u64 buf; /* buffer in userspace */ - __u8 ar; /* the access register number */ - __u8 reserved[31]; /* should be set to 0 */ + union { + struct { + __u8 ar; /* the access register number */ + __u8 key; /* access key, ignored if flag unset */ + __u8 pad1[6]; /* ignored */ + __u64 old_addr; /* ignored if flag unset */ + }; + __u32 sida_offset; /* offset into the sida */ + __u8 reserved[32]; /* ignored */ + }; }; -The type of operation is specified in the "op" field. It is either -KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_READ for reading from logical memory space or -KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_WRITE for writing to logical memory space. The -KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY flag can be set in the "flags" field to check -whether the corresponding memory access would create an access exception -(without touching the data in the memory at the destination). In case an -access exception occurred while walking the MMU tables of the guest, the -ioctl returns a positive error number to indicate the type of exception. -This exception is also raised directly at the corresponding VCPU if the -flag KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_INJECT_EXCEPTION is set in the "flags" field. - The start address of the memory region has to be specified in the "gaddr" field, and the length of the region in the "size" field (which must not be 0). The maximum value for "size" can be obtained by checking the KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP capability. "buf" is the buffer supplied by the userspace application where the read data should be written to for -KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_READ, or where the data that should be written is -stored for a KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_WRITE. When KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY -is specified, "buf" is unused and can be NULL. "ar" designates the access -register number to be used; the valid range is 0..15. - -The "reserved" field is meant for future extensions. It is not used by -KVM with the currently defined set of flags. +a read access, or where the data that should be written is stored for +a write access. The "reserved" field is meant for future extensions. +Reserved and unused values are ignored. Future extension that add members must +introduce new flags. + +The type of operation is specified in the "op" field. Flags modifying +their behavior can be set in the "flags" field. Undefined flag bits must +be set to 0. + +Possible operations are: + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_READ`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_LOGICAL_WRITE`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_ABSOLUTE_READ`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_ABSOLUTE_WRITE`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_SIDA_READ`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_SIDA_WRITE`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_ABSOLUTE_CMPXCHG`` + +Logical read/write: +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Access logical memory, i.e. translate the given guest address to an absolute +address given the state of the VCPU and use the absolute address as target of +the access. "ar" designates the access register number to be used; the valid +range is 0..15. +Logical accesses are permitted for the VCPU ioctl only. +Logical accesses are permitted for non-protected guests only. + +Supported flags: + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_INJECT_EXCEPTION`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION`` + +The KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY flag can be set to check whether the +corresponding memory access would cause an access exception; however, +no actual access to the data in memory at the destination is performed. +In this case, "buf" is unused and can be NULL. + +In case an access exception occurred during the access (or would occur +in case of KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY), the ioctl returns a positive +error number indicating the type of exception. This exception is also +raised directly at the corresponding VCPU if the flag +KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_INJECT_EXCEPTION is set. +On protection exceptions, unless specified otherwise, the injected +translation-exception identifier (TEID) indicates suppression. + +If the KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION flag is set, storage key +protection is also in effect and may cause exceptions if accesses are +prohibited given the access key designated by "key"; the valid range is 0..15. +KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION is available if KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION +is > 0. +Since the accessed memory may span multiple pages and those pages might have +different storage keys, it is possible that a protection exception occurs +after memory has been modified. In this case, if the exception is injected, +the TEID does not indicate suppression. + +Absolute read/write: +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Access absolute memory. This operation is intended to be used with the +KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION flag, to allow accessing memory and performing +the checks required for storage key protection as one operation (as opposed to +user space getting the storage keys, performing the checks, and accessing +memory thereafter, which could lead to a delay between check and access). +Absolute accesses are permitted for the VM ioctl if KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION +has the KVM_S390_MEMOP_EXTENSION_CAP_BASE bit set. +Currently absolute accesses are not permitted for VCPU ioctls. +Absolute accesses are permitted for non-protected guests only. + +Supported flags: + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY`` + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION`` + +The semantics of the flags common with logical accesses are as for logical +accesses. + +Absolute cmpxchg: +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Perform cmpxchg on absolute guest memory. Intended for use with the +KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION flag. +Instead of doing an unconditional write, the access occurs only if the target +location contains the value pointed to by "old_addr". +This is performed as an atomic cmpxchg with the length specified by the "size" +parameter. "size" must be a power of two up to and including 16. +If the exchange did not take place because the target value doesn't match the +old value, the value "old_addr" points to is replaced by the target value. +User space can tell if an exchange took place by checking if this replacement +occurred. The cmpxchg op is permitted for the VM ioctl if +KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION has flag KVM_S390_MEMOP_EXTENSION_CAP_CMPXCHG set. + +Supported flags: + * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION`` + +SIDA read/write: +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +Access the secure instruction data area which contains memory operands necessary +for instruction emulation for protected guests. +SIDA accesses are available if the KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED capability is available. +SIDA accesses are permitted for the VCPU ioctl only. +SIDA accesses are permitted for protected guests only. + +No flags are supported. 4.90 KVM_S390_GET_SKEYS ----------------------- @@ -3453,7 +3976,7 @@ KVM with the currently defined set of flags. :Architectures: s390 :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_s390_skeys -:Returns: 0 on success, KVM_S390_GET_KEYS_NONE if guest is not using storage +:Returns: 0 on success, KVM_S390_GET_SKEYS_NONE if guest is not using storage keys, negative value on error This ioctl is used to get guest storage key values on the s390 @@ -3472,7 +3995,7 @@ you want to get. The count field is the number of consecutive frames (starting from start_gfn) whose storage keys to get. The count field must be at least 1 and the maximum -allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_ALLOC_MAX. Values outside this range +allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX. Values outside this range will cause the ioctl to return -EINVAL. The skeydata_addr field is the address to a buffer large enough to hold count @@ -3496,7 +4019,7 @@ you want to set. The count field is the number of consecutive frames (starting from start_gfn) whose storage keys to get. The count field must be at least 1 and the maximum -allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_ALLOC_MAX. Values outside this range +allowed value is defined as KVM_S390_SKEYS_MAX. Values outside this range will cause the ioctl to return -EINVAL. The skeydata_addr field is the address to a buffer containing count bytes of @@ -3650,31 +4173,118 @@ which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts. Queues an SMI on the thread's vcpu. -4.97 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE -------------------------- +4.97 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER +---------------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE -:Architectures: ppc -:Type: vm +:Capability: KVM_CAP_X86_MSR_FILTER +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error -This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls -H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user -space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests. -User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls -are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN -in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls). +:: -In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest, -user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example, -IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is -present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property. + struct kvm_msr_filter_range { + #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ (1 << 0) + #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1) + __u32 flags; + __u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */ + __u32 base; /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */ + __u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */ + }; -The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully -in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel, -they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have -an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration. + #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16 + struct kvm_msr_filter { + #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0) + #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY (1 << 0) + __u32 flags; + struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES]; + }; -This capability is always enabled. +flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``: + +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ`` + + Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap + indicates that read accesses should be denied, while a 1 indicates that + a read for a particular MSR should be allowed regardless of the default + filter action. + +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE`` + + Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap + indicates that write accesses should be denied, while a 1 indicates that + a write for a particular MSR should be allowed regardless of the default + filter action. + +flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``: + +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW`` + + If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will + allow accesses to all MSRs by default. + +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` + + If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will + deny accesses to all MSRs by default. + +This ioctl allows userspace to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to deny +guest MSR accesses that would normally be allowed by KVM. If an MSR is not +covered by a specific range, the "default" filtering behavior applies. Each +bitmap range covers MSRs from [base .. base+nmsrs). + +If an MSR access is denied by userspace, the resulting KVM behavior depends on +whether or not KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR's KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER is +enabled. If KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER is enabled, KVM will exit to userspace +on denied accesses, i.e. userspace effectively intercepts the MSR access. If +KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER is not enabled, KVM will inject a #GP into the guest +on denied accesses. Note, if an MSR access is denied during emulation of MSR +load/stores during VMX transitions, KVM ignores KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER. +See the below warning for full details. + +If an MSR access is allowed by userspace, KVM will emulate and/or virtualize +the access in accordance with the vCPU model. Note, KVM may still ultimately +inject a #GP if an access is allowed by userspace, e.g. if KVM doesn't support +the MSR, or to follow architectural behavior for the MSR. + +By default, KVM operates in KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW mode with no MSR range +filters. + +Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR +filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes +an error. + +.. warning:: + MSR accesses that are side effects of instruction execution (emulated or + native) are not filtered as hardware does not honor MSR bitmaps outside of + RDMSR and WRMSR, and KVM mimics that behavior when emulating instructions + to avoid pointless divergence from hardware. E.g. RDPID reads MSR_TSC_AUX, + SYSENTER reads the SYSENTER MSRs, etc. + + MSRs that are loaded/stored via dedicated VMCS fields are not filtered as + part of VM-Enter/VM-Exit emulation. + + MSRs that are loaded/store via VMX's load/store lists _are_ filtered as part + of VM-Enter/VM-Exit emulation. If an MSR access is denied on VM-Enter, KVM + synthesizes a consistency check VM-Exit(EXIT_REASON_MSR_LOAD_FAIL). If an + MSR access is denied on VM-Exit, KVM synthesizes a VM-Abort. In short, KVM + extends Intel's architectural list of MSRs that cannot be loaded/saved via + the VM-Enter/VM-Exit MSR list. It is platform owner's responsibility to + to communicate any such restrictions to their end users. + + x2APIC MSR accesses cannot be filtered (KVM silently ignores filters that + cover any x2APIC MSRs). + +Note, invoking this ioctl while 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. + +Similarly, if userspace wishes to intercept on denied accesses, +KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER must be enabled before activating any filters, and +left enabled until after all filters are deactivated. Failure to do so may +result in KVM injecting a #GP instead of exiting to userspace. 4.98 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64 ---------------------------- @@ -3739,7 +4349,7 @@ operating system that uses the PIT for timing (e.g. Linux 2.4.x). 4.100 KVM_PPC_CONFIGURE_V3_MMU ------------------------------ -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU or KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX or KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_HASH_V3 :Architectures: ppc :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg (in) @@ -3773,7 +4383,7 @@ the Power ISA V3.00, Book III section 5.7.6.1. 4.101 KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO --------------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX :Architectures: ppc :Type: vm ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info (out) @@ -3820,49 +4430,20 @@ base 2 of the page size in the bottom 6 bits. -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read, -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid, -ENOMEM if unable to allocate the new HPT, - -ENOSPC if there was a hash collision - -:: - - struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info { - struct kvm_ppc_radix_geom { - __u8 page_shift; - __u8 level_bits[4]; - __u8 pad[3]; - } geometries[8]; - __u32 ap_encodings[8]; - }; - -The geometries[] field gives up to 8 supported geometries for the -radix page table, in terms of the log base 2 of the smallest page -size, and the number of bits indexed at each level of the tree, from -the PTE level up to the PGD level in that order. Any unused entries -will have 0 in the page_shift field. - -The ap_encodings gives the supported page sizes and their AP field -encodings, encoded with the AP value in the top 3 bits and the log -base 2 of the page size in the bottom 6 bits. - -4.102 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE --------------------------------- - -:Capability: KVM_CAP_SPAPR_RESIZE_HPT -:Architectures: powerpc -:Type: vm ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt (in) -:Returns: 0 on successful completion, - >0 if a new HPT is being prepared, the value is an estimated - number of milliseconds until preparation is complete, - -EFAULT if struct kvm_reinject_control cannot be read, - -EINVAL if the supplied shift or flags are invalid,when moving existing - HPT entries to the new HPT, - -EIO on other error conditions Used to implement the PAPR extension for runtime resizing of a guest's Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this starts, stops or monitors the preparation of a new potential HPT for the guest, essentially implementing the H_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE hypercall. +:: + + struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { + __u64 flags; + __u32 shift; + __u32 pad; + }; + If called with shift > 0 when there is no pending HPT for the guest, this begins preparation of a new pending HPT of size 2^(shift) bytes. It then returns a positive integer with the estimated number of @@ -3890,14 +4471,6 @@ Normally this will be called repeatedly with the same parameters until it returns <= 0. The first call will initiate preparation, subsequent ones will monitor preparation until it completes or fails. -:: - - struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { - __u64 flags; - __u32 shift; - __u32 pad; - }; - 4.103 KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT ------------------------------- @@ -3920,6 +4493,14 @@ Hashed Page Table (HPT). Specifically this requests that the guest be transferred to working with the new HPT, essentially implementing the H_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT hypercall. +:: + + struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { + __u64 flags; + __u32 shift; + __u32 pad; + }; + This should only be called after KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_PREPARE has returned 0 with the same parameters. In other cases KVM_PPC_RESIZE_HPT_COMMIT will return an error (usually -ENXIO or @@ -3930,19 +4511,11 @@ This will have undefined effects on the guest if it has not already placed itself in a quiescent state where no vcpu will make MMU enabled memory accesses. -On succsful completion, the