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| author | Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> | 2010-04-25 15:51:46 +0300 |
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| committer | Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> | 2010-05-17 12:19:30 +0300 |
| commit | b843f065481488fd1d1f4ff2179aaf4f300a1358 (patch) | |
| tree | 87d6ca03a06388ad176e1ff60bf07a710f5bf990 /Documentation/kvm/api.txt | |
| parent | df2fb6e7106dd0b76e3576bfaecbeb6f34843709 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b843f065481488fd1d1f4ff2179aaf4f300a1358.tar.gz linux-b843f065481488fd1d1f4ff2179aaf4f300a1358.tar.xz | |
KVM: Document KVM_GET_MP_STATE and KVM_SET_MP_STATE
Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt index baa8fde8bd16..a237518e51b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/kvm/api.txt @@ -848,6 +848,50 @@ function properly, this is the place to put them. __u8 pad[64]; }; +4.37 KVM_GET_MP_STATE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE +Architectures: x86, ia64 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (out) +Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error + +struct kvm_mp_state { + __u32 mp_state; +}; + +Returns the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state" (though also valid on +uniprocessor guests). + +Possible values are: + + - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE: the vcpu is currently running + - KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED: the vcpu is an application processor (AP) + which has not yet received an INIT signal + - KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED: the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is + now ready for a SIPI + - KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED: the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and + is waiting for an interrupt + - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED: the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector + accesible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) + +This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel +irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. + +4.38 KVM_SET_MP_STATE + +Capability: KVM_CAP_MP_STATE +Architectures: x86, ia64 +Type: vcpu ioctl +Parameters: struct kvm_mp_state (in) +Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error + +Sets the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state"; see KVM_GET_MP_STATE for +arguments. + +This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel +irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace. + 5. The kvm_run structure Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by |