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From: Tim Wiederhake <twiederh@redhat.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Tim Wiederhake <twiederh@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: x86: Document that KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP must precede vcpu creation
Date: Mon,  6 Jul 2026 11:20:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706092021.3625908-3-twiederh@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706092021.3625908-2-twiederh@redhat.com>

The kernel rejects KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP with -EINVAL if any vcpus have
already been created, but the API documentation does not mention this
requirement.  Add a note.

Signed-off-by: Tim Wiederhake <twiederh@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 52bbbb553ce1..ec5bf99ff8b8 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -856,7 +856,8 @@ Writes the floating point state to the vcpu.
 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.
+PIC and IOAPIC; GSI 16-23 only go to the IOAPIC.  This ioctl must be called
+before creating any vcpus.
 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.
-- 
2.52.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-06  9:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-06  9:20 [PATCH 0/4] KVM: x86: Document and enforce APIC base memory hole Tim Wiederhake
2026-07-06  9:20 ` Tim Wiederhake [this message]
2026-07-06 23:22   ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: x86: Document that KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP must precede vcpu creation Sean Christopherson
2026-07-06  9:20 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: x86: Document APIC base address constraint for in-kernel irqchip Tim Wiederhake
2026-07-06 23:32   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-06 15:21 ` [syzbot ci] Re: KVM: x86: Document and enforce APIC base memory hole syzbot ci
2026-07-06 22:26 ` [PATCH 0/4] " Sean Christopherson

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