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Message-ID: <4FC62458.7030802@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2012 19:14:56 +0530
From:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
CC:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	X86 <x86@...nel.org>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Xen Devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Stephan Diestelhorst <stephan.diestelhorst@....com>,
	Attilio Rao <attilio.rao@...rix.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V8 17/17] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on
 Hypercalls and features used for PV spinlock

On 05/30/2012 05:24 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2012-05-02 12:09, Raghavendra K T wrote:
>> From: Raghavendra K T<raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> 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 Alex for KVM_HC_FEATURES inputs and Vatsa for rewriting KVM_HC_KICK_CPU
>
> This contains valuable documentation for features that are already
> supported. Can you break them out and post as separate patch already?
> One comment on them below.
>

That sounds like a good idea. Sure, will do that.

>>
>> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri<vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T<raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt      |    4 ++
>>   Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt |   60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> index 8820685..062dff9 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
>> @@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ 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
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000..bc3f14a
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
>> +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: None
>
> Purpose: Trigger guest exit so that the host can check for pending
> interrupts on reentry.

will add fold this and resend.

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