From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756631Ab3GVGNd (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 02:13:33 -0400 Received: from e28smtp08.in.ibm.com ([122.248.162.8]:50600 "EHLO e28smtp08.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756214Ab3GVGNa (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jul 2013 02:13:30 -0400 From: Raghavendra K T To: , , , , , , Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, , Raghavendra K T , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:50:38 +0530 Message-Id: <20130722062038.24737.35006.sendpatchset@codeblue> In-Reply-To: <20130722061631.24737.75508.sendpatchset@codeblue> References: <20130722061631.24737.75508.sendpatchset@codeblue> Subject: [PATCH RFC V11 17/18] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls and features used for PV spinlock X-TM-AS-MML: No X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 13072206-2000-0000-0000-00000CFB2DD4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls and features used for PV spinlock From: Raghavendra K T KVM_HC_KICK_CPU hypercall added to wakeup halted vcpu in paravirtual spinlock enabled guest. KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT enables guest to check whether pv spinlock can be enabled in guest. Thanks Vatsa for rewriting KVM_HC_KICK_CPU Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T --- Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 4 ++++ Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt index 83afe65..654f43c 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt @@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2 || 3 || kvmclock available at msrs KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF || 4 || async pf can be enabled by || || writing to msr 0x4b564d02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ +KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT || 6 || guest checks this feature bit + || || before enabling paravirtualized + || || spinlock support. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT || 24 || host will warn if no guest-side || || per-cpu warps are expected in || || kvmclock. diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt index ea113b5..022198e 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt @@ -64,3 +64,17 @@ 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. + +5. KVM_HC_KICK_CPU +------------------------ +Architecture: x86 +Status: active +Purpose: Hypercall used to wakeup a vcpu from HLT state +Usage example : A vcpu of a paravirtualized guest that is busywaiting in guest +kernel mode for an event to occur (ex: a spinlock to become available) can +execute HLT instruction once it has busy-waited for more than a threshold +time-interval. Execution of HLT instruction would cause the hypervisor to put +the vcpu to sleep until occurence of an appropriate event. Another vcpu of the +same guest can wakeup the sleeping vcpu by issuing KVM_HC_KICK_CPU hypercall, +specifying APIC ID (a1) of the vcpu to be woken up. An additional argument (a0) +is used in the hypercall for future use.