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Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 22:50:43 +0200 From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Cc: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] KVM: Document KVM_NMI Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com> Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com> --- Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 7945b0b..0b7b8f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -1450,6 +1450,19 @@ is supported; 2 if the processor requires all virtual machines to have an RMA, or 1 if the processor can use an RMA but doesn't require it, because it supports the Virtual RMA (VRMA) facility. +4.64 KVM_NMI + +Capability: basic +Architectures: none +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: none +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Trigger an NMI on the specified VCPU. + +This can be used to cause a panic in the guest, which in turn would result +in a backtrace/dump. + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by -- 1.7.8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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