linux-kernel - [PATCH ] Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for steal time and pv eoi

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Message-Id: <1377259487-23989-1-git-send-email-raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:34:47 +0530
From:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH ] Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for steal time and pv eoi

Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 While adding documentation for pvspinlock, I found that these two should
 be updated. I have based this on top of pvspinlock kvm host patchset (V12)

 Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
index 22ff659..15a5ac20 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,15 @@ 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_STEAL_TIME             ||     5 || guest accounts fine granularity
+                                   ||       || task steal time. enabled when
+                                   ||       || shedstat or task delay accounting
+                                   ||       || is supported by the host.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI                 ||     6 || overrides the generic EOI
+                                   ||       || implementation with an optimized
+                                   ||       || version.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT              ||     7 || guest checks this feature bit
                                    ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
                                    ||       || spinlock support.
-- 
1.7.11.7

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