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* [PATCH] doc/virt/kvm: move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER in section 8
@ 2021-03-16 17:08 Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito
  2021-04-13 21:20 ` Jonathan Corbet
  2021-04-17 12:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito @ 2021-03-16 17:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-doc; +Cc: Paolo Bonzini, Jonathan Corbet, kvm, linux-kernel

KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER is a capability, not an ioctl.
Therefore move it from section 4.97 to the new 8.31 (other capabilities).

To fill the gap, move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER (was 4.126) to
4.97, and shifted Xen-related ioctl (were 4.127 - 4.130) by
one place (4.126 - 4.129).

Also fixed minor typo in KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST ioctl description
(section 4.3).

Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 250 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 125 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 1a2b5210cdbf..a230140d6a7f 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Errors:
 
   ======     ============================================================
   EFAULT     the msr index list cannot be read from or written to
-  E2BIG      the msr index list is to be to fit in the array specified by
+  E2BIG      the msr index list is too big to fit in the array specified by
              the user.
   ======     ============================================================
 
@@ -3686,31 +3686,105 @@ which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts.
 
 Queues an SMI on the thread's vcpu.
 
-4.97 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
--------------------------
+4.97 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
+----------------------------
 
-:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
-:Architectures: ppc
-:Type: vm
+:Capability: KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
+:Architectures: x86
+:Type: vm ioctl
+:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter
+:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
 
-This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls
-H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user
-space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests.
-User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls
-are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN
-in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls).
+::
 
-In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest,
-user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example,
-IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is
-present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property.
+  struct kvm_msr_filter_range {
+  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ  (1 << 0)
+  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1)
+	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */
+	__u32 base;  /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */
+	__u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */
+  };
 
-The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully
-in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel,
-they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have
-an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration.
+  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16
+  struct kvm_msr_filter {
+  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0)
+  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY  (1 << 0)
+	__u32 flags;
+	struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
+  };
 
-This capability is always enabled.
+flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ``
+
+  Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
+  indicates that a read should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
+  a read for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
+  filter action.
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
+
+  Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
+  indicates that a write should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
+  a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
+  filter action.
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
+
+  Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
+  in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
+  while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
+  filtered by this range.
+
+flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
+
+  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
+  fall back to allowing access to the MSR.
+
+``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``
+
+  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
+  fall back to rejecting access to the MSR. In this mode, all MSRs that should
+  be processed by KVM need to explicitly be marked as allowed in the bitmaps.
+
+This ioctl allows user space to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to
+specify whether a certain MSR access should be explicitly filtered for or not.
+
+If this ioctl has never been invoked, MSR accesses are not guarded and the
+default KVM in-kernel emulation behavior is fully preserved.
+
+Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR
+filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes
+an error.
+
+As soon as the filtering is in place, every MSR access is processed through
+the filtering except for accesses to the x2APIC MSRs (from 0x800 to 0x8ff);
+x2APIC MSRs are always allowed, independent of the ``default_allow`` setting,
+and their behavior depends on the ``X2APIC_ENABLE`` bit of the APIC base
+register.
+
+If a bit is within one of the defined ranges, read and write accesses are
+guarded by the bitmap's value for the MSR index if the kind of access
+is included in the ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range`` flags.  If no range
+cover this particular access, the behavior is determined by the flags
+field in the kvm_msr_filter struct: ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
+and ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``.
+
+Each bitmap range specifies a range of MSRs to potentially allow access on.
+The range goes from MSR index [base .. base+nmsrs]. The flags field
+indicates whether reads, writes or both reads and writes are filtered
+by setting a 1 bit in the bitmap for the corresponding MSR index.
+
+If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
+#GP inside the guest. When combined with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, that
+allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
+into user space.
+
+If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
+experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
 
 4.98 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64
 ----------------------------
@@ -4706,107 +4780,7 @@ KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY
   Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds,
   KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs.
 
