History log of /linux-master/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vm.rst
Revision Date Author Comments
# d56b699d 14-Aug-2023 Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>

Documentation: Fix typos

Fix typos in Documentation.

Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230814212822.193684-4-helgaas@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>


# 821d935c 04-Apr-2023 Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>

KVM: arm64: Introduce support for userspace SMCCC filtering

As the SMCCC (and related specifications) march towards an 'everything
and the kitchen sink' interface for interacting with a system it becomes
less likely that KVM will support every related feature. We could do
better by letting userspace have a crack at it instead.

Allow userspace to define an 'SMCCC filter' that applies to both HVCs
and SMCs initiated by the guest. Supporting both conduits with this
interface is important for a couple of reasons. Guest SMC usage is table
stakes for a nested guest, as HVCs are always taken to the virtual EL2.
Additionally, guests may want to interact with a service on the secure
side which can now be proxied by userspace.

Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230404154050.2270077-10-oliver.upton@linux.dev


# f2d3155e 27-Jan-2023 Nico Boehr <nrb@linux.ibm.com>

KVM: s390: disable migration mode when dirty tracking is disabled

Migration mode is a VM attribute which enables tracking of changes in
storage attributes (PGSTE). It assumes dirty tracking is enabled on all
memslots to keep a dirty bitmap of pages with changed storage attributes.

When enabling migration mode, we currently check that dirty tracking is
enabled for all memslots. However, userspace can disable dirty tracking
without disabling migration mode.

Since migration mode is pointless with dirty tracking disabled, disable
migration mode whenever userspace disables dirty tracking on any slot.

Also update the documentation to clarify that dirty tracking must be
enabled when enabling migration mode, which is already enforced by the
code in kvm_s390_vm_start_migration().

Also highlight in the documentation for KVM_S390_GET_CMMA_BITS that it
can now fail with -EINVAL when dirty tracking is disabled while
migration mode is on. Move all the error codes to a table so this stays
readable.

To disable migration mode, slots_lock should be held, which is taken
in kvm_set_memory_region() and thus held in
kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region().

Restructure the prepare code a bit so all the sanity checking is done
before disabling migration mode. This ensures migration mode isn't
disabled when some sanity check fails.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 190df4a212a7 ("KVM: s390: CMMA tracking, ESSA emulation, migration mode")
Signed-off-by: Nico Boehr <nrb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230127140532.230651-2-nrb@linux.ibm.com
Message-Id: <20230127140532.230651-2-nrb@linux.ibm.com>
[frankja@linux.ibm.com: fixed commit message typo, moved api.rst error table upwards]
Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>


# 6973091d 11-Oct-2022 Nico Boehr <nrb@linux.ibm.com>

KVM: s390: pv: don't allow userspace to set the clock under PV

When running under PV, the guest's TOD clock is under control of the
ultravisor and the hypervisor isn't allowed to change it. Hence, don't
allow userspace to change the guest's TOD clock by returning
-EOPNOTSUPP.

When userspace changes the guest's TOD clock, KVM updates its
kvm.arch.epoch field and, in addition, the epoch field in all state
descriptions of all VCPUs.

But, under PV, the ultravisor will ignore the epoch field in the state
description and simply overwrite it on next SIE exit with the actual
guest epoch. This leads to KVM having an incorrect view of the guest's
TOD clock: it has updated its internal kvm.arch.epoch field, but the
ultravisor ignores the field in the state description.

Whenever a guest is now waiting for a clock comparator, KVM will
incorrectly calculate the time when the guest should wake up, possibly
causing the guest to sleep for much longer than expected.

With this change, kvm_s390_set_tod() will now take the kvm->lock to be
able to call kvm_s390_pv_is_protected(). Since kvm_s390_set_tod_clock()
also takes kvm->lock, use __kvm_s390_set_tod_clock() instead.

The function kvm_s390_set_tod_clock is now unused, hence remove it.
Update the documentation to indicate the TOD clock attr calls can now
return -EOPNOTSUPP.

Fixes: 0f3035047140 ("KVM: s390: protvirt: Do only reset registers that are accessible")
Reported-by: Marc Hartmayer <mhartmay@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nico Boehr <nrb@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221011160712.928239-2-nrb@linux.ibm.com
Message-Id: <20221011160712.928239-2-nrb@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>


# 6c972ba6 09-Feb-2020 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

docs: kvm: convert devices/vm.txt to ReST

- Use title markups;
- adjust indentation and add blank lines as needed;
- use :field: markups;
- Use cross-references;
- mark code blocks as such.

Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>