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From: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: borntraeger@de.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com, thuth@redhat.com,
	pasic@linux.ibm.com, david@redhat.com,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	scgl@linux.ibm.com, mimu@linux.ibm.com, nrb@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v9 15/18] KVM: s390: pv: api documentation for asynchronous destroy
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 14:26:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220330122605.247613-16-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220330122605.247613-1-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>

Add documentation for the new commands added to the KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND
ioctl.

Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 9f3172376ec3..52ba1c52ae3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -5010,11 +5010,13 @@ 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.
+  again. All registered VCPUs are converted back to non-protected
+  ones. If a previous VM had been prepared for asynchonous teardown
+  with KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE_PREPARE and not actually torn down with
+  KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE, it will be torn down in this call together with
+  the current VM.
 
 KVM_PV_VM_SET_SEC_PARMS
   Pass the image header from VM memory to the Ultravisor in
@@ -5027,6 +5029,23 @@ KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY
   Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds,
   KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs.
 
+KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE_PREPARE
+  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. If a protected VM had
+  already been prepared without starting the asynchronous teardown process,
+  this call will fail. In that case, the userspace process should issue a
+  normal KVM_PV_DISABLE.
+
+KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE
+  Tear down the protected VM previously prepared for asynchronous teardown.
+  The resources that had been set aside will be freed asynchronously 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.
+
 4.126 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
 ----------------------------
 
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-03-30 12:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-03-30 12:25 [PATCH v9 00/18] KVM: s390: pv: implement lazy destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 01/18] KVM: s390: pv: leak the topmost page table when destroy fails Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-31 13:13   ` Janosch Frank
2022-04-01 14:20     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 02/18] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage violations for protected guests Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 03/18] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage exceptions for normal guests Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 04/18] KVM: s390: pv: refactor s390_reset_acc Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-31 13:25   ` Janosch Frank
2022-04-01 14:25     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 05/18] KVM: s390: pv: usage counter instead of flag Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 06/18] KVM: s390: pv: add export before import Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 07/18] KVM: s390: pv: module parameter to fence lazy destroy Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 08/18] KVM: s390: pv: clear the state without memset Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 09/18] KVM: s390: pv: Add kvm_s390_cpus_from_pv to kvm-s390.h and add documentation Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 10/18] KVM: s390: pv: add mmu_notifier Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-31 13:29   ` Janosch Frank
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 11/18] s390/mm: KVM: pv: when tearing down, try to destroy protected pages Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-31 13:34   ` Janosch Frank
2022-04-01 15:03     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:25 ` [PATCH v9 12/18] KVM: s390: pv: refactoring of kvm_s390_pv_deinit_vm Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:26 ` [PATCH v9 13/18] KVM: s390: pv: cleanup leftover protected VMs if needed Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-31 14:02   ` Janosch Frank
2022-04-01 15:13     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:26 ` [PATCH v9 14/18] KVM: s390: pv: asynchronous destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:26 ` Claudio Imbrenda [this message]
2022-03-30 12:26 ` [PATCH v9 16/18] KVM: s390: pv: add KVM_CAP_S390_PROTECTED_ASYNC_DISABLE Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:26 ` [PATCH v9 17/18] KVM: s390: pv: avoid export before import if possible Claudio Imbrenda
2022-03-30 12:26 ` [PATCH v9 18/18] KVM: s390: pv: support for Destroy fast UVC Claudio Imbrenda

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