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From: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>,
	Vaibhav Jain <vaibhav@linux.ibm.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] KVM: PPC: Document KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS ioctl
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:19:05 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260430054906.94431-7-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260430054906.94431-1-amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>

Add documentation for the KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS ioctl to the KVM API
documentation.

The ioctl exposes host processor compatibility modes supported for
nested KVM guests on PowerPC systems.

Signed-off-by: Amit Machhiwal <amachhiw@linux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 52bbbb553ce1..7a10c3c6cbf1 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -6555,6 +6555,41 @@ KVM_S390_KEYOP_SSKE
 
 .. _kvm_run:
 
+4.145 KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS
+-----------------------------
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_COMPAT_CAPS
+:Architectures: powerpc
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_compat_caps (out)
+:Returns:
+	0 on successful completion,
+	-EFAULT if ``struct kvm_ppc_compat_caps`` cannot be written
+
+IBM POWER system server-based processors provide a compatibility mode feature
+where an Nth generation processor can operate in modes consistent with earlier
+generations such as (N-1) and (N-2).
+
+This ioctl provides userspace with information about the CPU compatibility modes
+supported by the current host processor for booting the nested KVM guests on
+PowerNV (KVM nested APIv1) and PowerVM (KVM nested APIv2) platforms.
+
+::
+
+  struct kvm_ppc_compat_caps {
+         __u32   flags;
+         __u64   compat_capabilities;    /* Capabilities supported by the host */
+  };
+
+The ``compat_capabilities`` bit field describes the processor compatibility
+modes supported by the host. For example, the following bits indicate support
+for specific processor modes.
+
+::
+
+ bit 1: KVM guests can run in Power9 processor mode
+ bit 2: KVM guests can run in Power10 processor mode
+ bit 3: KVM guests can run in Power11 processor mode
+
 5. The kvm_run structure
 ========================
 
-- 
2.50.1


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-30  5:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-30  5:48 [PATCH 0/6] KVM: PPC: Handle CPU compatibility mode for nested guests Amit Machhiwal
2026-04-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 1/6] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Validate arch_compat against host compatibility mode Amit Machhiwal
2026-05-05  6:44   ` Harsh Prateek Bora
2026-04-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 2/6] KVM: PPC: Introduce KVM_CAP_PPC_COMPAT_CAPS and KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS Amit Machhiwal
2026-04-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 3/6] KVM: PPC: Wire up KVM_PPC_GET_COMPAT_CAPS ioctl Amit Machhiwal
2026-04-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 4/6] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Implement compat CPU capability retrieval for KVM on PowerVM Amit Machhiwal
2026-04-30  5:49 ` [PATCH 5/6] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add support for compat CPU capabilities for KVM on PowerNV Amit Machhiwal
2026-04-30  5:49 ` Amit Machhiwal [this message]

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