pending HPT will become the guest's active +On successful completion, the pending HPT will become the guest's active HPT and the previous HPT will be discarded. On failure, the guest will still be operating on its previous HPT. -:: - - struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { - __u64 flags; - __u32 shift; - __u32 pad; - }; - 4.104 KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED ----------------------------------- @@ -4018,6 +4591,18 @@ not holding a previously reported uncorrected error). :Parameters: struct kvm_s390_cmma_log (in, out) :Returns: 0 on success, a negative value on error +Errors: + + ====== ============================================================= + ENOMEM not enough memory can be allocated to complete the task + ENXIO if CMMA is not enabled + EINVAL if KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is not set but migration mode was not enabled + EINVAL if KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is not set but dirty tracking has been + disabled (and thus migration mode was automatically disabled) + EFAULT if the userspace address is invalid or if no page table is + present for the addresses (e.g. when using hugepages). + ====== ============================================================= + This ioctl is used to get the values of the CMMA bits on the s390 architecture. It is meant to be used in two scenarios: @@ -4098,12 +4683,6 @@ mask is unused. values points to the userspace buffer where the result will be stored. -This ioctl can fail with -ENOMEM if not enough memory can be allocated to -complete the task, with -ENXIO if CMMA is not enabled, with -EINVAL if -KVM_S390_CMMA_PEEK is not set but migration mode was not enabled, with --EFAULT if the userspace address is invalid or if no page table is -present for the addresses (e.g. when using hugepages). - 4.108 KVM_S390_SET_CMMA_BITS ---------------------------- @@ -4204,7 +4783,7 @@ H_GET_CPU_CHARACTERISTICS hypercall. :Capability: basic :Architectures: x86 -:Type: system +:Type: vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl :Parameters: an opaque platform specific structure (in/out) :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error @@ -4212,9 +4791,11 @@ If the platform supports creating encrypted VMs then this ioctl can be used for issuing platform-specific memory encryption commands to manage those encrypted VMs. -Currently, this ioctl is used for issuing Secure Encrypted Virtualization -(SEV) commands on AMD Processors. The SEV commands are defined in -Documentation/virt/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst. +Currently, this ioctl is used for issuing both Secure Encrypted Virtualization +(SEV) commands on AMD Processors and Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) commands +on Intel Processors. The detailed commands are defined in +Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst and +Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/intel-tdx.rst. 4.111 KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION ----------------------------------- @@ -4336,17 +4917,18 @@ Errors: #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_SMM_GUEST_MODE 0x00000001 #define KVM_STATE_NESTED_VMX_SMM_VMXON 0x00000002 -#define KVM_STATE_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER_DEADLINE 0x00000001 + #define KVM_STATE_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER_DEADLINE 0x00000001 struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_hdr { - __u32 flags; __u64 vmxon_pa; __u64 vmcs12_pa; - __u64 preemption_timer_deadline; struct { __u16 flags; } smm; + + __u32 flags; + __u64 preemption_timer_deadline; }; struct kvm_vmx_nested_state_data { @@ -4401,13 +4983,13 @@ Coalesced pio is based on coalesced mmio. There is little difference between coalesced mmio and pio except that coalesced pio records accesses to I/O ports. -4.117 KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG (vm ioctl) ------------------------------------- +4.117 KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG +------------------------- :Capability: KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 -:Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips +:Architectures: x86, arm64, mips :Type: vm ioctl -:Parameters: struct kvm_dirty_log (in) +:Parameters: struct kvm_clear_dirty_log (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error :: @@ -4434,10 +5016,9 @@ in KVM's dirty bitmap, and dirty tracking is re-enabled for that page (for example via write-protection, or by clearing the dirty bit in a page table entry). -If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 specifies -the address space for which you want to return the dirty bitmap. -They must be less than the value that KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns for -the KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE capability. +If KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE is available, bits 16-31 of slot field specifies +the address space for which you want to clear the dirty status. See +KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION for details on the usage of slot field. This ioctl is mostly useful when KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is enabled; for more information, see the description of the capability. @@ -4447,9 +5028,9 @@ that KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 is present. 4.118 KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID -------------------------------- -:Capability: KVM_CAP_HYPERV_CPUID +:Capability: KVM_CAP_HYPERV_CPUID (vcpu), KVM_CAP_SYS_HYPERV_CPUID (system) :Architectures: x86 -:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Type: system ioctl, vcpu ioctl :Parameters: struct kvm_cpuid2 (in/out) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -4483,6 +5064,7 @@ KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID ioctl because some of them intersect with KVM feature leaves (0x40000000, 0x40000001). Currently, the following list of CPUID leaves are returned: + - HYPERV_CPUID_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS - HYPERV_CPUID_INTERFACE - HYPERV_CPUID_VERSION @@ -4490,11 +5072,11 @@ Currently, the following list of CPUID leaves are returned: - HYPERV_CPUID_ENLIGHTMENT_INFO - HYPERV_CPUID_IMPLEMENT_LIMITS - HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES + - HYPERV_CPUID_SYNDBG_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS + - HYPERV_CPUID_SYNDBG_INTERFACE + - HYPERV_CPUID_SYNDBG_PLATFORM_CAPABILITIES -HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES leaf is only exposed when Enlightened VMCS was -enabled on the corresponding vCPU (KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS). - -Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure +Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in the variable-size array 'entries'. If the number of entries is too low to describe all Hyper-V feature leaves, an error (E2BIG) is returned. If the number is more or equal @@ -4504,10 +5086,20 @@ number of valid entries in the 'entries' array, which is then filled. 'index' and 'flags' fields in 'struct kvm_cpuid_entry2' are currently reserved, userspace should not expect to get any particular value there. +Note, vcpu version of KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID is currently deprecated. Unlike +system ioctl which exposes all supported feature bits unconditionally, vcpu +version has the following quirks: + +- HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES leaf and HV_X64_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS_RECOMMENDED + feature bit are only exposed when Enlightened VMCS was previously enabled + on the corresponding vCPU (KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS). +- HV_STIMER_DIRECT_MODE_AVAILABLE bit is only exposed with in-kernel LAPIC. + (presumes KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP has already been called). + 4.119 KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE --------------------------- -:Architectures: arm, arm64 +:Architectures: arm64 :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: int feature (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error @@ -4528,15 +5120,15 @@ Recognised values for feature: Finalizes the configuration of the specified vcpu feature. The vcpu must already have been initialised, enabling the affected feature, by -means of a successful KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT call with the appropriate flag set in -features[]. +means of a successful :ref:`KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT <KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT>` call with the +appropriate flag set in features[]. For affected vcpu features, this is a mandatory step that must be performed before the vcpu is fully usable. Between KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT and KVM_ARM_VCPU_FINALIZE, the feature may be configured by use of ioctls such as KVM_SET_ONE_REG. The exact configuration -that should be performaned and how to do it are feature-dependent. +that should be performed and how to do it are feature-dependent. Other calls that depend on a particular feature being finalized, such as KVM_RUN, KVM_GET_REG_LIST, KVM_GET_ONE_REG and KVM_SET_ONE_REG, will fail with @@ -4555,6 +5147,15 @@ using this ioctl. :Parameters: struct kvm_pmu_event_filter (in) :Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error +Errors: + + ====== ============================================================ + EFAULT args[0] cannot be accessed + EINVAL args[0] contains invalid data in the filter or filter events + E2BIG nevents is too large + EBUSY not enough memory to allocate the filter + ====== ============================================================ + :: struct kvm_pmu_event_filter { @@ -4566,20 +5167,93 @@ using this ioctl. __u64 events[0]; }; -This ioctl restricts the set of PMU events that the guest can program. -The argument holds a list of events which will be allowed or denied. -The eventsel+umask of each event the guest attempts to program is compared -against the events field to determine whether the guest should have access. -The events field only controls general purpose counters; fixed purpose -counters are controlled by the fixed_counter_bitmap. +This ioctl restricts the set of PMU events the guest can program by limiting +which event select and unit mask combinations are permitted. -No flags are defined yet, the field must be zero. +The argument holds a list of filter events which will be allowed or denied. + +Filter events only control general purpose counters; fixed purpose counters +are controlled by the fixed_counter_bitmap. + +Valid values for 'flags':: + +``0`` + +To use this mode, clear the 'flags' field. + +In this mode each event will contain an event select + unit mask. + +When the guest attempts to program the PMU the guest's event select + +unit mask is compared against the filter events to determine whether the +guest should have access. + +``KVM_PMU_EVENT_FLAG_MASKED_EVENTS`` +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PMU_EVENT_MASKED_EVENTS + +In this mode each filter event will contain an event select, mask, match, and +exclude value. To encode a masked event use:: + + KVM_PMU_ENCODE_MASKED_ENTRY() + +An encoded event will follow this layout:: + + Bits Description + ---- ----------- + 7:0 event select (low bits) + 15:8 umask match + 31:16 unused + 35:32 event select (high bits) + 36:54 unused + 55 exclude bit + 63:56 umask mask + +When the guest attempts to program the PMU, these steps are followed in +determining if the guest should have access: + + 1. Match the event select from the guest against the filter events. + 2. If a match is found, match the guest's unit mask to the mask and match + values of the included filter events. + I.e. (unit mask & mask) == match && !exclude. + 3. If a match is found, match the guest's unit mask to the mask and match + values of the excluded filter events. + I.e. (unit mask & mask) == match && exclude. + 4. + a. If an included match is found and an excluded match is not found, filter + the event. + b. For everything else, do not filter the event. + 5. + a. If the event is filtered and it's an allow list, allow the guest to + program the event. + b. If the event is filtered and it's a deny list, do not allow the guest to + program the event. + +When setting a new pmu event filter, -EINVAL will be returned if any of the +unused fields are set or if any of the high bits (35:32) in the event +select are set when called on Intel. Valid values for 'action':: #define KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW 0 #define KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY 1 +Via this API, KVM userspace can also control the behavior of the VM's fixed +counters (if any) by configuring the "action" and "fixed_counter_bitmap" fields. + +Specifically, KVM follows the following pseudo-code when determining whether to +allow the guest FixCtr[i] to count its pre-defined fixed event:: + + FixCtr[i]_is_allowed = (action == ALLOW) && (bitmap & BIT(i)) || + (action == DENY) && !(bitmap & BIT(i)); + FixCtr[i]_is_denied = !FixCtr[i]_is_allowed; + +KVM always consumes fixed_counter_bitmap, it's userspace's responsibility to +ensure fixed_counter_bitmap is set correctly, e.g. if userspace wants to define +a filter that only affects general purpose counters. + +Note, the "events" field also applies to fixed counters' hardcoded event_select +and unit_mask values. "fixed_counter_bitmap" has higher priority than "events" +if there is a contradiction between the two. + 4.121 KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF --------------------- @@ -4619,7 +5293,7 @@ the cpu reset definition in the POP (Principles Of Operation). 4.123 KVM_S390_INITIAL_RESET ---------------------------- -:Capability: none +:Capability: basic :Architectures: s390 :Type: vcpu ioctl :Parameters: none @@ -4663,7 +5337,15 @@ into ESA mode. This reset is a superset of the initial reset. __u32 reserved[3]; }; -cmd values: +**Ultravisor return codes** +The Ultravisor return (reason) codes are provided by the kernel if a +Ultravisor call has been executed to achieve the results expected by +the command. Therefore they are independent of the IOCTL return +code. If KVM changes `rc`, its value will always be greater than 0 +hence setting it to 0 before issuing a PV command is advised to be +able to detect a change of `rc`. + +**cmd values:** KVM_PV_ENABLE Allocate memory and register the VM with the Ultravisor, thereby @@ -4679,11 +5361,13 @@ KVM_PV_ENABLE ===== ============================= KVM_PV_DISABLE - - Deregister the VM from the Ultravisor and reclaim the memory that - had been donated to the Ultravisor, making it usable by the kernel - again. All registered VCPUs are converted back to non-protected - ones. + Deregister the VM from the Ultravisor and reclaim the memory that had + been donated to the Ultravisor, making it usable by the kernel again. + All registered VCPUs are converted back to non-protected ones. If a + previous protected VM had been prepared for asynchronous teardown with + KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PREPARE and not subsequently torn down with + KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PERFORM, it will be torn down in this call + together with the current protected VM. KVM_PV_VM_SET_SEC_PARMS Pass the image header from VM memory to the Ultravisor in @@ -4696,6 +5380,1097 @@ KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds, KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs. +KVM_PV_INFO + :Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_DUMP + + Presents an API that provides Ultravisor related data to userspace + via subcommands. len_max is the size of the user space buffer, + len_written is KVM's indication of how much bytes of that buffer + were actually written to. len_written can be used to determine the + valid fields if more response fields are added in the future. + + :: + + enum pv_cmd_info_id { + KVM_PV_INFO_VM, + KVM_PV_INFO_DUMP, + }; + + struct kvm_s390_pv_info_header { + __u32 id; + __u32 len_max; + __u32 len_written; + __u32 reserved; + }; + + struct kvm_s390_pv_info { + struct kvm_s390_pv_info_header header; + struct kvm_s390_pv_info_dump dump; + struct kvm_s390_pv_info_vm vm; + }; + +**subcommands:** + + KVM_PV_INFO_VM + This subcommand provides basic Ultravisor information for PV + hosts. These values are likely also exported as files in the sysfs + firmware UV query interface but they are more easily available to + programs in this API. + + The installed calls and feature_indication members provide the + installed UV calls and the UV's other feature indications. + + The max_* members provide information about the maximum number of PV + vcpus, PV guests and PV guest memory size. + + :: + + struct kvm_s390_pv_info_vm { + __u64 inst_calls_list[4]; + __u64 max_cpus; + __u64 max_guests; + __u64 max_guest_addr; + __u64 feature_indication; + }; + + + KVM_PV_INFO_DUMP + This subcommand provides information related to dumping PV guests. + + :: + + struct kvm_s390_pv_info_dump { + __u64 dump_cpu_buffer_len; + __u64 dump_config_mem_buffer_per_1m; + __u64 dump_config_finalize_len; + }; + +KVM_PV_DUMP + :Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_DUMP + + Presents an API that provides calls which facilitate dumping a + protected VM. + + :: + + struct kvm_s390_pv_dmp { + __u64 subcmd; + __u64 buff_addr; + __u64 buff_len; + __u64 gaddr; /* For dump storage state */ + }; + + **subcommands:** + + KVM_PV_DUMP_INIT + Initializes the dump process of a protected VM. If this call does + not succeed all other subcommands will fail with -EINVAL. This + subcommand will return -EINVAL if a dump process has not yet been + completed. + + Not all PV vms can be dumped, the owner needs to set `dump + allowed` PCF bit 34 in the SE header to allow dumping. + + KVM_PV_DUMP_CONFIG_STOR_STATE + Stores `buff_len` bytes of tweak component values starting with + the 1MB block specified by the absolute guest address + (`gaddr`). `buff_len` needs to be `conf_dump_storage_state_len` + aligned and at least >= the `conf_dump_storage_state_len` value + provided by the dump uv_info data. buff_user might be written to + even if an error rc is returned. For instance if we encounter a + fault after writing the first page of data. + + KVM_PV_DUMP_COMPLETE + If the subcommand succeeds it completes the dump process and lets + KVM_PV_DUMP_INIT be called again. + + On success `conf_dump_finalize_len` bytes of completion data will be + stored to the `buff_addr`. The completion data contains a key + derivation seed, IV, tweak nonce and encryption keys as well as an + authentication tag all of which are needed to decrypt the dump at a + later time. + +KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PREPARE + :Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_ASYNC_DISABLE + + Prepare the current protected VM for asynchronous teardown. Most + resources used by the current protected VM will be set aside for a + subsequent asynchronous teardown. The current protected VM will then + resume execution immediately as non-protected. There can be at most + one protected