-4.126 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
-----------------------------
-
-:Capability: KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
-:Architectures: x86
-:Type: vm ioctl
-:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter
-:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
-
-::
-
-  struct kvm_msr_filter_range {
-  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ  (1 << 0)
-  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1)
-	__u32 flags;
-	__u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */
-	__u32 base;  /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */
-	__u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */
-  };
-
-  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16
-  struct kvm_msr_filter {
-  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0)
-  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY  (1 << 0)
-	__u32 flags;
-	struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
-  };
-
-flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
-
-``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ``
-
-  Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
-  indicates that a read should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
-  a read for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
-  filter action.
-
-``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
-
-  Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
-  indicates that a write should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
-  a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
-  filter action.
-
-``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
-
-  Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
-  in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
-  while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
-  filtered by this range.
-
-flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
-
-``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
-
-  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
-  fall back to allowing access to the MSR.
-
-``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``
-
-  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
-  fall back to rejecting access to the MSR. In this mode, all MSRs that should
-  be processed by KVM need to explicitly be marked as allowed in the bitmaps.
-
-This ioctl allows user space to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to
-specify whether a certain MSR access should be explicitly filtered for or not.
-
-If this ioctl has never been invoked, MSR accesses are not guarded and the
-default KVM in-kernel emulation behavior is fully preserved.
-
-Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR
-filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes
-an error.
-
-As soon as the filtering is in place, every MSR access is processed through
-the filtering except for accesses to the x2APIC MSRs (from 0x800 to 0x8ff);
-x2APIC MSRs are always allowed, independent of the ``default_allow`` setting,
-and their behavior depends on the ``X2APIC_ENABLE`` bit of the APIC base
-register.
-
-If a bit is within one of the defined ranges, read and write accesses are
-guarded by the bitmap's value for the MSR index if the kind of access
-is included in the ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range`` flags.  If no range
-cover this particular access, the behavior is determined by the flags
-field in the kvm_msr_filter struct: ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
-and ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``.
-
-Each bitmap range specifies a range of MSRs to potentially allow access on.
-The range goes from MSR index [base .. base+nmsrs]. The flags field
-indicates whether reads, writes or both reads and writes are filtered
-by setting a 1 bit in the bitmap for the corresponding MSR index.
-
-If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
-#GP inside the guest. When combined with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, that
-allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
-into user space.
-
-If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
-experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
-
-4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
+4.126 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
 --------------------------
 
 :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
@@ -4849,7 +4823,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO
 KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
   Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls.
 
-4.128 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
+4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
 --------------------------
 
 :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
@@ -4861,7 +4835,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
 Allows Xen VM attributes to be read. For the structure and types,
 see KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR above.
 
-4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
+4.128 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
 ---------------------------
 
 :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
@@ -4923,7 +4897,7 @@ KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST
   or RUNSTATE_offline) to set the current accounted state as of the
   adjusted state_entry_time.
 
-4.130 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
+4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
 ---------------------------
 
 :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
@@ -6721,3 +6695,29 @@ vcpu_info is set.
 The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE flag indicates that the runstate-related
 features KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADDR/_CURRENT/_DATA/_ADJUST are
 supported by the KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR/KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctls.
+
+8.31 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
+-------------------------
+
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
+:Architectures: ppc
+:Type: vm
+
+This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls
+H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user
+space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests.
+User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls
+are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN
+in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls).
+
+In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest,
+user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example,
+IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is
+present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property.
+
+The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully
+in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel,
+they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have
+an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration.
+
+This capability is always enabled.
\ No newline at end of file
-- 
2.29.2


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* Re: [PATCH] doc/virt/kvm: move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER in section 8
  2021-03-16 17:08 [PATCH] doc/virt/kvm: move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER in section 8 Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito
@ 2021-04-13 21:20 ` Jonathan Corbet
  2021-04-13 22:21   ` Paolo Bonzini
  2021-04-17 12:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jonathan Corbet @ 2021-04-13 21:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito, linux-doc; +Cc: Paolo Bonzini, kvm, linux-kernel

Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com> writes:

> KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER is a capability, not an ioctl.
> Therefore move it from section 4.97 to the new 8.31 (other capabilities).
>
> To fill the gap, move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER (was 4.126) to
> 4.97, and shifted Xen-related ioctl (were 4.127 - 4.130) by
> one place (4.126 - 4.129).
>
> Also fixed minor typo in KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST ioctl description
> (section 4.3).
>
> Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 250 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  1 file changed, 125 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-)

Paolo, what's your thought on this one?  If it's OK should I pick it up?

