linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/15] KVM: Add method to check for backwards-compatible API extensions

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Date:	Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:53:20 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/15] KVM: Add method to check for backwards-compatible API extensions

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c |    6 ++++++
 include/linux/kvm.h    |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 747966e..376538c 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2416,6 +2416,12 @@ static long kvm_dev_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		r = 0;
 		break;
 	}
+	case KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION:
+		/*
+		 * No extensions defined at present.
+		 */
+		r = 0;
+		break;
 	default:
 		;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm.h b/include/linux/kvm.h
index 93472da..c93cf53 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm.h
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ struct kvm_cpuid {
 #define KVM_GET_API_VERSION       _IO(KVMIO,   0x00)
 #define KVM_CREATE_VM             _IO(KVMIO,   0x01) /* returns a VM fd */
 #define KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST    _IOWR(KVMIO, 0x02, struct kvm_msr_list)
+/*
+ * Check if a kvm extension is available.  Argument is extension number,
+ * return is 1 (yes) or 0 (no, sorry).
+ */
+#define KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION       _IO(KVMIO,   0x03)
 
 /*
  * ioctls for VM fds
-- 
1.5.0.2

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