VM prepared for asynchronous teardown at any time. If + a protected VM had already been prepared for teardown without + subsequently calling KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PERFORM, this call will + fail. In that case, the userspace process should issue a normal + KVM_PV_DISABLE. The resources set aside with this call will need to + be cleaned up with a subsequent call to KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PERFORM + or KVM_PV_DISABLE, otherwise they will be cleaned up when KVM + terminates. KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PREPARE can be called again as soon + as cleanup starts, i.e. before KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PERFORM finishes. + +KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PERFORM + :Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_ASYNC_DISABLE + + Tear down the protected VM previously prepared for teardown with + KVM_PV_ASYNC_CLEANUP_PREPARE. The resources that had been set aside + will be freed during the execution of this command. This PV command + should ideally be issued by userspace from a separate thread. If a + fatal signal is received (or the process terminates naturally), the + command will terminate immediately without completing, and the normal + KVM shutdown procedure will take care of cleaning up all remaining + protected VMs, including the ones whose teardown was interrupted by + process termination. + +4.126 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR +-------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_hvm_attr +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + +:: + + struct kvm_xen_hvm_attr { + __u16 type; + __u16 pad[3]; + union { + __u8 long_mode; + __u8 vector; + __u8 runstate_update_flag; + union { + __u64 gfn; + __u64 hva; + } shared_info; + struct { + __u32 send_port; + __u32 type; /* EVTCHNSTAT_ipi / EVTCHNSTAT_interdomain */ + __u32 flags; + union { + struct { + __u32 port; + __u32 vcpu; + __u32 priority; + } port; + struct { + __u32 port; /* Zero for eventfd */ + __s32 fd; + } eventfd; + __u32 padding[4]; + } deliver; + } evtchn; + __u32 xen_version; + __u64 pad[8]; + } u; + }; + +type values: + +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_LONG_MODE + Sets the ABI mode of the VM to 32-bit or 64-bit (long mode). This + determines the layout of the shared_info page exposed to the VM. + +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO + Sets the guest physical frame number at which the Xen shared_info + page resides. Note that although Xen places vcpu_info for the first + 32 vCPUs in the shared_info page, KVM does not automatically do so + and instead requires that KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO or + KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO_HVA be used explicitly even when + the vcpu_info for a given vCPU resides at the "default" location + in the shared_info page. This is because KVM may not be aware of + the Xen CPU id which is used as the index into the vcpu_info[] + array, so may know the correct default location. + + Note that the shared_info page may be constantly written to by KVM; + it contains the event channel bitmap used to deliver interrupts to + a Xen guest, amongst other things. It is exempt from dirty tracking + mechanisms — KVM will not explicitly mark the page as dirty each + time an event channel interrupt is delivered to the guest! Thus, + userspace should always assume that the designated GFN is dirty if + any vCPU has been running or any event channel interrupts can be + routed to the guest. + + Setting the gfn to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GFN will disable the shared_info + page. + +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO_HVA + If the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO_HVA flag is also set in the + Xen capabilities, then this attribute may be used to set the + userspace address at which the shared_info page resides, which + will always be fixed in the VMM regardless of where it is mapped + in guest physical address space. This attribute should be used in + preference to KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO as it avoids + unnecessary invalidation of an internal cache when the page is + re-mapped in guest physical address space. + + Setting the hva to zero will disable the shared_info page. + +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR + Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls. + This is the HVM-wide vector injected directly by the hypervisor + (not through the local APIC), typically configured by a guest via + HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ. This can be disabled again (e.g. for guest + SHUTDOWN_soft_reset) by setting it to zero. + +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_EVTCHN + This attribute is available when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl indicates + support for KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND features. It configures + an outbound port number for interception of EVTCHNOP_send requests + from the guest. A given sending port number may be directed back to + a specified vCPU (by APIC ID) / port / priority on the guest, or to + trigger events on an eventfd. The vCPU and priority can be changed + by setting KVM_XEN_EVTCHN_UPDATE in a subsequent call, but other + fields cannot change for a given sending port. A port mapping is + removed by using KVM_XEN_EVTCHN_DEASSIGN in the flags field. Passing + KVM_XEN_EVTCHN_RESET in the flags field removes all interception of + outbound event channels. The values of the flags field are mutually + exclusive and cannot be combined as a bitmask. + +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_XEN_VERSION + This attribute is available when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl indicates + support for KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND features. It configures + the 32-bit version code returned to the guest when it invokes the + XENVER_version call; typically (XEN_MAJOR << 16 | XEN_MINOR). PV + Xen guests will often use this to as a dummy hypercall to trigger + event channel delivery, so responding within the kernel without + exiting to userspace is beneficial. + +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG + This attribute is available when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl indicates + support for KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG. It enables the + XEN_RUNSTATE_UPDATE flag which allows guest vCPUs to safely read + other vCPUs' vcpu_runstate_info. Xen guests enable this feature via + the VMASST_TYPE_runstate_update_flag of the HYPERVISOR_vm_assist + hypercall. + +4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR +-------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_hvm_attr +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + +Allows Xen VM attributes to be read. For the structure and types, +see KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR above. The KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_EVTCHN +attribute cannot be read. + +4.128 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR +--------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_vcpu_attr +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + +:: + + struct kvm_xen_vcpu_attr { + __u16 type; + __u16 pad[3]; + union { + __u64 gpa; + __u64 pad[4]; + struct { + __u64 state; + __u64 state_entry_time; + __u64 time_running; + __u64 time_runnable; + __u64 time_blocked; + __u64 time_offline; + } runstate; + __u32 vcpu_id; + struct { + __u32 port; + __u32 priority; + __u64 expires_ns; + } timer; + __u8 vector; + } u; + }; + +type values: + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO + Sets the guest physical address of the vcpu_info for a given vCPU. + As with the shared_info page for the VM, the corresponding page may be + dirtied at any time if event channel interrupt delivery is enabled, so + userspace should always assume that the page is dirty without relying + on dirty logging. Setting the gpa to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GPA will disable + the vcpu_info. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_INFO_HVA + If the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO_HVA flag is also set in the + Xen capabilities, then this attribute may be used to set the + userspace address of the vcpu_info for a given vCPU. It should + only be used when the vcpu_info resides at the "default" location + in the shared_info page. In this case it is safe to assume the + userspace address will not change, because the shared_info page is + an overlay on guest memory and remains at a fixed host address + regardless of where it is mapped in guest physical address space + and hence unnecessary invalidation of an internal cache may be + avoided if the guest memory layout is modified. + If the vcpu_info does not reside at the "default" location then + it is not guaranteed to remain at the same host address and + hence the aforementioned cache invalidation is required. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_TIME_INFO + Sets the guest physical address of an additional pvclock structure + for a given vCPU. This is typically used for guest vsyscall support. + Setting the gpa to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GPA will disable the structure. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADDR + Sets the guest physical address of the vcpu_runstate_info for a given + vCPU. This is how a Xen guest tracks CPU state such as steal time. + Setting the gpa to KVM_XEN_INVALID_GPA will disable the runstate area. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_CURRENT + Sets the runstate (RUNSTATE_running/_runnable/_blocked/_offline) of + the given vCPU from the .u.runstate.state member of the structure. + KVM automatically accounts running and runnable time but blocked + and offline states are only entered explicitly. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_DATA + Sets all fields of the vCPU runstate data from the .u.runstate member + of the structure, including the current runstate. The state_entry_time + must equal the sum of the other four times. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST + This *adds* the contents of the .u.runstate members of the structure + to the corresponding members of the given vCPU's runstate data, thus + permitting atomic adjustments to the runstate times. The adjustment + to the state_entry_time must equal the sum of the adjustments to the + other four times. The state field must be set to -1, or to a valid + runstate value (RUNSTATE_running, RUNSTATE_runnable, RUNSTATE_blocked + or RUNSTATE_offline) to set the current accounted state as of the + adjusted state_entry_time. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_ID + This attribute is available when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl indicates + support for KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND features. It sets the Xen + vCPU ID of the given vCPU, to allow timer-related VCPU operations to + be intercepted by KVM. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_TIMER + This attribute is available when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl indicates + support for KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND features. It sets the + event channel port/priority for the VIRQ_TIMER of the vCPU, as well + as allowing a pending timer to be saved/restored. Setting the timer + port to zero disables kernel handling of the singleshot timer. + +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR + This attribute is available when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl indicates + support for KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND features. It sets the + per-vCPU local APIC upcall vector, configured by a Xen guest with + the HVMOP_set_evtchn_upcall_vector hypercall. This is typically + used by Windows guests, and is distinct from the HVM-wide upcall + vector configured with HVM_PARAM_CALLBACK_IRQ. It is disabled by + setting the vector to zero. + + +4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR +--------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_xen_vcpu_attr +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + +Allows Xen vCPU attributes to be read. For the structure and types, +see KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR above. + +The KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST type may not be used +with the KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctl. + +4.130 KVM_ARM_MTE_COPY_TAGS +--------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_arm_copy_mte_tags +:Returns: number of bytes copied, < 0 on error (-EINVAL for incorrect + arguments, -EFAULT if memory cannot be accessed). + +:: + + struct kvm_arm_copy_mte_tags { + __u64 guest_ipa; + __u64 length; + void __user *addr; + __u64 flags; + __u64 reserved[2]; + }; + +Copies Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) tags to/from guest tag memory. The +``guest_ipa`` and ``length`` fields must be ``PAGE_SIZE`` aligned. +``length`` must not be bigger than 2^31 - PAGE_SIZE bytes. The ``addr`` +field must point to a buffer which the tags will be copied to or from. + +``flags`` specifies the direction of copy, either ``KVM_ARM_TAGS_TO_GUEST`` or +``KVM_ARM_TAGS_FROM_GUEST``. + +The size of the buffer to store the tags is ``(length / 16)`` bytes +(granules in MTE are 16 bytes long). Each byte contains a single tag +value. This matches the format of ``PTRACE_PEEKMTETAGS`` and +``PTRACE_POKEMTETAGS``. + +If an error occurs before any data is copied then a negative error code is +returned. If some tags have been copied before an error occurs then the number +of bytes successfully copied is returned. If the call completes successfully +then ``length`` is returned. + +4.131 KVM_GET_SREGS2 +-------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_SREGS2 +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_sregs2 (out) +:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Reads special registers from the vcpu. +This ioctl (when supported) replaces the KVM_GET_SREGS. + +:: + + struct kvm_sregs2 { + /* out (KVM_GET_SREGS2) / in (KVM_SET_SREGS2) */ + struct kvm_segment cs, ds, es, fs, gs, ss; + struct kvm_segment tr, ldt; + struct kvm_dtable gdt, idt; + __u64 cr0, cr2, cr3, cr4, cr8; + __u64 efer; + __u64 apic_base; + __u64 flags; + __u64 pdptrs[4]; + }; + +flags values for ``kvm_sregs2``: + +``KVM_SREGS2_FLAGS_PDPTRS_VALID`` + + Indicates that the struct contains valid PDPTR values. + + +4.132 KVM_SET_SREGS2 +-------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_SREGS2 +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_sregs2 (in) +:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Writes special registers into the vcpu. +See KVM_GET_SREGS2 for the data structures. +This ioctl (when supported) replaces the KVM_SET_SREGS. + +4.133 KVM_GET_STATS_FD +---------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_STATS_BINARY_FD +:Architectures: all +:Type: vm ioctl, vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: none +:Returns: statistics file descriptor on success, < 0 on error + +Errors: + + ====== ====================================================== + ENOMEM if the fd could not be created due to lack of memory + EMFILE if the number of opened files exceeds the limit + ====== ====================================================== + +The returned file descriptor can be used to read VM/vCPU statistics data in +binary format. The data in the file descriptor consists of four blocks +organized as follows: + ++-------------+ +| Header | ++-------------+ +| id string | ++-------------+ +| Descriptors | ++-------------+ +| Stats Data | ++-------------+ + +Apart from the header starting at offset 0, please be aware that it is +not guaranteed that the four blocks are adjacent or in the above order; +the offsets of the id, descriptors and data blocks are found in the +header. However, all four blocks are aligned to 64 bit offsets in the +file and they do not overlap. + +All blocks except the data block are immutable. Userspace can read them +only one time after retrieving the file descriptor, and then use ``pread`` or +``lseek`` to read the statistics repeatedly. + +All data is in system endianness. + +The format of the header is as follows:: + + struct kvm_stats_header { + __u32 flags; + __u32 name_size; + __u32 num_desc; + __u32 id_offset; + __u32 desc_offset; + __u32 data_offset; + }; + +The ``flags`` field is not used at the moment. It is always read as 0. + +The ``name_size`` field is the size (in byte) of the statistics name string +(including trailing '\0') which is contained in the "id string" block and +appended at the end of every descriptor. + +The ``num_desc`` field is the number of descriptors that are included in the +descriptor block. (The actual number of values in the data block may be +larger, since each descriptor may comprise more than one value). + +The ``id_offset`` field is the offset of the id string from the start of the +file indicated by the file descriptor. It is a multiple of 8. + +The ``desc_offset`` field is the offset of the Descriptors block from the start +of the file indicated by the file descriptor. It is a multiple of 8. + +The ``data_offset`` field is the offset of the Stats Data block from the start +of the file indicated by the file descriptor. It is a multiple of 8. + +The id string block contains a string which identifies the file descriptor on +which KVM_GET_STATS_FD was invoked. The size of the block, including the +trailing ``'\0'``, is indicated by the ``name_size`` field in the header. + +The descriptors block is only needed to be read once for the lifetime of the +file descriptor contains a sequence of ``struct kvm_stats_desc``, each followed +by a string of size ``name_size``. +:: + + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT 0 + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE (0x0 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_INSTANT (0x1 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_PEAK (0x2 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_LINEAR_HIST (0x3 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_LOG_HIST (0x4 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MAX KVM_STATS_TYPE_LOG_HIST + + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT 4 + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE (0x0 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES (0x1 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS (0x2 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES (0x3 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_BOOLEAN (0x4 << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_UNIT_MAX KVM_STATS_UNIT_BOOLEAN + + #define KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT 8 + #define KVM_STATS_BASE_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10 (0x0 << KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2 (0x1 << KVM_STATS_BASE_SHIFT) + #define KVM_STATS_BASE_MAX KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2 + + struct kvm_stats_desc { + __u32 flags; + __s16 exponent; + __u16 size; + __u32 offset; + __u32 bucket_size; + char name[]; + }; + +The ``flags`` field contains the type and unit of the statistics data described +by this descriptor. Its endianness is CPU native. +The following flags are supported: + +Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type: + + * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE`` + The statistics reports a cumulative count. The value of data can only be increased. + Most of the counters used in KVM are of this type. + The corresponding ``size`` field for this type is always 1. + All cumulative statistics data are read/write. + * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_INSTANT`` + The statistics reports an instantaneous value. Its value can be increased or + decreased. This type is usually used as a measurement of some resources, + like the number of dirty pages, the number of large pages, etc. + All instant statistics are read only. + The corresponding ``size`` field for this type is always 1. + * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_PEAK`` + The statistics data reports a peak value, for example the maximum number + of items in a hash table bucket, the longest time waited and so on. + The value of data can only be increased. + The corresponding ``size`` field for this type is always 1. + * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_LINEAR_HIST`` + The statistic is reported as a linear histogram. The number of + buckets is specified by the ``size`` field. The size of buckets is specified + by the ``hist_param`` field. The range of the Nth bucket (1 <= N < ``size``) + is [``hist_param``*(N-1), ``hist_param``*N), while the range of the last + bucket is [``hist_param``*(``size``-1), +INF). (+INF means positive infinity + value.) + * ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_LOG_HIST`` + The statistic is reported as a logarithmic histogram. The number of + buckets is specified by the ``size`` field. The range of the first bucket is + [0, 1), while the range of the last bucket is [pow(2, ``size``-2), +INF). + Otherwise, The Nth bucket (1 < N < ``size``) covers + [pow(2, N-2), pow(2, N-1)). + +Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit: + + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE`` + There is no unit for the value of statistics data. This usually means that + the value is a simple counter of an event. + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES`` + It indicates that the statistics data is used to measure memory size, in the + unit of Byte, KiByte, MiByte, GiByte, etc. The unit of the data is + determined by the ``exponent`` field in the descriptor. + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS`` + It indicates that the statistics data is used to measure time or latency. + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_CYCLES`` + It indicates that the statistics data is used to measure CPU clock cycles. + * ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_BOOLEAN`` + It indicates that the statistic will always be either 0 or 1. Boolean + statistics of "peak" type will never go back from 1 to 0. Boolean + statistics can be linear histograms (with two buckets) but not logarithmic + histograms. + +Note that, in the case of histograms, the unit applies to the bucket +ranges, while the bucket value indicates how many samples fell in the +bucket's range. + +Bits 8-11 of ``flags``, together with ``exponent``, encode the scale of the +unit: + + * ``KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10`` + The scale is based on power of 10. It is used for measurement of time and + CPU clock cycles. For example, an exponent of -9 can be used with + ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_SECONDS`` to express that the unit is nanoseconds. + * ``KVM_STATS_BASE_POW2`` + The scale is based on power of 2. It is used for measurement of memory size. + For example, an exponent of 20 can be used with ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_BYTES`` to + express that the unit is MiB. + +The ``size`` field is the number of values of this statistics data. Its +value is usually 1 for most of simple statistics. 1 means it contains an +unsigned 64bit data. + +The ``offset`` field is the offset from the start of Data Block to the start of +the corresponding statistics data. + +The ``bucket_size`` field is used as a parameter for histogram statistics data. +It is only used by linear histogram statistics data, specifying the size of a +bucket in the unit expressed by bits 4-11 of ``flags`` together with ``exponent``. + +The ``name`` field is the name string of the statistics data. The name string +starts at the end of ``struct kvm_stats_desc``. The maximum length including +the trailing ``'\0'``, is indicated by ``name_size`` in the header. + +The Stats Data block contains an array of 64-bit values in the same order +as the descriptors in Descriptors block. + +4.134 KVM_GET_XSAVE2 +-------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_XSAVE2 +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_xsave (out) +:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + + +:: + + struct kvm_xsave { + __u32 region[1024]; + __u32 extra[0]; + }; + +This ioctl would copy current vcpu's xsave struct to the userspace. It +copies as many bytes as are returned by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_XSAVE2) +when invoked on the vm file descriptor. The size value returned by +KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_XSAVE2) will always be at least 4096. +Currently, it is only greater than 4096 if a dynamic feature has been +enabled with ``arch_prctl()``, but this may change in the future. + +The offsets of the state save areas in struct kvm_xsave follow the contents +of CPUID leaf 0xD on the host. + +4.135 KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND +----------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_irq_routing_xen_evtchn +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + + +:: + + struct kvm_irq_routing_xen_evtchn { + __u32 port; + __u32 vcpu; + __u32 priority; + }; + +This ioctl injects an event channel interrupt directly to the guest vCPU. + +4.136 KVM_S390_PV_CPU_COMMAND +----------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_DUMP +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: none +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + +This ioctl closely mirrors `KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND` but handles requests +for vcpus. It re-uses the kvm_s390_pv_dmp struct and hence also shares +the command ids. + +**command:** + +KVM_PV_DUMP + Presents an API that provides calls which facilitate dumping a vcpu + of a protected VM. + +**subcommand:** + +KVM_PV_DUMP_CPU + Provides encrypted dump data like register values. + The length of the returned data is provided by uv_info.guest_cpu_stor_len. + +4.137 KVM_S390_ZPCI_OP +---------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_S390_ZPCI_OP +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_s390_zpci_op (in) +:Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error + +Used to manage hardware-assisted virtualization features for zPCI devices. + +Parameters are specified via the following structure:: + + struct kvm_s390_zpci_op { + /* in */ + __u32 fh; /* target device */ + __u8 op; /* operation to perform */ + __u8 pad[3]; + union { + /* for KVM_S390_ZPCIOP_REG_AEN */ + struct { + __u64 ibv; /* Guest addr of interrupt bit vector */ + __u64 sb; /* Guest addr of summary bit */ + __u32 flags; + __u32 noi; /* Number of interrupts */ + __u8 isc; /* Guest interrupt subclass */ + __u8 sbo; /* Offset of guest summary bit vector */ + __u16 pad; + } reg_aen; + __u64 reserved[8]; + } u; + }; + +The type of operation is specified in the "op" field. +KVM_S390_ZPCIOP_REG_AEN is used to register the VM for adapter event +notification interpretation, which will allow firmware delivery of adapter +events directly to the vm, with KVM providing a backup delivery mechanism; +KVM_S390_ZPCIOP_DEREG_AEN is used to subsequently disable interpretation of +adapter event notifications. + +The target zPCI function must also be specified via the "fh" field. For the +KVM_S390_ZPCIOP_REG_AEN operation, additional information to establish firmware +delivery must be provided via the "reg_aen" struct. + +The "pad" and "reserved" fields may be used for future extensions and should be +set to 0s by userspace. + +4.138 KVM_ARM_SET_COUNTER_OFFSET +-------------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_COUNTER_OFFSET +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_arm_counter_offset (in) +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + +This capability indicates that userspace is able to apply a single VM-wide +offset to both the virtual and physical counters as viewed by the guest +using the KVM_ARM_SET_CNT_OFFSET ioctl and the following data structure: + +:: + + struct kvm_arm_counter_offset { + __u64 counter_offset; + __u64 reserved; + }; + +The offset describes a number of counter cycles that are subtracted from +both virtual and physical counter views (similar to the effects of the +CNTVOFF_EL2 and CNTPOFF_EL2 system registers, but only global). The offset +always applies to all vcpus (already created or created after this ioctl) +for this VM. + +It is userspace's responsibility to compute the offset based, for example, +on previous values of the guest counters. + +Any value other than 0 for the "reserved" field may result in an error +(-EINVAL) being returned. This ioctl can also return -EBUSY if any vcpu +ioctl is issued concurrently. + +Note that using this ioctl results in KVM ignoring subsequent userspace +writes to the CNTVCT_EL0 and CNTPCT_EL0 registers using the SET_ONE_REG +interface. No error will be returned, but the resulting offset will not be +applied. + +.. _KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS: + +4.139 KVM_ARM_GET_REG_WRITABLE_MASKS +------------------------------------ + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_ARM_SUPPORTED_REG_MASK_RANGES +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct reg_mask_range (in/out) +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error + + +:: + + #define KVM_ARM_FEATURE_ID_RANGE 0 + #define KVM_ARM_FEATURE_ID_RANGE_SIZE (3 * 8 * 8) + + struct reg_mask_range { + __u64 addr; /* Pointer to mask array */ + __u32 range; /* Requested range */ + __u32 reserved[13]; + }; + +This ioctl copies the writable masks for a selected range of registers to +userspace. + +The ``addr`` field is a pointer to the destination array where KVM copies +the writable masks. + +The ``range`` field indicates the requested range of registers. +``KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION`` for the ``KVM_CAP_ARM_SUPPORTED_REG_MASK_RANGES`` +capability returns the supported ranges, expressed as a set of flags. Each +flag's bit index represents a possible value for the ``range`` field. +All other values are reserved for future use and KVM may return an error. + +The ``reserved[13]`` array is reserved for future use and should be 0, or +KVM may return an error. + +KVM_ARM_FEATURE_ID_RANGE (0) +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +The Feature ID range is defined as the AArch64 System register space with +op0==3, op1=={0, 1, 3}, CRn==0, CRm=={0-7}, op2=={0-7}. + +The mask returned array pointed to by ``addr`` is indexed by the macro +``ARM64_FEATURE_ID_RANGE_IDX(op0, op1, crn, crm, op2)``, allowing userspace +to know what fields can be changed for the system register described by +``op0, op1, crn, crm, op2``. KVM rejects ID register values that describe a +superset of the features supported by the system. + +4.140 KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 +--------------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_USER_MEMORY2 +:Architectures: all +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2 (in) +:Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 is an extension to KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION that +allows mapping guest_memfd memory into a guest. All fields shared with +KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION identically. Userspace can set KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD +in flags to have KVM bind the memory region to a given guest_memfd range of +[guest_memfd_offset, guest_memfd_offset + memory_size]. The target guest_memfd +must point at a file created via KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD on the current VM, and +the target range must not be bound to any other memory region. All standard +bounds checks apply (use common sense). + +:: + + struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2 { + __u32 slot; + __u32 flags; + __u64 guest_phys_addr; + __u64 memory_size; /* bytes */ + __u64 userspace_addr; /* start of the userspace allocated memory */ + __u64 guest_memfd_offset; + __u32 guest_memfd; + __u32 pad1; + __u64 pad2[14]; + }; + +A KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD region _must_ have a valid guest_memfd (private memory) and +userspace_addr (shared memory). However, "valid" for userspace_addr simply +means that the address itself must be a legal userspace address. The backing +mapping for userspace_addr is not required to be valid/populated at the time of +KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, e.g. shared memory can be lazily mapped/allocated +on-demand. + +When mapping a gfn into the guest, KVM selects shared vs. private, i.e consumes +userspace_addr vs. guest_memfd, based on the gfn's KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE +state. At VM creation time, all memory is shared, i.e. the PRIVATE attribute +is '0' for all gfns. Userspace can control whether memory is shared/private by +toggling KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE via KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES as needed. + +S390: +^^^^^ + +Returns -EINVAL if the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL flag set. +Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM. + +4.141 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES +------------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_memory_attributes (in) +:Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error + +KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES allows userspace to set memory attributes for a range +of guest physical memory. + +:: + + struct kvm_memory_attributes { + __u64 address; + __u64 size; + __u64 attributes; + __u64 flags; + }; + + #define KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE (1ULL << 3) + +The address and size must be page aligned. The supported attributes can be +retrieved via ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION) on KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES. If +executed on a VM, KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES precisely returns the attributes +supported by that VM. If executed at system scope, KVM_CAP_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES +returns all attributes supported by KVM. The only attribute defined at this +time is KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE, which marks the associated gfn as being +guest private memory. + +Note, there is no "get" API. Userspace is responsible for explicitly tracking +the state of a gfn/page as needed. + +The "flags" field is reserved for future extensions and must be '0'. + +4.142 KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD +---------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_GUEST_MEMFD +:Architectures: none +:Type: vm ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_create_guest_memfd(in) +:Returns: A file descriptor on success, <0 on error + +KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD creates an anonymous file and returns a file descriptor +that refers to it. guest_memfd files are roughly analogous to files created +via memfd_create(), e.g. guest_memfd files live in RAM, have volatile storage, +and are automatically released when the last reference is dropped. Unlike +"regular" memfd_create() files, guest_memfd files are bound to their owning +virtual machine (see below), cannot be mapped, read, or written by userspace, +and cannot be resized (guest_memfd files do however support PUNCH_HOLE). + +:: + + struct kvm_create_guest_memfd { + __u64 size; + __u64 flags; + __u64 reserved[6]; + }; + +Conceptually, the inode backing a guest_memfd file represents physical memory, +i.e. is coupled to the virtual machine as a thing, not to a "struct kvm". The +file itself, which is bound to a "struct kvm", is that instance's view of the +underlying memory, e.g. effectively provides the translation of guest addresses +to host memory. This allows for use cases where multiple KVM structures are +used to manage a single virtual machine, e.g. when performing intrahost +migration of a virtual machine. + +KVM currently only supports mapping guest_memfd via KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2, +and more specifically via the guest_memfd and guest_memfd_offset fields in +"struct kvm_userspace_memory_region2", where guest_memfd_offset is the offset +into the guest_memfd instance. For a given guest_memfd file, there can be at +most one mapping per page, i.e. binding multiple memory regions to a single +guest_memfd range is not allowed (any number of memory regions can be bound to +a single guest_memfd file, but the bound ranges must not overlap). + +See KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION2 for additional details. + +4.143 KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY +--------------------------- + +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY +:Architectures: none +:Type: vcpu ioctl +:Parameters: struct kvm_pre_fault_memory (in/out) +:Returns: 0 if at least one page is processed, < 0 on error + +Errors: + + ========== =============================================================== + EINVAL The specified `gpa` and `size` were invalid (e.g. not + page aligned, causes an overflow, or size is zero). + ENOENT The specified `gpa` is outside defined memslots. + EINTR An unmasked signal is pending and no page was processed. + EFAULT The parameter address was invalid. + EOPNOTSUPP Mapping memory for a GPA is unsupported by the + hypervisor, and/or for the current vCPU state/mode. + EIO unexpected error conditions (also causes a WARN) + ========== =============================================================== + +:: + + struct kvm_pre_fault_memory { + /* in/out */ + __u64 gpa; + __u64 size; + /* in */ + __u64 flags; + __u64 padding[5]; + }; + +KVM_PRE_FAULT_MEMORY populates KVM's stage-2 page tables used to map memory +for the current vCPU state. KVM maps memory as if the vCPU generated a +stage-2 read page fault, e.g. faults in memory as needed, but doesn't break +CoW. However, KVM does not mark any newly created stage-2 PTE as Accessed. + +In the case of confidential VM types where there is an initial set up of +private guest memory before the guest is 'finalized'/measured, this ioctl +should only be issued after completing all the necessary setup to put the +guest into a 