KVM: Documentation: document MCE ioctls
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PATCH v3 1/1 KVM: Documentation: document MCE ioctls
Signed-off-by Luiz Capitulino <[email protected]>
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o v2
- Rebase against latest queue branch
- Several text fixups [Paolo]
o v3
- More small fixes [David]
Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)
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@@ -3377,6 +3377,69 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { __u32 pad; }; +4.104 KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE +Architectures: x86 +Type: system ioctl +Parameters: u64 mce_cap (out) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Returns supported MCE capabilities. The u64 mce_cap parameter +has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register. Supported +capabilities will have the corresponding bits set. + +4.105 KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: u64 mcg_cap (in) +Returns: 0 on success, + -EFAULT if u64 mcg_cap cannot be read, + -EINVAL if the requested number of banks is invalid, + -EINVAL if requested MCE capability is not supported. + +Initializes MCE support for use. The u64 mcg_cap parameter +has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register and +specifies which capabilities should be enabled. The maximum +supported number of error-reporting banks can be retrieved when +checking for KVM_CAP_MCE. The supported capabilities can be +retrieved with KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED. + +4.106 KVM_X86_SET_MCE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_x86_mce (in) +Returns: 0 on success, + -EFAULT if struct kvm_x86_mce cannot be read, + -EINVAL if the bank number is invalid, + -EINVAL if VAL bit is not set in status field. + +Inject a machine check error (MCE) into the guest. The input +parameter is: + +struct kvm_x86_mce { + __u64 status; + __u64 addr; + __u64 misc; + __u64 mcg_status; + __u8 bank; + __u8 pad1[7]; + __u64 pad2[3]; +}; + +If the MCE being reported is an uncorrected error, KVM will +inject it as an MCE exception into the guest. If the guest +MCG_STATUS register reports that an MCE is in progress, KVM +causes an KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN vmexit. + +Otherwise, if the MCE is a corrected error, KVM will just +store it in the corresponding bank (provided this bank is +not holding a previously reported uncorrected error). + 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------
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2.9.3
Am 13.03.2017 um 14:08 schrieb Luiz Capitulino:
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Signed-off-by Luiz Capitulino <[email protected]>---
o v2
- Rebase against latest queue branch
- Several text fixups [Paolo]o v3
- More small fixes [David]
Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +0
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Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { · line 3378
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-0@@ -3377,6 +3377,69 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { __u32 pad; };
Reviewed-by David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
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Thanks, David
Radim Krčmář
Applied2017-03-13 09:08-0400, Luiz Capitulino:
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Signed-off-by Luiz Capitulino <[email protected]>---
Queued, thanks.
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o v2
- Rebase against latest queue branch
- Several text fixups [Paolo]o v3
- More small fixes [David]
Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+)Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +63
-0@@ -3377,6 +3377,69 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { __u32 pad; }; +4.104 KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE +Architectures: x86 +Type: system ioctl +Parameters: u64 mce_cap (out) +Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error + +Returns supported MCE capabilities. The u64 mce_cap parameter +has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register. Supported +capabilities will have the corresponding bits set. + +4.105 KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: u64 mcg_cap (in) +Returns: 0 on success, + -EFAULT if u64 mcg_cap cannot be read, + -EINVAL if the requested number of banks is invalid, + -EINVAL if requested MCE capability is not supported. + +Initializes MCE support for use. The u64 mcg_cap parameter +has the same format as the MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP register and +specifies which capabilities should be enabled. The maximum +supported number of error-reporting banks can be retrieved when +checking for KVM_CAP_MCE. The supported capabilities can be +retrieved with KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED. + +4.106 KVM_X86_SET_MCE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MCE +Architectures: x86 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_x86_mce (in) +Returns: 0 on success, + -EFAULT if struct kvm_x86_mce cannot be read, + -EINVAL if the bank number is invalid, + -EINVAL if VAL bit is not set in status field. + +Inject a machine check error (MCE) into the guest. The input +parameter is: + +struct kvm_x86_mce { + __u64 status; + __u64 addr; + __u64 misc; + __u64 mcg_status; + __u8 bank; + __u8 pad1[7]; + __u64 pad2[3]; +}; + +If the MCE being reported is an uncorrected error, KVM will +inject it as an MCE exception into the guest. If the guest +MCG_STATUS register reports that an MCE is in progress, KVM +causes an KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN vmexit. + +Otherwise, if the MCE is a corrected error, KVM will just +store it in the corresponding bank (provided this bank is +not holding a previously reported uncorrected error). + 5. The kvm_run structure ------------------------Signature · 1 line
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