From: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: cohuck@redhat.com, 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
Subject: [PATCH v6 15/17] KVM: s390: pv: api documentation for asynchronous destroy
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 17:58:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211203165814.73016-16-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211203165814.73016-1-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 | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index aeeb071c7688..f4d981cd58fa 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -4975,11 +4975,13 @@ 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
@@ -4992,6 +4994,19 @@ 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. The current
+ VM will then continue immediately as non-protected. If a protected VM had
+ already been set aside without starting the teardown process, this call
+ will fail. In this case the userspace process should issue a normal
+ KVM_PV_DISABLE.
+
+KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE
+ Tear down the protected VM previously set aside for asynchronous teardown.
+ 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
----------------------------
--
2.31.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-03 16:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-03 16:57 [PATCH v6 00/17] KVM: s390: pv: implement lazy destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 01/17] KVM: s390: pv: leak the topmost page table when destroy fails Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:57 ` [PATCH v6 02/17] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage violations for protected guests Claudio Imbrenda
2022-01-13 9:54 ` Janosch Frank
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 03/17] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage exceptions for normal guests Claudio Imbrenda
2022-01-13 9:58 ` Janosch Frank
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 04/17] KVM: s390: pv: refactor s390_reset_acc Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 05/17] KVM: s390: pv: usage counter instead of flag Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 06/17] KVM: s390: pv: add export before import Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 07/17] KVM: s390: pv: module parameter to fence lazy destroy Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 08/17] KVM: s390: pv: make kvm_s390_cpus_from_pv global Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 09/17] KVM: s390: pv: clear the state without memset Claudio Imbrenda
2022-01-13 10:30 ` Janosch Frank
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 10/17] KVM: s390: pv: add mmu_notifier Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-04 2:32 ` kernel test robot
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 11/17] s390/mm: KVM: pv: when tearing down, try to destroy protected pages Claudio Imbrenda
2022-01-13 10:38 ` Janosch Frank
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 12/17] KVM: s390: pv: refactoring of kvm_s390_pv_deinit_vm Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 13/17] KVM: s390: pv: cleanup leftover protected VMs if needed Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 14/17] KVM: s390: pv: asynchronous destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` Claudio Imbrenda [this message]
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 16/17] KVM: s390: pv: add KVM_CAP_S390_PROT_REBOOT_ASYNC Claudio Imbrenda
2021-12-03 16:58 ` [PATCH v6 17/17] KVM: s390: pv: avoid export before import if possible Claudio Imbrenda
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