Thanks,

jon

>
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> index 1a2b5210cdbf..a230140d6a7f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Errors:
>  
>    ======     ============================================================
>    EFAULT     the msr index list cannot be read from or written to
> -  E2BIG      the msr index list is to be to fit in the array specified by
> +  E2BIG      the msr index list is too big to fit in the array specified by
>               the user.
>    ======     ============================================================
>  
> @@ -3686,31 +3686,105 @@ which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts.
>  
>  Queues an SMI on the thread's vcpu.
>  
> -4.97 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
> --------------------------
> +4.97 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
> +----------------------------
>  
> -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
> -:Architectures: ppc
> -:Type: vm
> +:Capability: KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
> +:Architectures: x86
> +:Type: vm ioctl
> +:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter
> +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
>  
> -This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls
> -H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user
> -space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests.
> -User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls
> -are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN
> -in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls).
> +::
>  
> -In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest,
> -user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example,
> -IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is
> -present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property.
> +  struct kvm_msr_filter_range {
> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ  (1 << 0)
> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1)
> +	__u32 flags;
> +	__u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */
> +	__u32 base;  /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */
> +	__u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */
> +  };
>  
> -The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully
> -in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel,
> -they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have
> -an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration.
> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16
> +  struct kvm_msr_filter {
> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0)
> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY  (1 << 0)
> +	__u32 flags;
> +	struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
> +  };
>  
> -This capability is always enabled.
> +flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
> +
> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ``
> +
> +  Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
> +  indicates that a read should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
> +  a read for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
> +  filter action.
> +
> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
> +
> +  Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
> +  indicates that a write should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
> +  a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
> +  filter action.
> +
> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
> +
> +  Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
> +  in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
> +  while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
> +  filtered by this range.
> +
> +flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
> +
> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
> +
> +  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
> +  fall back to allowing access to the MSR.
> +
> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``
> +
> +  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
> +  fall back to rejecting access to the MSR. In this mode, all MSRs that should
> +  be processed by KVM need to explicitly be marked as allowed in the bitmaps.
> +
> +This ioctl allows user space to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to
> +specify whether a certain MSR access should be explicitly filtered for or not.
> +
> +If this ioctl has never been invoked, MSR accesses are not guarded and the
> +default KVM in-kernel emulation behavior is fully preserved.
> +
> +Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR
> +filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes
> +an error.
> +
> +As soon as the filtering is in place, every MSR access is processed through
> +the filtering except for accesses to the x2APIC MSRs (from 0x800 to 0x8ff);
> +x2APIC MSRs are always allowed, independent of the ``default_allow`` setting,
> +and their behavior depends on the ``X2APIC_ENABLE`` bit of the APIC base
> +register.
> +
> +If a bit is within one of the defined ranges, read and write accesses are
> +guarded by the bitmap's value for the MSR index if the kind of access
> +is included in the ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range`` flags.  If no range
> +cover this particular access, the behavior is determined by the flags
> +field in the kvm_msr_filter struct: ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
> +and ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``.
> +
> +Each bitmap range specifies a range of MSRs to potentially allow access on.
> +The range goes from MSR index [base .. base+nmsrs]. The flags field
> +indicates whether reads, writes or both reads and writes are filtered
> +by setting a 1 bit in the bitmap for the corresponding MSR index.
> +
> +If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
> +#GP inside the guest. When combined with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, that
> +allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
> +into user space.
> +
> +If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
> +experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
>  
>  4.98 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64
>  ----------------------------
> @@ -4706,107 +4780,7 @@ KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY
>    Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds,
>    KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs.
>  
> -4.126 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
> -----------------------------
> -
> -:Capability: KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
> -:Architectures: x86
> -:Type: vm ioctl
> -:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter
> -:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
> -
> -::
> -
> -  struct kvm_msr_filter_range {
> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ  (1 << 0)
> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1)
> -	__u32 flags;
> -	__u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */
> -	__u32 base;  /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */
> -	__u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */
> -  };
> -
> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16
> -  struct kvm_msr_filter {
> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0)
> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY  (1 << 0)
> -	__u32 flags;
> -	struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
> -  };
> -
> -flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
> -
> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ``
> -
> -  Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
> -  indicates that a read should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
> -  a read for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
> -  filter action.
> -
> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
> -
> -  Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
> -  indicates that a write should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
> -  a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
> -  filter action.
> -
> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
> -
> -  Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
> -  in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
> -  while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
> -  filtered by this range.
> -
> -flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
> -
> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
> -
> -  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
> -  fall back to allowing access to the MSR.
> -
> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``
> -
> -  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
> -  fall back to rejecting access to the MSR. In this mode, all MSRs that should
> -  be processed by KVM need to explicitly be marked as allowed in the bitmaps.
> -
> -This ioctl allows user space to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to
> -specify whether a certain MSR access should be explicitly filtered for or not.
> -
> -If this ioctl has never been invoked, MSR accesses are not guarded and the
> -default KVM in-kernel emulation behavior is fully preserved.
> -
> -Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR
> -filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes
> -an error.
> -
> -As soon as the filtering is in place, every MSR access is processed through
> -the filtering except for accesses to the x2APIC MSRs (from 0x800 to 0x8ff);
> -x2APIC MSRs are always allowed, independent of the ``default_allow`` setting,
> -and their behavior depends on the ``X2APIC_ENABLE`` bit of the APIC base
> -register.
> -
> -If a bit is within one of the defined ranges, read and write accesses are
> -guarded by the bitmap's value for the MSR index if the kind of access
> -is included in the ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range`` flags.  If no range
> -cover this particular access, the behavior is determined by the flags
> -field in the kvm_msr_filter struct: ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
> -and ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``.
> -
> -Each bitmap range specifies a range of MSRs to potentially allow access on.
> -The range goes from MSR index [base .. base+nmsrs]. The flags field
> -indicates whether reads, writes or both reads and writes are filtered
> -by setting a 1 bit in the bitmap for the corresponding MSR index.
> -
> -If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
> -#GP inside the guest. When combined with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, that
> -allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
> -into user space.
> -
> -If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
> -experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
> -
> -4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
> +4.126 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
>  --------------------------
>  
>  :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
> @@ -4849,7 +4823,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO
>  KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
>    Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls.
>  
> -4.128 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
> +4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
>  --------------------------
>  
>  :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
> @@ -4861,7 +4835,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
>  Allows Xen VM attributes to be read. For the structure and types,
>  see KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR above.
>  
> -4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
> +4.128 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
>  ---------------------------
>  
>  :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
> @@ -4923,7 +4897,7 @@ KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST
>    or RUNSTATE_offline) to set the current accounted state as of the
>    adjusted state_entry_time.
>  
> -4.130 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
> +4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
>  ---------------------------
>  
>  :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
> @@ -6721,3 +6695,29 @@ vcpu_info is set.
>  The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE flag indicates that the runstate-related
>  features KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADDR/_CURRENT/_DATA/_ADJUST are
>  supported by the KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR/KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctls.
> +
> +8.31 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
> +-------------------------
> +
> +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
> +:Architectures: ppc
> +:Type: vm
> +
> +This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls
> +H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user
> +space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests.
> +User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls
> +are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN
> +in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls).
> +
> +In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest,
> +user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example,
> +IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is
> +present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property.
> +
> +The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully
> +in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel,
> +they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have
> +an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration.
> +
> +This capability is always enabled.
> \ No newline at end of file
> -- 
> 2.29.2