'finalized' state so that the above semantics can be reliably +ensured. + +In some cases, multiple vCPUs might share the page tables. In this +case, the ioctl can be called in parallel. + +When the ioctl returns, the input values are updated to point to the +remaining range. If `size` > 0 on return, the caller can just issue +the ioctl again with the same `struct kvm_map_memory` argument. + +Shadow page tables cannot support this ioctl because they +are indexed by virtual address or nested guest physical address. +Calling this ioctl when the guest is using shadow page tables (for +example because it is running a nested guest with nested page tables) +will fail with `EOPNOTSUPP` even if `KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION` reports +the capability to be present. + +`flags` must currently be zero. + + +.. _kvm_run: 5. The kvm_run structure ======================== @@ -4758,9 +6533,17 @@ local APIC is not used. __u16 flags; More architecture-specific flags detailing state of the VCPU that may -affect the device's behavior. The only currently defined flag is -KVM_RUN_X86_SMM, which is valid on x86 machines and is set if the -VCPU is in system management mode. +affect the device's behavior. Current defined flags:: + + /* x86, set if the VCPU is in system management mode */ + #define KVM_RUN_X86_SMM (1 << 0) + /* x86, set if bus lock detected in VM */ + #define KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK (1 << 1) + /* x86, set if the VCPU is executing a nested (L2) guest */ + #define KVM_RUN_X86_GUEST_MODE (1 << 2) + + /* arm64, set for KVM_EXIT_DEBUG */ + #define KVM_DEBUG_ARCH_HSR_HIGH_VALID (1 << 0) :: @@ -4794,6 +6577,7 @@ hardware_exit_reason. /* KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY */ struct { __u64 hardware_entry_failure_reason; + __u32 cpu; /* if KVM_LAST_CPU */ } fail_entry; If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_FAIL_ENTRY, the vcpu could not be run due @@ -4860,14 +6644,19 @@ to the byte array. .. note:: - For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR and - KVM_EXIT_EPR the corresponding + For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR, KVM_EXIT_XEN, + KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL, KVM_EXIT_TDX, + KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR the corresponding + operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace + has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish + incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. -operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace -has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish -incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace -can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete -pending operations. + The pending state of the operation is not preserved in state which is + visible to userspace, thus userspace should ensure that the operation is + completed before performing a live migration. Userspace can re-enter the + guest with an unmasked signal pending or with the immediate_exit field set + to complete pending operations without allowing any further instructions + to be executed. :: @@ -4876,15 +6665,40 @@ pending operations. __u64 nr; __u64 args[6]; __u64 ret; - __u32 longmode; - __u32 pad; + __u64 flags; } hypercall; -Unused. This was once used for 'hypercall to userspace'. To implement -such functionality, use KVM_EXIT_IO (x86) or KVM_EXIT_MMIO (all except s390). + +It is strongly recommended that userspace use ``KVM_EXIT_IO`` (x86) or +``KVM_EXIT_MMIO`` (all except s390) to implement functionality that +requires a guest to interact with host userspace. .. note:: KVM_EXIT_IO is significantly faster than KVM_EXIT_MMIO. +For arm64: +---------- + +SMCCC exits can be enabled depending on the configuration of the SMCCC +filter. See the Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst +``KVM_ARM_SMCCC_FILTER`` for more details. + +``nr`` contains the function ID of the guest's SMCCC call. Userspace is +expected to use the ``KVM_GET_ONE_REG`` ioctl to retrieve the call +parameters from the vCPU's GPRs. + +Definition of ``flags``: + - ``KVM_HYPERCALL_EXIT_SMC``: Indicates that the guest used the SMC + conduit to initiate the SMCCC call. If this bit is 0 then the guest + used the HVC conduit for the SMCCC call. + + - ``KVM_HYPERCALL_EXIT_16BIT``: Indicates that the guest used a 16bit + instruction to initiate the SMCCC call. If this bit is 0 then the + guest used a 32bit instruction. An AArch64 guest always has this + bit set to 0. + +At the point of exit, PC points to the instruction immediately following +the trapping instruction. + :: /* KVM_EXIT_TPR_ACCESS */ @@ -4930,7 +6744,7 @@ s390 specific. } s390_ucontrol; s390 specific. A page fault has occurred for a user controlled virtual -machine (KVM_VM_S390_UNCONTROL) on it's host page table that cannot be +machine (KVM_VM_S390_UNCONTROL) on its host page table that cannot be resolved by the kernel. The program code and the translation exception code that were placed in the cpu's lowcore are presented here as defined by the z Architecture @@ -5028,17 +6842,21 @@ should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field. #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN 1 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET 2 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH 3 + #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP 4 + #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SUSPEND 5 + #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SEV_TERM 6 + #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_TDX_FATAL 7 __u32 type; - __u64 flags; + __u32 ndata; + __u64 data[16]; } system_event; If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT then the vcpu has triggered a system-level event using some architecture specific mechanism (hypercall -or some special instruction). In case of ARM/ARM64, this is triggered using -HVC instruction based PSCI call from the vcpu. The 'type' field describes -the system-level event type. The 'flags' field describes architecture -specific flags for the system-level event. +or some special instruction). In case of ARM64, this is triggered using +HVC instruction based PSCI call from the vcpu. +The 'type' field describes the system-level event type. Valid values for 'type' are: - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN -- the guest has requested a shutdown of the @@ -5052,6 +6870,69 @@ Valid values for 'type' are: has requested a crash condition maintenance. Userspace can choose to ignore the request, or to gather VM memory core dump and/or reset/shutdown of the VM. + - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SEV_TERM -- an AMD SEV guest requested termination. + The guest physical address of the guest's GHCB is stored in `data[0]`. + - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_TDX_FATAL -- a TDX guest reported a fatal error state. + KVM doesn't do any parsing or conversion, it just dumps 16 general-purpose + registers to userspace, in ascending order of the 4-bit indices for x86-64 + general-purpose registers in instruction encoding, as defined in the Intel + SDM. + - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP -- the exiting vCPU is in a suspended state and + KVM has recognized a wakeup event. Userspace may honor this event by + marking the exiting vCPU as runnable, or deny it and call KVM_RUN again. + - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SUSPEND -- the guest has requested a suspension of + the VM. + +If KVM_CAP_SYSTEM_EVENT_DATA is present, the 'data' field can contain +architecture specific information for the system-level event. Only +the first `ndata` items (possibly zero) of the data array are valid. + + - for arm64, data[0] is set to KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET_FLAG_PSCI_RESET2 if + the guest issued a SYSTEM_RESET2 call according to v1.1 of the PSCI + specification. + + - for arm64, data[0] is set to KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN_FLAG_PSCI_OFF2 + if the guest issued a SYSTEM_OFF2 call according to v1.3 of the PSCI + specification. + + - for RISC-V, data[0] is set to the value of the second argument of the + ``sbi_system_reset`` call. + +Previous versions of Linux defined a `flags` member in this struct. The +field is now aliased to `data[0]`. Userspace can assume that it is only +written if ndata is greater than 0. + +For arm/arm64: +-------------- + +KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SUSPEND exits are enabled with the +KVM_CAP_ARM_SYSTEM_SUSPEND VM capability. If a guest invokes the PSCI +SYSTEM_SUSPEND function, KVM will exit to userspace with this event +type. + +It is the sole responsibility of userspace to implement the PSCI +SYSTEM_SUSPEND call according to ARM DEN0022D.b 5.19 "SYSTEM_SUSPEND". +KVM does not change the vCPU's state before exiting to userspace, so +the call parameters are left in-place in the vCPU registers. + +Userspace is _required_ to take action for such an exit. It must +either: + + - Honor the guest request to suspend the VM. Userspace can request + in-kernel emulation of suspension by setting the calling vCPU's + state to KVM_MP_STATE_SUSPENDED. Userspace must configure the vCPU's + state according to the parameters passed to the PSCI function when + the calling vCPU is resumed. See ARM DEN0022D.b 5.19.1 "Intended use" + for details on the function parameters. + + - Deny the guest request to suspend the VM. See ARM DEN0022D.b 5.19.2 + "Caller responsibilities" for possible return values. + +Hibernation using the PSCI SYSTEM_OFF2 call is enabled when PSCI v1.3 +is enabled. If a guest invokes the PSCI SYSTEM_OFF2 function, KVM will +exit to userspace with the KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN event type and with +data[0] set to KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN_FLAG_PSCI_OFF2. The only +supported hibernate type for the SYSTEM_OFF2 function is HIBERNATE_OFF. :: @@ -5127,7 +7008,7 @@ in send_page or recv a buffer to recv_page). __u64 fault_ipa; } arm_nisv; -Used on arm and arm64 systems. If a guest accesses memory not in a memslot, +Used on arm64 systems. If a guest accesses memory not in a memslot, KVM will typically return to userspace and ask it to do MMIO emulation on its behalf. However, for certain classes of instructions, no instruction decode (direction, length of memory access) is provided, and fetching and decoding @@ -5144,16 +7025,212 @@ did not fall within an I/O window. Userspace implementations can query for KVM_CAP_ARM_NISV_TO_USER, and enable this capability at VM creation. Once this is done, these types of errors will instead return to userspace with KVM_EXIT_ARM_NISV, with the valid bits from -the HSR (arm) and ESR_EL2 (arm64) in the esr_iss field, and the faulting IPA -in the fault_ipa field. Userspace can either fix up the access if it's -actually an I/O access by decoding the instruction from guest memory (if it's -very brave) and continue executing the guest, or it can decide to suspend, -dump, or restart the guest. +the ESR_EL2 in the esr_iss field, and the faulting IPA in the fault_ipa field. +Userspace can either fix up the access if it's actually an I/O access by +decoding the instruction from guest memory (if it's very brave) and continue +executing the guest, or it can decide to suspend, dump, or restart the guest. Note that KVM does not skip the faulting instruction as it does for KVM_EXIT_MMIO, but userspace has to emulate any change to the processing state if it decides to decode and emulate the instruction. +This feature isn't available to protected VMs, as userspace does not +have access to the state that is required to perform the emulation. +Instead, a data abort exception is directly injected in the guest. +Note that although KVM_CAP_ARM_NISV_TO_USER will be reported if +queried outside of a protected VM context, the feature will not be +exposed if queried on a protected VM file descriptor. + +:: + + /* KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR / KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR */ + struct { + __u8 error; /* user -> kernel */ + __u8 pad[7]; + __u32 reason; /* kernel -> user */ + __u32 index; /* kernel -> user */ + __u64 data; /* kernel <-> user */ + } msr; + +Used on x86 systems. When the VM capability KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR is +enabled, MSR accesses to registers that would invoke a #GP by KVM kernel code +may instead trigger a KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR exit for reads and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR +exit for writes. + +The "reason" field specifies why the MSR interception occurred. Userspace will +only receive MSR exits when a particular reason was requested during through +ENABLE_CAP. Currently valid exit reasons are: + +============================ ======================================== + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_UNKNOWN access to MSR that is unknown to KVM + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_INVAL access to invalid MSRs or reserved bits + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER access blocked by KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER +============================ ======================================== + +For KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR, the "index" field tells userspace which MSR the guest +wants to read. To respond to this request with a successful read, userspace +writes the respective data into the "data" field and must continue guest +execution to ensure the read data is transferred into guest register state. + +If the RDMSR request was unsuccessful, userspace indicates that with a "1" in +the "error" field. This will inject a #GP into the guest when the VCPU is +executed again. + +For KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR, the "index" field tells userspace which MSR the guest +wants to write. Once finished processing the event, userspace must continue +vCPU execution. If the MSR write was unsuccessful, userspace also sets the +"error" field to "1". + +See KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER for details on the interaction with MSR filtering. + +:: + + + struct kvm_xen_exit { + #define KVM_EXIT_XEN_HCALL 1 + __u32 type; + union { + struct { + __u32 longmode; + __u32 cpl; + __u64 input; + __u64 result; + __u64 params[6]; + } hcall; + } u; + }; + /* KVM_EXIT_XEN */ + struct kvm_hyperv_exit xen; + +Indicates that the VCPU exits into userspace to process some tasks +related to Xen emulation. + +Valid values for 'type' are: + + - KVM_EXIT_XEN_HCALL -- synchronously notify user-space about Xen hypercall. + Userspace is expected to place the hypercall result into the appropriate + field before invoking KVM_RUN again. + +:: + + /* KVM_EXIT_RISCV_SBI */ + struct { + unsigned long extension_id; + unsigned long function_id; + unsigned long args[6]; + unsigned long ret[2]; + } riscv_sbi; + +If exit reason is KVM_EXIT_RISCV_SBI then it indicates that the VCPU has +done a SBI call which is not handled by KVM RISC-V kernel module. The details +of the SBI call are available in 'riscv_sbi' member of kvm_run structure. The +'extension_id' field of 'riscv_sbi' represents SBI extension ID whereas the +'function_id' field represents function ID of given SBI extension. The 'args' +array field of 'riscv_sbi' represents parameters for the SBI call and 'ret' +array field represents return values. The userspace should update the return +values of SBI call before resuming the VCPU. For more details on RISC-V SBI +spec refer, https://github.com/riscv/riscv-sbi-doc. + +:: + + /* KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT */ + struct { + #define KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_PRIVATE (1ULL << 3) + __u64 flags; + __u64 gpa; + __u64 size; + } memory_fault; + +KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT indicates the vCPU has encountered a memory fault that +could not be resolved by KVM. The 'gpa' and 'size' (in bytes) describe the +guest physical address range [gpa, gpa + size) of the fault. The 'flags' field +describes properties of the faulting access that are likely pertinent: + + - KVM_MEMORY_EXIT_FLAG_PRIVATE - When set, indicates the memory fault occurred + on a private memory access. When clear, indicates the fault occurred on a + shared access. + +Note! KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT is unique among all KVM exit reasons in that it +accompanies a return code of '-1', not '0'! errno will always be set to EFAULT +or EHWPOISON when KVM exits with KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT, userspace should assume +kvm_run.exit_reason is stale/undefined for all other error numbers. + +:: + + /* KVM_EXIT_NOTIFY */ + struct { + #define KVM_NOTIFY_CONTEXT_INVALID (1 << 0) + __u32 flags; + } notify; + +Used on x86 systems. When the VM capability KVM_CAP_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT is +enabled, a VM exit generated if no event window occurs in VM non-root mode +for a specified amount of time. Once KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_USER is set when +enabling the cap, it would exit to userspace with the exit reason +KVM_EXIT_NOTIFY for further handling. The "flags" field contains more +detailed info. + +The valid value for 'flags' is: + + - KVM_NOTIFY_CONTEXT_INVALID -- the VM context is corrupted and not valid + in VMCS. It would run into unknown result if resume the target VM. + +:: + + /* KVM_EXIT_TDX */ + struct { + __u64 flags; + __u64 nr; + union { + struct { + u64 ret; + u64 data[5]; + } unknown; + struct { + u64 ret; + u64 gpa; + u64 size; + } get_quote; + struct { + u64 ret; + u64 leaf; + u64 r11, r12, r13, r14; + } get_tdvmcall_info; + }; + } tdx; + +Process a TDVMCALL from the guest. KVM forwards select TDVMCALL based +on the Guest-Hypervisor Communication Interface (GHCI) specification; +KVM bridges these requests to the userspace VMM with minimal changes, +placing the inputs in the union and copying them back to the guest +on re-entry. + +Flags are currently always zero, whereas ``nr`` contains the TDVMCALL +number from register R11. The remaining field of the union provide the +inputs and outputs of the TDVMCALL. Currently the following values of +``nr`` are defined: + +* ``TDVMCALL_GET_QUOTE``: the guest has requested to generate a TD-Quote +signed by a service hosting TD-Quoting Enclave operating on the host. +Parameters and return value are in the ``get_quote`` field of the union. +The ``gpa`` field and ``size`` specify the guest physical address +(without the shared bit set) and the size of a shared-memory buffer, in +which the TDX guest passes a TD Report. The ``ret`` field represents +the return value of the GetQuote request. When the request has been +queued successfully, the TDX guest can poll the status field in the +shared-memory area to check whether the Quote generation is completed or +not. When completed, the generated Quote is returned via the same buffer. + +* ``TDVMCALL_GET_TD_VM_CALL_INFO``: the guest has requested the support +status of TDVMCALLs. The output values for the given leaf should be +placed in fields from ``r11`` to ``r14`` of