From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>, KVM <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:31:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120531080116.24838.15692.sendpatchset@codeblue.in.ibm.com> (raw)
From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thanks Alex for KVM_HC_FEATURES inputs and Jan for VAPIC_POLL_IRQ
Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c79335a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+KVM Hypercalls Documentation
+===========================
+The template for each hypercall is:
+1. Hypercall name, value.
+2. Architecture(s)
+3. Status (deprecated, obsolete, active)
+4. Purpose
+
+1. KVM_HC_VAPIC_POLL_IRQ
+------------------------
+Value: 1
+Architecture: x86
+Purpose: Trigger guest exit so that the host can check for pending
+interrupts on reentry.
+
+2. KVM_HC_MMU_OP
+------------------------
+Value: 2
+Architecture: x86
+Status: deprecated.
+Purpose: Support MMU operations such as writing to PTE,
+flushing TLB, release PT.
+
+3. KVM_HC_FEATURES
+------------------------
+Value: 3
+Architecture: PPC
+Status: active
+Purpose: Expose hypercall availability to the guest. On x86 platforms, cpuid
+used to enumerate which hypercalls are available. On PPC, either device tree
+based lookup ( which is also what EPAPR dictates) OR KVM specific enumeration
+mechanism (which is this hypercall) can be used.
+
+4. KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE
+------------------------
+Value: 4
+Architecture: PPC
+Status: active
+Purpose: To enable communication between the hypervisor and guest there is a
+shared page that contains parts of supervisor visible register state.
+The guest can map this shared page to access its supervisor register through
+memory using this hypercall.
+
+TODO:
+1. more information on input and output needed?
+2. Add more detail to purpose of hypercalls.
next reply other threads:[~2012-05-31 8:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-31 8:01 Raghavendra K T [this message]
2012-05-31 17:44 ` [PATCH] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls Randy Dunlap
2012-05-31 18:55 ` Jan Kiszka
2012-05-31 18:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-04 7:29 ` Raghavendra K T
2012-05-31 17:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-04 4:00 ` Rob Landley
2012-06-04 8:21 ` Raghavendra K T
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-07-24 8:53 Raghavendra K T
2012-07-24 12:13 ` Alexander Graf
2012-07-24 13:14 ` Raghavendra K T
2012-08-01 3:07 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-08-01 10:49 ` Raghavendra K T
2012-08-01 18:25 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2012-08-02 7:08 ` Raghavendra K T
2012-08-02 10:13 ` Alexander Graf
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