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* Re: [PATCH] doc/virt/kvm: move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER in section 8
  2021-04-13 21:20 ` Jonathan Corbet
@ 2021-04-13 22:21   ` Paolo Bonzini
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2021-04-13 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jonathan Corbet, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito, linux-doc; +Cc: kvm, linux-kernel

On 13/04/21 23:20, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com> writes:
> 
>> KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER is a capability, not an ioctl.
>> Therefore move it from section 4.97 to the new 8.31 (other capabilities).
>>
>> To fill the gap, move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER (was 4.126) to
>> 4.97, and shifted Xen-related ioctl (were 4.127 - 4.130) by
>> one place (4.126 - 4.129).
>>
>> Also fixed minor typo in KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST ioctl description
>> (section 4.3).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito <eesposit@redhat.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 250 ++++++++++++++++-----------------
>>   1 file changed, 125 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-)
> 
> Paolo, what's your thought on this one?  If it's OK should I pick it up?

I missed the patch, I'll queue it up for 5.13.

Paolo

> Thanks,
> 
> jon
> 
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
>> index 1a2b5210cdbf..a230140d6a7f 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
>> @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ Errors:
>>   
>>     ======     ============================================================
>>     EFAULT     the msr index list cannot be read from or written to
>> -  E2BIG      the msr index list is to be to fit in the array specified by
>> +  E2BIG      the msr index list is too big to fit in the array specified by
>>                the user.
>>     ======     ============================================================
>>   
>> @@ -3686,31 +3686,105 @@ which is the maximum number of possibly pending cpu-local interrupts.
>>   
>>   Queues an SMI on the thread's vcpu.
>>   
>> -4.97 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
>> --------------------------
>> +4.97 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
>> +----------------------------
>>   
>> -:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
>> -:Architectures: ppc
>> -:Type: vm
>> +:Capability: KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
>> +:Architectures: x86
>> +:Type: vm ioctl
>> +:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter
>> +:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
>>   
>> -This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls
>> -H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user
>> -space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests.
>> -User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls
>> -are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN
>> -in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls).
>> +::
>>   
>> -In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest,
>> -user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example,
>> -IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is
>> -present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property.
>> +  struct kvm_msr_filter_range {
>> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ  (1 << 0)
>> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1)
>> +	__u32 flags;
>> +	__u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */
>> +	__u32 base;  /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */
>> +	__u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */
>> +  };
>>   
>> -The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully
>> -in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel,
>> -they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have
>> -an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration.
>> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16
>> +  struct kvm_msr_filter {
>> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0)
>> +  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY  (1 << 0)
>> +	__u32 flags;
>> +	struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
>> +  };
>>   
>> -This capability is always enabled.
>> +flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
>> +
>> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ``
>> +
>> +  Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
>> +  indicates that a read should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
>> +  a read for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
>> +  filter action.
>> +
>> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
>> +
>> +  Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
>> +  indicates that a write should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
>> +  a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
>> +  filter action.
>> +
>> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
>> +
>> +  Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
>> +  in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
>> +  while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
>> +  filtered by this range.
>> +
>> +flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
>> +
>> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
>> +
>> +  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
>> +  fall back to allowing access to the MSR.
>> +
>> +``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``
>> +
>> +  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