the ``get_tdvmcall_info`` +field of the union. + +KVM may add support for more values in the future that may cause a userspace +exit, even without calls to ``KVM_ENABLE_CAP`` or similar. In this case, +it will enter with output fields already valid; in the common case, the +``unknown.ret`` field of the union will be ``TDVMCALL_STATUS_SUBFUNC_UNSUPPORTED``. +Userspace need not do anything if it does not wish to support a TDVMCALL. :: /* Fix the size of the union. */ @@ -5186,17 +7263,16 @@ Please note that the kernel is allowed to use the kvm_run structure as the primary storage for certain register types. Therefore, the kernel may use the values in kvm_run even if the corresponding bit in kvm_dirty_regs is not set. -:: - - }; - +.. _cap_enable: 6. Capabilities that can be enabled on vCPUs ============================================ There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual CPU or -the virtual machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. +the virtual machine when enabled. To enable them, please see +:ref:`KVM_ENABLE_CAP`. + Below you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the vCPU or the virtual machine is when enabling them. @@ -5405,7 +7481,7 @@ KVM API and also from the guest. sets are supported (bitfields defined in arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h). -As described above in the kvm_sync_regs struct info in section 5 (kvm_run): +As described above in the kvm_sync_regs struct info in section :ref:`kvm_run`, KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS "allow[s] userspace to access certain guest registers without having to call SET/GET_*REGS". This reduces overhead by eliminating repeated ioctl calls for setting and/or getting register values. This is @@ -5451,13 +7527,84 @@ Unused bitfields in the bitarrays must be set to zero. This capability connects the vcpu to an in-kernel XIVE device. +6.76 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC +------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is +available, means that the kernel has an implementation of the +Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt controller(SynIC). Hyper-V SynIC is +used to support Windows Hyper-V based guest paravirt drivers(VMBus). + +In order to use SynIC, it has to be activated by setting this +capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this +will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported +by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior. + +6.77 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2 +-------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +This capability enables a newer version of Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt +controller (SynIC). The only difference with KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC is that KVM +doesn't clear SynIC message and event flags pages when they are enabled by +writing to the respective MSRs. + +6.78 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_DIRECT_TLBFLUSH +----------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +This capability indicates that KVM running on top of Hyper-V hypervisor +enables Direct TLB flush for its guests meaning that TLB flush +hypercalls are handled by Level 0 hypervisor (Hyper-V) bypassing KVM. +Due to the different ABI for hypercall parameters between Hyper-V and +KVM, enabling this capability effectively disables all hypercall +handling by KVM (as some KVM hypercall may be mistakenly treated as TLB +flush hypercalls by Hyper-V) so userspace should disable KVM identification +in CPUID and only exposes Hyper-V identification. In this case, guest +thinks it's running on Hyper-V and only use Hyper-V hypercalls. + +6.79 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_ENFORCE_CPUID +--------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +When enabled, KVM will disable emulated Hyper-V features provided to the +guest according to the bits Hyper-V CPUID feature leaves. Otherwise, all +currently implemented Hyper-V features are provided unconditionally when +Hyper-V identification is set in the HYPERV_CPUID_INTERFACE (0x40000001) +leaf. + +6.80 KVM_CAP_ENFORCE_PV_FEATURE_CPUID +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: vcpu + +When enabled, KVM will disable paravirtual features provided to the +guest according to the bits in the KVM_CPUID_FEATURES CPUID leaf +(0x40000001). Otherwise, a guest may use the paravirtual features +regardless of what has actually been exposed through the CPUID leaf. + +.. _KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING: + + +.. _cap_enable_vm: + 7. Capabilities that can be enabled on VMs ========================================== There are certain capabilities that change the behavior of the virtual -machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section 4.37. Below -you can find a list of capabilities and what their effect on the VM -is when enabling them. +machine when enabled. To enable them, please see section +:ref:`KVM_ENABLE_CAP`. Below you can find a list of capabilities and +what their effect on the VM is when enabling them. The following information is provided along with the description: @@ -5682,6 +7829,7 @@ branch to guests' 0x200 interrupt vector. :Architectures: x86 :Parameters: args[0] defines which exits are disabled :Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid exits + or if any vCPUs have already been created Valid bits in args[0] are:: @@ -5769,8 +7917,9 @@ and injected exceptions. will clear DR6.RTM. 7.18 KVM_CAP_MANUAL_DIRTY_LOG_PROTECT2 +-------------------------------------- -:Architectures: x86, arm, arm64, mips +:Architectures: x86, arm64, mips :Parameters: args[0] whether feature should be enabled or not Valid flags are:: @@ -5834,14 +7983,636 @@ veto the transition. :Parameters: args[0] is the maximum poll time in nanoseconds :Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error -This capability overrides the kvm module parameter halt_poll_ns for the -target VM. +KVM_CAP_HALT_POLL overrides the kvm.halt_poll_ns module parameter to set the +maximum halt-polling time for all vCPUs in the target VM. This capability can +be invoked at any time and any number of times to dynamically change the +maximum halt-polling time. + +See Documentation/virt/kvm/halt-polling.rst for more information on halt +polling. + +7.21 KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR +------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] contains the mask of KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_* events to report +:Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error + +This capability allows userspace to intercept RDMSR and WRMSR instructions if +access to an MSR is denied. By default, KVM injects #GP on denied accesses. + +When a guest requests to read or write an MSR, KVM may not implement all MSRs +that are relevant to a respective system. It also does not differentiate by +CPU type. + +To allow more fine grained control over MSR handling, userspace may enable +this capability. With it enabled, MSR accesses that match the mask specified in +args[0] and would trigger a #GP inside the guest will instead trigger +KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications. Userspace +can then implement model specific MSR handling and/or user notifications +to inform a user that an MSR was not emulated/virtualized by KVM. + +The valid mask flags are: + +============================ =============================================== + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_UNKNOWN intercept accesses to unknown (to KVM) MSRs + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_INVAL intercept accesses that are architecturally + invalid according to the vCPU model and/or mode + KVM_MSR_EXIT_REASON_FILTER intercept accesses that are denied by userspace + via KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER +============================ =============================================== + +7.22 KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT +------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] defines the policy used when bus locks detected in guest +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid bits + +Valid bits in args[0] are:: + + #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF (1 << 0) + #define KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT (1 << 1) + +Enabling this capability on a VM provides userspace with a way to select a +policy to handle the bus locks detected in guest. Userspace can obtain the +supported modes from the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION and define it through +the KVM_ENABLE_CAP. The supported modes are mutually-exclusive. + +This capability allows userspace to force VM exits on bus locks detected in the +guest, irrespective whether or not the host has enabled split-lock detection +(which triggers an #AC exception that KVM intercepts). This capability is +intended to mitigate attacks where a malicious/buggy guest can exploit bus +locks to degrade the performance of the whole system. + +If KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_OFF is set, KVM doesn't force guest bus locks to VM +exit, although the host kernel's split-lock #AC detection still applies, if +enabled. + +If KVM_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION_EXIT is set, KVM enables a CPU feature that ensures +bus locks in the guest trigger a VM exit, and KVM exits to userspace for all +such VM exits, e.g. to allow userspace to throttle the offending guest and/or +apply some other policy-based mitigation. When exiting to userspace, KVM sets +KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK in vcpu-run->flags, and conditionally sets the exit_reason +to KVM_EXIT_X86_BUS_LOCK. + +Due to differences in the underlying hardware implementation, the vCPU's RIP at +the time of exit diverges between Intel and AMD. On Intel hosts, RIP points at +the next instruction, i.e. the exit is trap-like. On AMD hosts, RIP points at +the offending instruction, i.e. the exit is fault-like. + +Note! Detected bus locks may be coincident with other exits to userspace, i.e. +KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK should be checked regardless of the primary exit reason if +userspace wants to take action on all detected bus locks. + +7.23 KVM_CAP_PPC_DAWR1 +---------------------- + +:Architectures: ppc +:Parameters: none +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when CPU doesn't support 2nd DAWR + +This capability can be used to check / enable 2nd DAWR feature provided +by POWER10 processor. + + +7.24 KVM_CAP_VM_COPY_ENC_CONTEXT_FROM +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 SEV enabled +:Type: vm +:Parameters: args[0] is the fd of the source vm +:Returns: 0 on success; ENOTTY on error + +This capability enables userspace to copy encryption context from the vm +indicated by the fd to the vm this is called on. + +This is intended to support in-guest workloads scheduled by the host. This +allows the in-guest workload to maintain its own NPTs and keeps the two vms +from accidentally clobbering each other with interrupts and the like (separate +APIC/MSRs/etc). + +7.25 KVM_CAP_SGX_ATTRIBUTE +-------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] is a file handle of a SGX attribute file in securityfs +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if the file handle is invalid or if a requested + attribute is not supported by KVM. + +KVM_CAP_SGX_ATTRIBUTE enables a userspace VMM to grant a VM access to one or +more privileged enclave attributes. args[0] must hold a file handle to a valid +SGX attribute file corresponding to an attribute that is supported/restricted +by KVM (currently only PROVISIONKEY). + +The SGX subsystem restricts access to a subset of enclave attributes to provide +additional security for an uncompromised kernel, e.g. use of the PROVISIONKEY +is restricted to deter malware from using the PROVISIONKEY to obtain a stable +system fingerprint. To prevent userspace from circumventing such restrictions +by running an enclave in a VM, KVM prevents access to privileged attributes by +default. + +See Documentation/arch/x86/sgx.rst for more details. + +7.27 KVM_CAP_EXIT_ON_EMULATION_FAILURE +-------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Parameters: args[0] whether the feature should be enabled or not + +When this capability is enabled, an emulation failure will result in an exit +to userspace with KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR (except when the emulator was invoked +to handle a VMware backdoor instruction). Furthermore, KVM will now provide up +to 15 instruction bytes for any exit to userspace resulting from an emulation +failure. When these exits to userspace occur use the emulation_failure struct +instead of the internal struct. They both have the same layout, but the +emulation_failure struct matches the content better. It also explicitly +defines the 'flags' field which is used to describe the fields in the struct +that are valid (ie: if KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_EMULATION_FLAG_INSTRUCTION_BYTES is +set in the 'flags' field then both 'insn_size' and 'insn_bytes' have valid data +in them.) + +7.28 KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE +-------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 +:Parameters: none + +This capability indicates that KVM (and the hardware) supports exposing the +Memory Tagging Extensions (MTE) to the guest. It must also be enabled by the +VMM before creating any VCPUs to allow the guest access. Note that MTE is only +available to a guest running in AArch64 mode and enabling this capability will +cause attempts to create AArch32 VCPUs to fail. + +When enabled the guest is able to access tags associated with any memory given +to the guest. KVM will ensure that the tags are maintained during swap or +hibernation of the host; however the VMM needs to manually save/restore the +tags as appropriate if the VM is migrated. -VCPU polling allows a VCPU to poll for wakeup events instead of immediately -scheduling during guest halts. The maximum time a VCPU can spend polling is -controlled by the kvm module parameter halt_poll_ns. This capability allows -the maximum halt time to specified on a per-VM basis, effectively overriding -the module parameter for the target VM. +When this capability is enabled all memory in memslots must be mapped as +``MAP_ANONYMOUS`` or with a RAM-based file mapping (``tmpfs``, ``memfd``), +attempts to create a memslot with an invalid mmap will result in an +-EINVAL return. + +When enabled the VMM may make use of the ``KVM_ARM_MTE_COPY_TAGS`` ioctl to +perform a bulk copy of tags to/from the guest. + +7.29 KVM_CAP_VM_MOVE_ENC_CONTEXT_FROM +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 SEV enabled +:Type: vm +:Parameters: args[0] is the fd of the source vm +:Returns: 0 on success + +This capability enables userspace to migrate the encryption context from the VM +indicated by the fd to the VM this is called on. + +This is intended to support intra-host migration of VMs between userspace VMMs, +upgrading the VMM process without interrupting the guest. + +7.31 KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2 +---------------------------- + +:Parameters: args[0] - set of KVM quirks to disable +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm + +This capability, if enabled, will cause KVM to disable some behavior +quirks. + +Calling KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION for this capability returns a bitmask of +quirks that can be disabled in KVM. + +The argument to KVM_ENABLE_CAP for this capability is a bitmask of +quirks to disable, and must be a subset of the bitmask returned by +KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION. + +The valid bits in cap.args[0] are: + +=================================== ============================================ + KVM_X86_QUIRK_LINT0_REENABLED By default, the reset value for the LVT + LINT0 register is 0x700 (APIC_MODE_EXTINT). + When this quirk is disabled, the reset value + is 0x10000 (APIC_LVT_MASKED). + + KVM_X86_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED By default, KVM clears CR0.CD and CR0.NW on + AMD CPUs to workaround buggy guest firmware + that runs in perpetuity with CR0.CD, i.e. + with caches in "no fill" mode. + + When this quirk is disabled, KVM does not + change the value of CR0.CD and CR0.NW. + + KVM_X86_QUIRK_LAPIC_MMIO_HOLE By default, the MMIO LAPIC interface is + available even when configured for x2APIC + mode. When this quirk is disabled, KVM + disables the MMIO LAPIC interface if the + LAPIC is in x2APIC mode. + + KVM_X86_QUIRK_OUT_7E_INC_RIP By default, KVM pre-increments %rip before + exiting to userspace for an OUT instruction + to port 0x7e. When this quirk is disabled, + KVM does not pre-increment %rip before + exiting to userspace. + + KVM_X86_QUIRK_MISC_ENABLE_NO_MWAIT When this quirk is disabled, KVM sets + CPUID.01H:ECX[bit 3] (MONITOR/MWAIT) if + IA32_MISC_ENABLE[bit 18] (MWAIT) is set. + Additionally, when this quirk is disabled, + KVM clears CPUID.01H:ECX[bit 3] if + IA32_MISC_ENABLE[bit 18] is cleared. + + KVM_X86_QUIRK_FIX_HYPERCALL_INSN By default, KVM rewrites guest + VMMCALL/VMCALL instructions to match the + vendor's hypercall instruction for the + system. When this quirk is disabled, KVM + will no longer rewrite invalid guest + hypercall instructions. Executing the + incorrect hypercall instruction will + generate a #UD within the guest. + +KVM_X86_QUIRK_MWAIT_NEVER_UD_FAULTS By default, KVM emulates MONITOR/MWAIT (if + they are intercepted) as NOPs regardless of + whether or not MONITOR/MWAIT are supported + according to guest CPUID. When this quirk + is disabled and KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_MWAIT + is not set (MONITOR/MWAIT are intercepted), + KVM will inject a #UD on MONITOR/MWAIT if + they're unsupported per guest CPUID. Note, + KVM will modify MONITOR/MWAIT support in + guest CPUID on writes to MISC_ENABLE if + KVM_X86_QUIRK_MISC_ENABLE_NO_MWAIT is + disabled. + +KVM_X86_QUIRK_SLOT_ZAP_ALL By default, for KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM VMs, KVM + invalidates all SPTEs in all memslots and + address spaces when a memslot is deleted or + moved. When this quirk is disabled (or the + VM type isn't KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM), KVM only + ensures the backing memory of the deleted + or moved memslot isn't reachable, i.e KVM + _may_ invalidate only SPTEs related to the + memslot. + +KVM_X86_QUIRK_STUFF_FEATURE_MSRS By default, at vCPU creation, KVM sets the + vCPU's MSR_IA32_PERF_CAPABILITIES (0x345), + MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES (0x10a), + MSR_PLATFORM_INFO (0xce), and all VMX MSRs + (0x480..0x492) to the maximal capabilities + supported by KVM. KVM also sets + MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV (0x8b) to an arbitrary + value (which is different for Intel vs. + AMD). Lastly, when guest CPUID is set (by + userspace), KVM modifies select VMX MSR + fields to force consistency between guest + CPUID and L2's effective ISA. When this + quirk is disabled, KVM