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From: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, luto@kernel.org,
	peterz@infradead.org, dave.hansen@intel.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	sean.j.christopherson@intel.com, keescook@chromium.org
Cc: kristen@linux.intel.com, deneen.t.dock@intel.com,
	Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 07/13] kvm: Add docs for KVM_CAP_EXECONLY_MEM
Date: Thu,  3 Oct 2019 14:23:54 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191003212400.31130-8-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191003212400.31130-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>

Add documentation for the KVM_CAP_EXECONLY_MEM capability and
KVM_MEM_EXECONLY memslot.

Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
index 2d067767b617..a8001f996a8a 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1096,6 +1096,7 @@ struct kvm_userspace_memory_region {
 /* for kvm_memory_region::flags */
 #define KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES	(1UL << 0)
 #define KVM_MEM_READONLY	(1UL << 1)
+#define KVM_MEM_EXECONLY	(1UL << 2)
 
 This ioctl allows the user to create, modify or delete a guest physical
 memory slot.  Bits 0-15 of "slot" specify the slot id and this value
@@ -1123,12 +1124,15 @@ It is recommended that the lower 21 bits of guest_phys_addr and userspace_addr
 be identical.  This allows large pages in the guest to be backed by large
 pages in the host.
 
-The flags field supports two flags: KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES and
-KVM_MEM_READONLY.  The former can be set to instruct KVM to keep track of
-writes to memory within the slot.  See KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl to know how to
-use it.  The latter can be set, if KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM capability allows it,
-to make a new slot read-only.  In this case, writes to this memory will be
-posted to userspace as KVM_EXIT_MMIO exits.
+The flags field supports three flags: KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES, KVM_MEM_READONLY
+and KVM_MEM_EXECONLY.  KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES can be set to instruct KVM to
+keep track of writes to memory within the slot.  See KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG ioctl to
+know how to use it.  KVM_MEM_READONLY can be set, if KVM_CAP_READONLY_MEM
+capability allows it, to make a new slot read-only.  In this case, writes to
+this memory will be posted to userspace as KVM_EXIT_MMIO exits. KVM_MEM_EXECONLY
+can be set, if KVM_CAP_EXECONLY_MEM capability allows it, to make a new slot
+exec-only. Guest read accesses to KVM_CAP_EXECONLY_MEM will trigger an
+appropriate fault injected into the guest, in support of X86_FEATURE_KVM_XO.
 
 When the KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU capability is available, changes in the backing of
 the memory region are automatically reflected into the guest.  For example, an
-- 
2.17.1


  parent reply	other threads:[~2019-10-03 21:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-03 21:23 [RFC PATCH 00/13] XOM for KVM guest userspace Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 01/13] kvm: Enable MTRR to work with GFNs with perm bits Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-14  6:47   ` Yu Zhang
2019-10-14 18:44     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 02/13] kvm: Add support for X86_FEATURE_KVM_XO Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 03/13] kvm: Add XO memslot type Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-04  7:27   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-04 19:06     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-06 16:15       ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 04/13] kvm, vmx: Add support for gva exit qualification Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 05/13] kvm: Add #PF injection for KVM XO Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-04  7:42   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-04 19:11     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 06/13] kvm: Add KVM_CAP_EXECONLY_MEM Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-04  7:24   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-04 19:11     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-03 21:23 ` Rick Edgecombe [this message]
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 08/13] x86/boot: Rename USE_EARLY_PGTABLE_L5 Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 09/13] x86/cpufeature: Add detection of KVM XO Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-29 23:33   ` Kees Cook
2019-10-29 23:52     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-30 14:55       ` Sean Christopherson
2019-10-30 21:02         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 10/13] x86/mm: Add NR page bit for " Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-04  7:33   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 11/13] x86, ptdump: Add NR bit to page table dump Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-03 21:23 ` [RFC PATCH 12/13] mmap: Add XO support for KVM XO Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-04  7:34   ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-04 19:12     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-03 21:24 ` [RFC PATCH 13/13] x86/Kconfig: Add Kconfig for KVM based XO Rick Edgecombe
2019-10-29 23:36   ` Kees Cook
2019-10-30  0:01     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-30 18:36       ` Kees Cook
2019-10-04  7:22 ` [RFC PATCH 00/13] XOM for KVM guest userspace Paolo Bonzini
2019-10-04 19:03   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-04 14:56 ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-10-04 20:09   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-05  1:33     ` Andy Lutomirski
2019-10-07 18:14       ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2019-10-29 23:40 ` Kees Cook
2019-10-30  0:27   ` Edgecombe, Rick P

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