>> +  fall back to rejecting access to the MSR. In this mode, all MSRs that should
>> +  be processed by KVM need to explicitly be marked as allowed in the bitmaps.
>> +
>> +This ioctl allows user space to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to
>> +specify whether a certain MSR access should be explicitly filtered for or not.
>> +
>> +If this ioctl has never been invoked, MSR accesses are not guarded and the
>> +default KVM in-kernel emulation behavior is fully preserved.
>> +
>> +Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR
>> +filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes
>> +an error.
>> +
>> +As soon as the filtering is in place, every MSR access is processed through
>> +the filtering except for accesses to the x2APIC MSRs (from 0x800 to 0x8ff);
>> +x2APIC MSRs are always allowed, independent of the ``default_allow`` setting,
>> +and their behavior depends on the ``X2APIC_ENABLE`` bit of the APIC base
>> +register.
>> +
>> +If a bit is within one of the defined ranges, read and write accesses are
>> +guarded by the bitmap's value for the MSR index if the kind of access
>> +is included in the ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range`` flags.  If no range
>> +cover this particular access, the behavior is determined by the flags
>> +field in the kvm_msr_filter struct: ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
>> +and ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``.
>> +
>> +Each bitmap range specifies a range of MSRs to potentially allow access on.
>> +The range goes from MSR index [base .. base+nmsrs]. The flags field
>> +indicates whether reads, writes or both reads and writes are filtered
>> +by setting a 1 bit in the bitmap for the corresponding MSR index.
>> +
>> +If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
>> +#GP inside the guest. When combined with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, that
>> +allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
>> +into user space.
>> +
>> +If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
>> +experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
>>   
>>   4.98 KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE_64
>>   ----------------------------
>> @@ -4706,107 +4780,7 @@ KVM_PV_VM_VERIFY
>>     Verify the integrity of the unpacked image. Only if this succeeds,
>>     KVM is allowed to start protected VCPUs.
>>   
>> -4.126 KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
>> -----------------------------
>> -
>> -:Capability: KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER
>> -:Architectures: x86
>> -:Type: vm ioctl
>> -:Parameters: struct kvm_msr_filter
>> -:Returns: 0 on success, < 0 on error
>> -
>> -::
>> -
>> -  struct kvm_msr_filter_range {
>> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ  (1 << 0)
>> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE (1 << 1)
>> -	__u32 flags;
>> -	__u32 nmsrs; /* number of msrs in bitmap */
>> -	__u32 base;  /* MSR index the bitmap starts at */
>> -	__u8 *bitmap; /* a 1 bit allows the operations in flags, 0 denies */
>> -  };
>> -
>> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES 16
>> -  struct kvm_msr_filter {
>> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW (0 << 0)
>> -  #define KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY  (1 << 0)
>> -	__u32 flags;
>> -	struct kvm_msr_filter_range ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
>> -  };
>> -
>> -flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
>> -
>> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ``
>> -
>> -  Filter read accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
>> -  indicates that a read should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
>> -  a read for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
>> -  filter action.
>> -
>> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
>> -
>> -  Filter write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0 in the bitmap
>> -  indicates that a write should immediately fail, while a 1 indicates that
>> -  a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
>> -  filter action.
>> -
>> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
>> -
>> -  Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
>> -  in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
>> -  while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
>> -  filtered by this range.
>> -
>> -flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
>> -
>> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
>> -
>> -  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
>> -  fall back to allowing access to the MSR.
>> -
>> -``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``
>> -
>> -  If no filter range matches an MSR index that is getting accessed, KVM will
>> -  fall back to rejecting access to the MSR. In this mode, all MSRs that should
>> -  be processed by KVM need to explicitly be marked as allowed in the bitmaps.
>> -
>> -This ioctl allows user space to define up to 16 bitmaps of MSR ranges to
>> -specify whether a certain MSR access should be explicitly filtered for or not.
>> -
>> -If this ioctl has never been invoked, MSR accesses are not guarded and the
>> -default KVM in-kernel emulation behavior is fully preserved.
>> -
>> -Calling this ioctl with an empty set of ranges (all nmsrs == 0) disables MSR
>> -filtering. In that mode, ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY`` is invalid and causes
>> -an error.
>> -
>> -As soon as the filtering is in place, every MSR access is processed through
>> -the filtering except for accesses to the x2APIC MSRs (from 0x800 to 0x8ff);
>> -x2APIC MSRs are always allowed, independent of the ``default_allow`` setting,