zeroes the vCPU's MSR + values (with two exceptions, see below), + i.e. treats the feature MSRs like CPUID + leaves and gives userspace full control of + the vCPU model definition. This quirk does + not affect VMX MSRs CR0/CR4_FIXED1 (0x487 + and 0x489), as KVM does now allow them to + be set by userspace (KVM sets them based on + guest CPUID, for safety purposes). + +KVM_X86_QUIRK_IGNORE_GUEST_PAT By default, on Intel platforms, KVM ignores + guest PAT and forces the effective memory + type to WB in EPT. The quirk is not available + on Intel platforms which are incapable of + safely honoring guest PAT (i.e., without CPU + self-snoop, KVM always ignores guest PAT and + forces effective memory type to WB). It is + also ignored on AMD platforms or, on Intel, + when a VM has non-coherent DMA devices + assigned; KVM always honors guest PAT in + such case. The quirk is needed to avoid + slowdowns on certain Intel Xeon platforms + (e.g. ICX, SPR) where self-snoop feature is + supported but UC is slow enough to cause + issues with some older guests that use + UC instead of WC to map the video RAM. + Userspace can disable the quirk to honor + guest PAT if it knows that there is no such + guest software, for example if it does not + expose a bochs graphics device (which is + known to have had a buggy driver). +=================================== ============================================ + +7.32 KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID +------------------------ + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] - maximum APIC ID value set for current VM +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if args[0] is beyond KVM_MAX_VCPU_IDS + supported in KVM or if it has been set. + +This capability allows userspace to specify maximum possible APIC ID +assigned for current VM session prior to the creation of vCPUs, saving +memory for data structures indexed by the APIC ID. Userspace is able +to calculate the limit to APIC ID values from designated +CPU topology. + +The value can be changed only until KVM_ENABLE_CAP is set to a nonzero +value or until a vCPU is created. Upon creation of the first vCPU, +if the value was set to zero or KVM_ENABLE_CAP was not invoked, KVM +uses the return value of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID) as +the maximum APIC ID. + +7.33 KVM_CAP_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT +------------------------------ + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] is the value of notify window as well as some flags +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if args[0] contains invalid flags or notify + VM exit is unsupported. + +Bits 63:32 of args[0] are used for notify window. +Bits 31:0 of args[0] are for some flags. Valid bits are:: + + #define KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_ENABLED (1 << 0) + #define KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_USER (1 << 1) + +This capability allows userspace to configure the notify VM exit on/off +in per-VM scope during VM creation. Notify VM exit is disabled by default. +When userspace sets KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_ENABLED bit in args[0], VMM will +enable this feature with the notify window provided, which will generate +a VM exit if no event window occurs in VM non-root mode for a specified of +time (notify window). + +If KVM_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT_USER is set in args[0], upon notify VM exits happen, +KVM would exit to userspace for handling. + +This capability is aimed to mitigate the threat that malicious VMs can +cause CPU stuck (due to event windows don't open up) and make the CPU +unavailable to host or other VMs. + +7.35 KVM_CAP_X86_APIC_BUS_CYCLES_NS +----------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: args[0] is the desired APIC bus clock rate, in nanoseconds +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if args[0] contains an invalid value for the + frequency or if any vCPUs have been created, -ENXIO if a virtual + local APIC has not been created using KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. + +This capability sets the VM's APIC bus clock frequency, used by KVM's in-kernel +virtual APIC when emulating APIC timers. KVM's default value can be retrieved +by KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION. + +Note: Userspace is responsible for correctly configuring CPUID 0x15, a.k.a. the +core crystal clock frequency, if a non-zero CPUID 0x15 is exposed to the guest. + +7.36 KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING/KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL +---------------------------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86, arm64 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: args[0] - size of the dirty log ring + +KVM is capable of tracking dirty memory using ring buffers that are +mmapped into userspace; there is one dirty ring per vcpu. + +The dirty ring is available to userspace as an array of +``struct kvm_dirty_gfn``. Each dirty entry is defined as:: + + struct kvm_dirty_gfn { + __u32 flags; + __u32 slot; /* as_id | slot_id */ + __u64 offset; + }; + +The following values are defined for the flags field to define the +current state of the entry:: + + #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY BIT(0) + #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET BIT(1) + #define KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_MASK 0x3 + +Userspace should call KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl right after KVM_CREATE_VM +ioctl to enable this capability for the new guest and set the size of +the rings. Enabling the capability is only allowed before creating any +vCPU, and the size of the ring must be a power of two. The larger the +ring buffer, the less likely the ring is full and the VM is forced to +exit to userspace. The optimal size depends on the workload, but it is +recommended that it be at least 64 KiB (4096 entries). + +Just like for dirty page bitmaps, the buffer tracks writes to +all user memory regions for which the KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag was +set in KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION. Once a memory region is registered +with the flag set, userspace can start harvesting dirty pages from the +ring buffer. + +An entry in the ring buffer can be unused (flag bits ``00``), +dirty (flag bits ``01``) or harvested (flag bits ``1X``). The +state machine for the entry is as follows:: + + dirtied harvested reset + 00 -----------> 01 -------------> 1X -------+ + ^ | + | | + +------------------------------------------+ + +To harvest the dirty pages, userspace accesses the mmapped ring buffer +to read the dirty GFNs. If the flags has the DIRTY bit set (at this stage +the RESET bit must be cleared), then it means this GFN is a dirty GFN. +The userspace should harvest this GFN and mark the flags from state +``01b`` to ``1Xb`` (bit 0 will be ignored by KVM, but bit 1 must be set +to show that this GFN is harvested and waiting for a reset), and move +on to the next GFN. The userspace should continue to do this until the +flags of a GFN have the DIRTY bit cleared, meaning that it has harvested +all the dirty GFNs that were available. + +Note that on weakly ordered architectures, userspace accesses to the +ring buffer (and more specifically the 'flags' field) must be ordered, +using load-acquire/store-release accessors when available, or any +other memory barrier that will ensure this ordering. + +It's not necessary for userspace to harvest the all dirty GFNs at once. +However it must collect the dirty GFNs in sequence, i.e., the userspace +program cannot skip one dirty GFN to collect the one next to it. + +After processing one or more entries in the ring buffer, userspace +calls the VM ioctl KVM_RESET_DIRTY_RINGS to notify the kernel about +it, so that the kernel will reprotect those collected GFNs. +Therefore, the ioctl must be called *before* reading the content of +the dirty pages. + +The dirty ring can get full. When it happens, the KVM_RUN of the +vcpu will return with exit reason KVM_EXIT_DIRTY_LOG_FULL. + +The dirty ring interface has a major difference comparing to the +KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG interface in that, when reading the dirty ring from +userspace, it's still possible that the kernel has not yet flushed the +processor's dirty page buffers into the kernel buffer (with dirty bitmaps, the +flushing is done by the KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl). To achieve that, one +needs to kick the vcpu out of KVM_RUN using a signal. The resulting +vmexit ensures that all dirty GFNs are flushed to the dirty rings. + +NOTE: KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL is the only capability that +should be exposed by weakly ordered architecture, in order to indicate +the additional memory ordering requirements imposed on userspace when +reading the state of an entry and mutating it from DIRTY to HARVESTED. +Architecture with TSO-like ordering (such as x86) are allowed to +expose both KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING and KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL +to userspace. + +After enabling the dirty rings, the userspace needs to detect the +capability of KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_WITH_BITMAP to see whether the +ring structures can be backed by per-slot bitmaps. With this capability +advertised, it means the architecture can dirty guest pages without +vcpu/ring context, so that some of the dirty information will still be +maintained in the bitmap structure. KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_WITH_BITMAP +can't be enabled if the capability of KVM_CAP_DIRTY_LOG_RING_ACQ_REL +hasn't been enabled, or any memslot has been existing. + +Note that the bitmap here is only a backup of the ring structure. The +use of the ring and bitmap combination is only beneficial if there is +only a very small amount of memory that is dirtied out of vcpu/ring +context. Otherwise, the stand-alone per-slot bitmap mechanism needs to +be considered. + +To collect dirty bits in the backup bitmap, userspace can use the same +KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl. KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG isn't needed as long as all +the generation of the dirty bits is done in a single pass. Collecting +the dirty bitmap should be the very last thing that the VMM does before +considering the state as complete. VMM needs to ensure that the dirty +state is final and avoid missing dirty pages from another ioctl ordered +after the bitmap collection. + +NOTE: Multiple examples of using the backup bitmap: (1) save vgic/its +tables through command KVM_DEV_ARM_{VGIC_GRP_CTRL, ITS_SAVE_TABLES} on +KVM device "kvm-arm-vgic-its". (2) restore vgic/its tables through +command KVM_DEV_ARM_{VGIC_GRP_CTRL, ITS_RESTORE_TABLES} on KVM device +"kvm-arm-vgic-its". VGICv3 LPI pending status is restored. (3) save +vgic3 pending table through KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_{GRP_CTRL, SAVE_PENDING_TABLES} +command on KVM device "kvm-arm-vgic-v3". + +7.37 KVM_CAP_PMU_CAPABILITY +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: arg[0] is bitmask of PMU virtualization capabilities. +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when arg[0] contains invalid bits + +This capability alters PMU virtualization in KVM. + +Calling KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION for this capability returns a bitmask of +PMU virtualization capabilities that can be adjusted on a VM. + +The argument to KVM_ENABLE_CAP is also a bitmask and selects specific +PMU virtualization capabilities to be applied to the VM. This can +only be invoked on a VM prior to the creation of VCPUs. + +At this time, KVM_PMU_CAP_DISABLE is the only capability. Setting +this capability will disable PMU virtualization for that VM. Usermode +should adjust CPUID leaf 0xA to reflect that the PMU is disabled. + +7.38 KVM_CAP_VM_DISABLE_NX_HUGE_PAGES +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: arg[0] must be 0. +:Returns: 0 on success, -EPERM if the userspace process does not + have CAP_SYS_BOOT, -EINVAL if args[0] is not 0 or any vCPUs have been + created. + +This capability disables the NX huge pages mitigation for iTLB MULTIHIT. + +The capability has no effect if the nx_huge_pages module parameter is not set. + +This capability may only be set before any vCPUs are created. + +7.39 KVM_CAP_ARM_EAGER_SPLIT_CHUNK_SIZE +--------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm +:Parameters: arg[0] is the new split chunk size. +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if any memslot was already created. + +This capability sets the chunk size used in Eager Page Splitting. + +Eager Page Splitting improves the performance of dirty-logging (used +in live migrations) when guest memory is backed by huge-pages. It +avoids splitting huge-pages (into PAGE_SIZE pages) on fault, by doing +it eagerly when enabling dirty logging (with the +KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES flag for a memory region), or when using +KVM_CLEAR_DIRTY_LOG. + +The chunk size specifies how many pages to break at a time, using a +single allocation for each chunk. Bigger the chunk size, more pages +need to be allocated ahead of time. + +The chunk size needs to be a valid block size. The list of acceptable +block sizes is exposed in KVM_CAP_ARM_SUPPORTED_BLOCK_SIZES as a +64-bit bitmap (each bit describing a block size). The default value is +0, to disable the eager page splitting. + +7.40 KVM_CAP_EXIT_HYPERCALL +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: vm + +This capability, if enabled, will cause KVM to exit to userspace +with KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL exit reason to process some hypercalls. + +Calling KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION for this capability will return a bitmask +of hypercalls that can be configured to exit to userspace. +Right now, the only such hypercall is KVM_HC_MAP_GPA_RANGE. + +The argument to KVM_ENABLE_CAP is also a bitmask, and must be a subset +of the result of KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION. KVM will forward to userspace +the hypercalls whose corresponding bit is in the argument, and return +ENOSYS for the others. + +7.41 KVM_CAP_ARM_SYSTEM_SUSPEND +------------------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 +:Type: vm + +When enabled, KVM will exit to userspace with KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT of +type KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SUSPEND to process the guest suspend request. + +7.37 KVM_CAP_ARM_WRITABLE_IMP_ID_REGS +------------------------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 +:Target: VM +:Parameters: None +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if vCPUs have been created before enabling this + capability. + +This capability changes the behavior of the registers that identify a PE +implementation of the Arm architecture: MIDR_EL1, REVIDR_EL1, and AIDR_EL1. +By default, these registers are visible to userspace but treated as invariant. + +When this capability is enabled, KVM allows userspace to change the +aforementioned registers before the first KVM_RUN. These registers are VM +scoped, meaning that the same set of values are presented on all vCPUs in a +given VM. + +7.43 KVM_CAP_RISCV_MP_STATE_RESET +--------------------------------- + +:Architectures: riscv +:Type: VM +:Parameters: None +:Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL if arg[0] is not zero + +When this capability is enabled, KVM resets the VCPU when setting +MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED through IOCTL. The original MP_STATE is preserved. 8. Other capabilities. ====================== @@ -5855,43 +8626,28 @@ features of the KVM implementation. :Architectures: ppc This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is -available, means that that the kernel has an implementation of the +available, means that the kernel has an implementation of the H_RANDOM hypercall backed by a hardware random-number generator. If present, the kernel H_RANDOM handler can be enabled for guest use with the KVM_CAP_PPC_ENABLE_HCALL capability. -8.2 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC ------------------------- - -:Architectures: x86 - -This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is -available, means that that the kernel has an implementation of the -Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt controller(SynIC). Hyper-V SynIC is -used to support Windows Hyper-V based guest paravirt drivers(VMBus). - -In order to use SynIC, it has to be activated by setting this -capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this -will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported -by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior. - -8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU +8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX ------------------------- :Architectures: ppc This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is -available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the +available, means that the kernel can support guests using the radix MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in the POWER9 processor). -8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3 +8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_HASH_V3 --------------------------- :Architectures: ppc This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is -available, means that that the kernel can support guests using the +available, means that the kernel can support guests using the hashed page table MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in the POWER9 processor), including in-memory segment tables. @@ -5925,20 +8681,6 @@ may be incompatible with the MIPS VZ ASE. virtualization, including standard guest virtual memory segments. == ========================================================================== -8.6 KVM_CAP_MIPS_TE -------------------- - -:Architectures: mips - -This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on the main kvm handle indicates that -it is available, means that the trap & emulate implementation is available to -run guest code in user mode, even if KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ indicates that hardware -assisted virtualisation is also available. KVM_VM_MIPS_TE (0) must be passed -to KVM_CREATE_VM to create a VM which utilises it. - -If KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION on a kvm VM handle indicates that this capability is -available, it means that the VM is using trap & emulate. - 8.7 KVM_CAP_MIPS_64BIT ---------------------- @@ -5970,7 +8712,7 @@ reserved. 