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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst index 31f62b64e07b..06718b9bc959 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/vcpu-requests.rst @@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ VCPU requests are simply bit indices of the ``vcpu->requests`` bitmap. This means general bitops, like those documented in [atomic-ops]_ could also be used, e.g. :: - clear_bit(KVM_REQ_UNHALT & KVM_REQUEST_MASK, &vcpu->requests); + clear_bit(KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK & KVM_REQUEST_MASK, &vcpu->requests); However, VCPU request users should refrain from doing so, as it would break the abstraction. The first 8 bits are reserved for architecture -independent requests, all additional bits are available for architecture +independent requests; all additional bits are available for architecture dependent requests. Architecture Independent Requests @@ -126,17 +126,6 @@ KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK or in order to update the interrupt routing and ensure that assigned devices will wake up the vCPU. -KVM_REQ_UNHALT - - This request may be made from the KVM common function kvm_vcpu_block(), - which is used to emulate an instruction that causes a CPU to halt until - one of an architectural specific set of events and/or interrupts is - received (determined by checking kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable()). When that - event or interrupt arrives kvm_vcpu_block() makes the request. This is - in contrast to when kvm_vcpu_block() returns due to any other reason, - such as a pending signal, which does not indicate the VCPU's halt - emulation should stop, and therefore does not make the request. - KVM_REQ_OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE This "request" ensures the target vCPU has exited guest mode prior to the @@ -162,8 +151,8 @@ KVM_REQUEST_NO_WAKEUP This flag is applied to requests that only need immediate attention from VCPUs running in guest mode. That is, sleeping VCPUs do not need - to be awaken for these requests. Sleeping VCPUs will handle the - requests when they are awaken later for some other reason. + to be awakened for these requests. Sleeping VCPUs will handle the + requests when they are awakened later for some other reason. KVM_REQUEST_WAIT @@ -297,21 +286,6 @@ architecture dependent. kvm_vcpu_block() calls kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable() to check if it should awaken. One reason to do so is to provide architectures a function where requests may be checked if necessary. -Clearing Requests ------------------ - -Generally it only makes sense for the receiving VCPU thread to clear a -request. However, in some circumstances, such as when the requesting -thread and the receiving VCPU thread are executed serially, such as when -they are the same thread, or when they are using some form of concurrency -control to temporarily execute synchronously, then it's possible to know -that the request may be cleared immediately, rather than waiting for the -receiving VCPU thread to handle the request in VCPU RUN. The only current -examples of this are kvm_vcpu_block() calls made by VCPUs to block -themselves. A possible side-effect of that call is to make the -KVM_REQ_UNHALT request, which may then be cleared immediately when the -VCPU returns from the call. - References ========== |