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From: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: borntraeger@de.ibm.com, frankja@linux.ibm.com, thuth@redhat.com,
	pasic@linux.ibm.com, david@redhat.com,
	linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	scgl@linux.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v7 15/17] KVM: s390: pv: api documentation for asynchronous destroy
Date: Fri,  4 Feb 2022 16:53:47 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220204155349.63238-16-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220204155349.63238-1-imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>

Add documentation for the new commands added to the KVM_S390_PV_COMMAND
ioctl.

Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index a4267104db50..3b9068aceead 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -5010,11 +5010,13 @@ KVM_PV_ENABLE
   =====      =============================
 
 KVM_PV_DISABLE
-
   Deregister the VM from the Ultravisor and reclaim the memory that
   had been donated to the Ultravisor, making it usable by the kernel
-  again.  All registered VCPUs are converted back to non-protected
-  ones.
+  again. All registered VCPUs are converted back to non-protected
+  ones. If a previous VM had been prepared for asynchonous teardown
+  with KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE_PREPARE and not actually torn down with
+  KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE, it will be torn down in this call together with
+  the current VM.
 
 KVM_PV_VM_SET_SEC_PARMS
   Pass the image header from VM memory to the Ultravisor in
@@ -5027,6 +5029,19 @@ KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY
   Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds,
   KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs.
 
+KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE_PREPARE
+  Prepare the current protected VM for asynchronous teardown. The current
+  VM will then continue immediately as non-protected. If a protected VM had
+  already been set aside without starting the teardown process, this call
+  will fail. In this case the userspace process should issue a normal
+  KVM_PV_DISABLE.
+
+KVM_PV_ASYNC_DISABLE
+  Tear down the protected VM previously set aside for asynchronous teardown.
+  This PV command should ideally be issued by userspace from a separate
+  thread. If a fatal signal is received (or the process terminates
+  naturally), the command will terminate immediately without completing.
+
 4.126 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
 ----------------------------
 
-- 
2.34.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2022-02-04 15:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-04 15:53 [PATCH v7 00/17] KVM: s390: pv: implement lazy destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 01/17] KVM: s390: pv: leak the topmost page table when destroy fails Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07  8:56   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-07  9:02     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 14:33     ` Heiko Carstens
2022-02-07 14:49       ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 02/17] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage violations for protected guests Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 03/17] KVM: s390: pv: handle secure storage exceptions for normal guests Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 19:51   ` kernel test robot
2022-02-04 19:51     ` kernel test robot
2022-02-07  9:40   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 04/17] KVM: s390: pv: refactor s390_reset_acc Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 10:02   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-07 10:47     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 10:56       ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-07 11:01         ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 05/17] KVM: s390: pv: usage counter instead of flag Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 06/17] KVM: s390: pv: add export before import Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 07/17] KVM: s390: pv: module parameter to fence lazy destroy Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 08/17] KVM: s390: pv: make kvm_s390_cpus_from_pv global Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 10:15   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 09/17] KVM: s390: pv: clear the state without memset Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 10:09   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 10/17] KVM: s390: pv: add mmu_notifier Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 21:22   ` kernel test robot
2022-02-04 21:22     ` kernel test robot
2022-02-04 21:22   ` kernel test robot
2022-02-04 21:22     ` kernel test robot
2022-02-07 11:04   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-07 12:16     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 11/17] s390/mm: KVM: pv: when tearing down, try to destroy protected pages Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 12/17] KVM: s390: pv: refactoring of kvm_s390_pv_deinit_vm Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 11:06   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 13/17] KVM: s390: pv: cleanup leftover protected VMs if needed Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 14/17] KVM: s390: pv: asynchronous destroy for reboot Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` Claudio Imbrenda [this message]
2022-02-07 14:52   ` [PATCH v7 15/17] KVM: s390: pv: api documentation for asynchronous destroy Janosch Frank
2022-02-07 15:17     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 16/17] KVM: s390: pv: add KVM_CAP_S390_PROT_REBOOT_ASYNC Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 14:37   ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-07 15:19     ` Claudio Imbrenda
2022-02-07 15:40       ` Janosch Frank
2022-02-04 15:53 ` [PATCH v7 17/17] KVM: s390: pv: avoid export before import if possible Claudio Imbrenda

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