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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	 Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	 Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	 kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] KVM: x86: Document that KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL requires completion
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:24:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250111012450.1262638-2-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250111012450.1262638-1-seanjc@google.com>

Update KVM's documentation to call out that KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL requires
userspace to do KVM_RUN before state save/restore, so that KVM can skip
the hypercall instruction, otherwise resuming the vCPU after restore will
restart the instruction and potentially lead to a spurious MAP_GPA_RANGE.

Fixes: 0dbb11230437 ("KVM: X86: Introduce KVM_HC_MAP_GPA_RANGE hypercall")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 39 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 454c2aaa155e..c92c8d4e8779 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6615,13 +6615,29 @@ The 'data' member contains, in its first 'len' bytes, the value as it would
 appear if the VCPU performed a load or store of the appropriate width directly
 to the byte array.
 
+It is strongly recommended that userspace use ``KVM_EXIT_IO`` (x86) or
+``KVM_EXIT_MMIO`` (all except s390) to implement functionality that
+requires a guest to interact with host userspace.
+
+.. note:: KVM_EXIT_IO is significantly faster than KVM_EXIT_MMIO.
+
+		/* KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL */
+		struct {
+			__u64 nr;
+			__u64 args[6];
+			__u64 ret;
+			__u64 flags;
+		} hypercall;
+
+
 .. note::
 
       For KVM_EXIT_IO, KVM_EXIT_MMIO, KVM_EXIT_OSI, KVM_EXIT_PAPR, KVM_EXIT_XEN,
-      KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR and KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR the corresponding
-      operations are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace
-      has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN.  The kernel side will first finish
-      incomplete operations and then check for pending signals.
+      KVM_EXIT_EPR, KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR, KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR, and KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL
+      the corresponding operations are complete (and guest state is consistent)
+      only after userspace has re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN.  The kernel
+      side will first finish incomplete operations and then check for pending
+      signals.
 
       The pending state of the operation is not preserved in state which is
       visible to userspace, thus userspace should ensure that the operation is
@@ -6632,21 +6648,6 @@ to the byte array.
 
 ::
 
-		/* KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL */
-		struct {
-			__u64 nr;
-			__u64 args[6];
-			__u64 ret;
-			__u64 flags;
-		} hypercall;
-
-
-It is strongly recommended that userspace use ``KVM_EXIT_IO`` (x86) or
-``KVM_EXIT_MMIO`` (all except s390) to implement functionality that
-requires a guest to interact with host userspace.
-
-.. note:: KVM_EXIT_IO is significantly faster than KVM_EXIT_MMIO.
-
 For arm64:
 ----------
 
-- 
2.47.1.613.gc27f4b7a9f-goog



  reply	other threads:[~2025-01-11  1:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-01-11  1:24 [PATCH 0/5] KVM: Add a kvm_run flag to signal need for completion Sean Christopherson
2025-01-11  1:24 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-01-11  1:24 ` [PATCH 2/5] KVM: Clear vcpu->run->flags at start of KVM_RUN for all architectures Sean Christopherson
2025-01-11  1:24 ` [PATCH 3/5] KVM: Add a common kvm_run flag to communicate an exit needs completion Sean Christopherson
2025-01-11 11:01   ` Marc Zyngier
2025-01-13 15:44     ` Sean Christopherson
2025-01-13 17:58       ` Marc Zyngier
2025-01-13 18:58         ` Sean Christopherson
2025-01-13 19:38           ` Marc Zyngier
2025-01-13 22:04             ` Sean Christopherson
2025-01-13  2:09   ` Chao Gao
2025-01-13  9:01     ` Binbin Wu
2025-01-13 16:59     ` Sean Christopherson
2025-01-11  1:24 ` [PATCH 4/5] KVM: selftests: Provide separate helper for KVM_RUN with immediate_exit Sean Christopherson
2025-01-11  1:24 ` [PATCH 5/5] KVM: selftests: Rely on KVM_RUN_NEEDS_COMPLETION to complete userspace exits Sean Christopherson

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