8.9 KVM_CAP_ARM_USER_IRQ ------------------------ -:Architectures: arm, arm64 +:Architectures: arm64 This capability, if KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION indicates that it is available, means that if userspace creates a VM without an in-kernel interrupt controller, it @@ -5996,7 +8738,7 @@ run->kvm_valid_regs or run->kvm_dirty_regs bits. If KVM_CAP_ARM_USER_IRQ is supported, the KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION ioctl returns a number larger than 0 indicating the version of this capability is implemented -and thereby which bits in in run->s.regs.device_irq_level can signal values. +and thereby which bits in run->s.regs.device_irq_level can signal values. Currently the following bits are defined for the device_irq_level bitmap:: @@ -6020,16 +8762,6 @@ virtual SMT modes that can be set using KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT. If bit N (counting from the right) is set, then a virtual SMT mode of 2^N is available. -8.11 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2 --------------------------- - -:Architectures: x86 - -This capability enables a newer version of Hyper-V Synthetic interrupt -controller (SynIC). The only difference with KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC is that KVM -doesn't clear SynIC message and event flags pages when they are enabled by -writing to the respective MSRs. - 8.12 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_VP_INDEX ---------------------------- @@ -6037,14 +8769,13 @@ writing to the respective MSRs. This capability indicates that userspace can load HV_X64_MSR_VP_INDEX msr. Its value is used to denote the target vcpu for a SynIC interrupt. For -compatibilty, KVM initializes this msr to KVM's internal vcpu index. When this +compatibility, KVM initializes this msr to KVM's internal vcpu index. When this capability is absent, userspace can still query this msr's value. 8.13 KVM_CAP_S390_AIS_MIGRATION ------------------------------- :Architectures: s390 -:Parameters: none This capability indicates if the flic device will be able to get/set the AIS states for migration via the KVM_DEV_FLIC_AISM_ALL attribute and allows @@ -6097,7 +8828,7 @@ HvFlushVirtualAddressList, HvFlushVirtualAddressListEx. 8.19 KVM_CAP_ARM_INJECT_SERROR_ESR ---------------------------------- -:Architectures: arm, arm64 +:Architectures: arm64 This capability indicates that userspace can specify (via the KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS ioctl) the syndrome value reported to the guest when it @@ -6118,35 +8849,354 @@ This capability indicates that KVM supports paravirtualized Hyper-V IPI send hypercalls: HvCallSendSyntheticClusterIpi, HvCallSendSyntheticClusterIpiEx. -8.21 KVM_CAP_HYPERV_DIRECT_TLBFLUSH ------------------------------------ - -:Architecture: x86 - -This capability indicates that KVM running on top of Hyper-V hypervisor -enables Direct TLB flush for its guests meaning that TLB flush -hypercalls are handled by Level 0 hypervisor (Hyper-V) bypassing KVM. -Due to the different ABI for hypercall parameters between Hyper-V and -KVM, enabling this capability effectively disables all hypercall -handling by KVM (as some KVM hypercall may be mistakenly treated as TLB -flush hypercalls by Hyper-V) so userspace should disable KVM identification -in CPUID and only exposes Hyper-V identification. In this case, guest -thinks it's running on Hyper-V and only use Hyper-V hypercalls. - 8.22 KVM_CAP_S390_VCPU_RESETS +----------------------------- -Architectures: s390 +:Architectures: s390 This capability indicates that the KVM_S390_NORMAL_RESET and KVM_S390_CLEAR_RESET ioctls are available. 8.23 KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED +--------------------------- -Architecture: s390 - +:Architectures: s390 This capability indicates that the Ultravisor has been initialized and KVM can therefore start protected VMs. This capability governs the KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND ioctl and the KVM_MP_STATE_LOAD MP_STATE. KVM_SET_MP_STATE can fail for protected guests when the state change is invalid. + +8.24 KVM_CAP_STEAL_TIME +----------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64, x86 + +This capability indicates that KVM supports steal time accounting. +When steal time accounting is supported it may be enabled with +architecture-specific interfaces. This capability and the architecture- +specific interfaces must be consistent, i.e. if one says the feature +is supported, than the other should as well and vice versa. For arm64 +see Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst "KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_CTRL". +For x86 see Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/msr.rst "MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME". + +8.25 KVM_CAP_S390_DIAG318 +------------------------- + +:Architectures: s390 + +This capability enables a guest to set information about its control program +(i.e. guest kernel type and version). The information is helpful during +system/firmware service events, providing additional data about the guest +environments running on the machine. + +The information is associated with the DIAGNOSE 0x318 instruction, which sets +an 8-byte value consisting of a one-byte Control Program Name Code (CPNC) and +a 7-byte Control Program Version Code (CPVC). The CPNC determines what +environment the control program is running in (e.g. Linux, z/VM...), and the +CPVC is used for information specific to OS (e.g. Linux version, Linux +distribution...) + +If this capability is available, then the CPNC and CPVC can be synchronized +between KVM and userspace via the sync regs mechanism (KVM_SYNC_DIAG318). + +8.26 KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR +------------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 + +This capability indicates that KVM supports deflection of MSR reads and +writes to user space. It can be enabled on a VM level. If enabled, MSR +accesses that would usually trigger a #GP by KVM into the guest will +instead get bounced to user space through the KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and +KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR exit notifications. + +8.27 KVM_CAP_X86_MSR_FILTER +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 + +This capability indicates that KVM supports that accesses to user defined MSRs +may be rejected. With this capability exposed, KVM exports new VM ioctl +KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER which user space can call to specify bitmaps of MSR +ranges that KVM should deny access to. + +In combination with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, this allows user space to +trap and emulate MSRs that are outside of the scope of KVM as well as +limit the attack surface on KVM's MSR emulation code. + +8.30 KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM +-------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 + +This capability indicates the features that Xen supports for hosting Xen +PVHVM guests. Valid flags are:: + + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_HYPERCALL_MSR (1 << 0) + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL (1 << 1) + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO (1 << 2) + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE (1 << 3) + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_2LEVEL (1 << 4) + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND (1 << 5) + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG (1 << 6) + #define KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_PVCLOCK_TSC_UNSTABLE (1 << 7) + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_HYPERCALL_MSR flag indicates that the KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG +ioctl is available, for the guest to set its hypercall page. + +If KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_INTERCEPT_HCALL is also set, the same flag may also be +provided in the flags to KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG, without providing hypercall page +contents, to request that KVM generate hypercall page content automatically +and also enable interception of guest hypercalls with KVM_EXIT_XEN. + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO flag indicates the availability of the +KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR, KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR, KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR and +KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctls, as well as the delivery of exception vectors +for event channel upcalls when the evtchn_upcall_pending field of a vcpu's +vcpu_info is set. + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE flag indicates that the runstate-related +features KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADDR/_CURRENT/_DATA/_ADJUST are +supported by the KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR/KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctls. + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_2LEVEL flag indicates that IRQ routing entries +of the type KVM_IRQ_ROUTING_XEN_EVTCHN are supported, with the priority +field set to indicate 2 level event channel delivery. + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_EVTCHN_SEND flag indicates that KVM supports +injecting event channel events directly into the guest with the +KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND ioctl. It also indicates support for the +KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_EVTCHN/XEN_VERSION HVM attributes and the +KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_VCPU_ID/TIMER/UPCALL_VECTOR vCPU attributes. +related to event channel delivery, timers, and the XENVER_version +interception. + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG flag indicates that KVM supports +the KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG attribute in the KVM_XEN_SET_ATTR +and KVM_XEN_GET_ATTR ioctls. This controls whether KVM will set the +XEN_RUNSTATE_UPDATE flag in guest memory mapped vcpu_runstate_info during +updates of the runstate information. Note that versions of KVM which support +the RUNSTATE feature above, but not the RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG feature, will +always set the XEN_RUNSTATE_UPDATE flag when updating the guest structure, +which is perhaps counterintuitive. When this flag is advertised, KVM will +behave more correctly, not using the XEN_RUNSTATE_UPDATE flag until/unless +specifically enabled (by the guest making the hypercall, causing the VMM +to enable the KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_UPDATE_FLAG attribute). + +The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_PVCLOCK_TSC_UNSTABLE flag indicates that KVM supports +clearing the PVCLOCK_TSC_STABLE_BIT flag in Xen pvclock sources. This will be +done when the KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM ioctl sets the +KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_PVCLOCK_TSC_UNSTABLE flag. + +8.31 KVM_CAP_SPAPR_MULTITCE +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: ppc +:Type: vm + +This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls +H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user +space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests. +User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls +are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN +in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls). + +In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest, +user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example, +IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is +present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property. + +The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully +in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel, +they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have +an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration. + +This capability is always enabled. + +8.32 KVM_CAP_PTP_KVM +-------------------- + +:Architectures: arm64 + +This capability indicates that the KVM virtual PTP service is +supported in the host. A VMM can check whether the service is +available to the guest on migration. + +8.37 KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_DUMP +-------------------------------- + +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vm + +This capability indicates that KVM and the Ultravisor support dumping +PV guests. The `KVM_PV_DUMP` command is available for the +`KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND` ioctl and the `KVM_PV_INFO` command provides +dump related UV data. Also the vcpu ioctl `KVM_S390_PV_CPU_COMMAND` is +available and supports the `KVM_PV_DUMP_CPU` subcommand. + +8.39 KVM_CAP_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY +------------------------------ + +:Architectures: s390 +:Type: vm + +This capability indicates that KVM will provide the S390 CPU Topology +facility which consist of the interpretation of the PTF instruction for +the function code 2 along with interception and forwarding of both the +PTF instruction with function codes 0 or 1 and the STSI(15,1,x) +instruction to the userland hypervisor. + +The stfle facility 11, CPU Topology facility, should not be indicated +to the guest without this capability. + +When this capability is present, KVM provides a new attribute group +on vm fd, KVM_S390_VM_CPU_TOPOLOGY. +This new attribute allows to get, set or clear the Modified Change +Topology Report (MTCR) bit of the SCA through the kvm_device_attr +structure. + +When getting the Modified Change Topology Report value, the attr->addr +must point to a byte where the value will be stored or retrieved from. + +8.41 KVM_CAP_VM_TYPES +--------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 +:Type: system ioctl + +This capability returns a bitmap of support VM types. The 1-setting of bit @n +means the VM type with value @n is supported. Possible values of @n are:: + + #define KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM 0 + #define KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM 1 + #define KVM_X86_SEV_VM 2 + #define KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM 3 + +Note, KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM is currently only for development and testing. +Do not use KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM for "real" VMs, and especially not in +production. The behavior and effective ABI for software-protected VMs is +unstable. + +8.42 KVM_CAP_PPC_RPT_INVALIDATE +------------------------------- + +:Architectures: ppc + +This capability indicates that the kernel is capable of handling +H_RPT_INVALIDATE hcall. + +In order to enable the use of H_RPT_INVALIDATE in the guest, +user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example, +IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using it if "hcall-rpt-invalidate" is +present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property. + +This capability is enabled for hypervisors on platforms like POWER9 +that support radix MMU. + +8.43 KVM_CAP_PPC_AIL_MODE_3 +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: ppc + +This capability indicates that the kernel supports the mode 3 setting for the +"Address Translation Mode on Interrupt" aka "Alternate Interrupt Location" +resource that is controlled with the H_SET_MODE hypercall. + +This capability allows a guest kernel to use a better-performance mode for +handling interrupts and system calls. + +8.44 KVM_CAP_MEMORY_FAULT_INFO +------------------------------ + +:Architectures: x86 + +The presence of this capability indicates that KVM_RUN will fill +kvm_run.memory_fault if KVM cannot resolve a guest page fault VM-Exit, e.g. if +there is a valid memslot but no backing VMA for the corresponding host virtual +address. + +The information in kvm_run.memory_fault is valid if and only if KVM_RUN returns +an error with errno=EFAULT or errno=EHWPOISON *and* kvm_run.exit_reason is set +to KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT. + +Note: Userspaces which attempt to resolve memory faults so that they can retry +KVM_RUN are encouraged to guard against repeatedly receiving the same +error/annotated fault. + +See KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT for more information. + +8.45 KVM_CAP_X86_GUEST_MODE +--------------------------- + +:Architectures: x86 + +The presence of this capability indicates that KVM_RUN will update the +KVM_RUN_X86_GUEST_MODE bit in kvm_run.flags to indicate whether the +vCPU was executing nested guest code when it exited. + +KVM exits with the register state of either the L1 or L2 guest +depending on which executed at the time of an exit. Userspace must +take care to differentiate between these cases. + +9. Known KVM API problems +========================= + +In some cases, KVM's API has some inconsistencies or common pitfalls +that userspace need to be aware of. This section details some of +these issues. + +Most of them are architecture specific, so the section is split by +architecture. + +9.1. x86 +-------- + +``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID`` issues +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In general, ``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID`` is designed so that it is possible +to take its result and pass it directly to ``KVM_SET_CPUID2``. This section +documents some cases in which that requires some care. + +Local APIC features +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +CPU[EAX=1]:ECX[21] (X2APIC) is reported by ``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID``, +but it can only be enabled if ``KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP`` or +``KVM_ENABLE_CAP(KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP_SPLIT)`` are used to enable in-kernel emulation of +the local APIC. + +The same is true for the ``KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT`` paravirtualized feature. + +On older versions of Linux, CPU[EAX=1]:ECX[24] (TSC_DEADLINE) is not reported by +``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID``, but it can be enabled if ``KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER`` +is present and the kernel has enabled in-kernel emulation of the local APIC. +On newer versions, ``KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID`` does report the bit as available. + +CPU topology +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +Several CPUID values include topology information for the host CPU: +0x0b and 0x1f for Intel systems, 0x8000001e for AMD systems. Different +versions of KVM return different values for this information and userspace +should not rely on it. Currently they return all zeroes. + +If userspace wishes to set up a guest topology, it should be careful that +the values of these three leaves differ for each CPU. In particular, +the APIC ID is found in EDX for all subleaves of 0x0b and 0x1f, and in EAX +for 0x8000001e; the latter also encodes the core id and node id in bits +7:0 of EBX and ECX respectively. + +Obsolete ioctls and capabilities +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS does not let userspace know which quirks are actually +available. Use ``KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION(KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS2)`` instead if +available. + +Ordering of KVM_GET_*/KVM_SET_* ioctls +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +TBD |