linux-kernel - [PATCH] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls

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Date:	Thu, 31 May 2012 13:31:16 +0530
From:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls

From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> 

Thanks Alex for KVM_HC_FEATURES inputs and Jan for VAPIC_POLL_IRQ 

Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.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.

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