linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 17/21] KVM: arm64: Document HVC_VHE

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Date:   Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:50:15 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>,
        Ajay Patil <pajay@....qualcomm.com>,
        Prasad Sodagudi <psodagud@...eaurora.org>,
        Srinivas Ramana <sramana@...eaurora.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Julien Thierry <julien.thierry.kdev@...il.com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: [PATCH v5 17/21] KVM: arm64: Document HVC_VHE_RESTART stub hypercall

For completeness, let's document the HVC_VHE_RESTART stub.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Acked-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
index 83cadd8186fa..4d43fbc25195 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
@@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ these functions (see arch/arm{,64}/include/asm/virt.h):
   into place (arm64 only), and jump to the restart address while at HYP/EL2.
   This hypercall is not expected to return to its caller.
 
+* ::
+
+    x0 = HVC_VHE_RESTART (arm64 only)
+
+  Attempt to upgrade the kernel's exception level from EL1 to EL2 by enabling
+  the VHE mode. This is conditioned by the CPU supporting VHE, the EL2 MMU
+  being off, and VHE not being disabled by any other means (command line
+  option, for example).
+
 Any other value of r0/x0 triggers a hypervisor-specific handling,
 which is not documented here.
 
-- 
2.29.2