linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for steal time and pv eoi

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Date:	Wed,  4 Sep 2013 14:18:46 +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 V2] Documentation/kvm: Update cpuid documentation for steal  time and pv eoi

Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 Changes in V2:
  Correction in the description of steal time and added msr info (Michael S Tsirkin)

 Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
index 22ff659..6c4fb20 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ 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 || Steal time available at msr
+                                   ||       || 0x4b564d03. The feature is enabled
+                                   ||       || by guest when host has schedstat
+                                   ||       || or task delay accounting support.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI                 ||     6 || overrides the generic EOI
+                                   ||       || implementation with a
+                                   ||       || paravirtualized version. Available
+                                   ||       || at msr 0x4b564d04.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT              ||     7 || guest checks this feature bit
                                    ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
                                    ||       || spinlock support.
-- 
1.7.11.7

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