>> -and their behavior depends on the ``X2APIC_ENABLE`` bit of the APIC base
>> -register.
>> -
>> -If a bit is within one of the defined ranges, read and write accesses are
>> -guarded by the bitmap's value for the MSR index if the kind of access
>> -is included in the ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range`` flags.  If no range
>> -cover this particular access, the behavior is determined by the flags
>> -field in the kvm_msr_filter struct: ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
>> -and ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_DENY``.
>> -
>> -Each bitmap range specifies a range of MSRs to potentially allow access on.
>> -The range goes from MSR index [base .. base+nmsrs]. The flags field
>> -indicates whether reads, writes or both reads and writes are filtered
>> -by setting a 1 bit in the bitmap for the corresponding MSR index.
>> -
>> -If an MSR access is not permitted through the filtering, it generates a
>> -#GP inside the guest. When combined with KVM_CAP_X86_USER_SPACE_MSR, that
>> -allows user space to deflect and potentially handle various MSR accesses
>> -into user space.
>> -
>> -If a vCPU is in running state while this ioctl is invoked, the vCPU may
>> -experience inconsistent filtering behavior on MSR accesses.
>> -
>> -4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
>> +4.126 KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR
>>   --------------------------
>>   
>>   :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
>> @@ -4849,7 +4823,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_SHARED_INFO
>>   KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
>>     Sets the exception vector used to deliver Xen event channel upcalls.
>>   
>> -4.128 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
>> +4.127 KVM_XEN_HVM_GET_ATTR
>>   --------------------------
>>   
>>   :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
>> @@ -4861,7 +4835,7 @@ KVM_XEN_ATTR_TYPE_UPCALL_VECTOR
>>   Allows Xen VM attributes to be read. For the structure and types,
>>   see KVM_XEN_HVM_SET_ATTR above.
>>   
>> -4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
>> +4.128 KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR
>>   ---------------------------
>>   
>>   :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
>> @@ -4923,7 +4897,7 @@ KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADJUST
>>     or RUNSTATE_offline) to set the current accounted state as of the
>>     adjusted state_entry_time.
>>   
>> -4.130 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
>> +4.129 KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR
>>   ---------------------------
>>   
>>   :Capability: KVM_CAP_XEN_HVM / KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_SHARED_INFO
>> @@ -6721,3 +6695,29 @@ vcpu_info is set.
>>   The KVM_XEN_HVM_CONFIG_RUNSTATE flag indicates that the runstate-related
>>   features KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_RUNSTATE_ADDR/_CURRENT/_DATA/_ADJUST are
>>   supported by the KVM_XEN_VCPU_SET_ATTR/KVM_XEN_VCPU_GET_ATTR ioctls.
>> +
>> +8.31 KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
>> +-------------------------
>> +
>> +:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE
>> +:Architectures: ppc
>> +:Type: vm
>> +
>> +This capability means the kernel is capable of handling hypercalls
>> +H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE without passing those into the user
>> +space. This significantly accelerates DMA operations for PPC KVM guests.
>> +User space should expect that its handlers for these hypercalls
>> +are not going to be called if user space previously registered LIOBN
>> +in KVM (via KVM_CREATE_SPAPR_TCE or similar calls).
>> +
>> +In order to enable H_PUT_TCE_INDIRECT and H_STUFF_TCE use in the guest,
>> +user space might have to advertise it for the guest. For example,
>> +IBM pSeries (sPAPR) guest starts using them if "hcall-multi-tce" is
>> +present in the "ibm,hypertas-functions" device-tree property.
>> +
>> +The hypercalls mentioned above may or may not be processed successfully
>> +in the kernel based fast path. If they can not be handled by the kernel,
>> +they will get passed on to user space. So user space still has to have
>> +an implementation for these despite the in kernel acceleration.
>> +
>> +This capability is always enabled.
>> \ No newline at end of file
>> -- 
>> 2.29.2
> 


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* Re: [PATCH] doc/virt/kvm: move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER in section 8
  2021-03-16 17:08 [PATCH] doc/virt/kvm: move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER in section 8 Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito
  2021-04-13 21:20 ` Jonathan Corbet
@ 2021-04-17 12:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Paolo Bonzini @ 2021-04-17 12:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito, linux-doc; +Cc: Jonathan Corbet, kvm, linux-kernel

On 16/03/21 18:08, Emanuele Giuseppe Esposito wrote:
> KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER is a capability, not an ioctl.
> Therefore move it from section 4.97 to the new 8.31 (other capabilities).

Here and in the subject I think KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER should be 
replaced by KVM_CAP_PPC_MULTITCE.

Otherwise looks good, so I queued it.

Thanks,

Paolo

> To fill the gap, move KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER (was 4.126) to
> 4.97, and shifted Xen-related ioctl (were 4.127 - 4.130) by
> one place (4.126 - 4.129).
> 
> Also fixed minor typo in KVM_GET_MSR_INDEX_LIST ioctl description
> (section 4.3).


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