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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/msr.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/msr.rst index 33892036672d..e37a14c323d2 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/msr.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/msr.rst @@ -190,41 +190,72 @@ MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN: 0x4b564d02 data: - Bits 63-6 hold 64-byte aligned physical address of a - 64 byte memory area which must be in guest RAM and must be - zeroed. Bits 5-3 are reserved and should be zero. Bit 0 is 1 - when asynchronous page faults are enabled on the vcpu 0 when - disabled. Bit 1 is 1 if asynchronous page faults can be injected - when vcpu is in cpl == 0. Bit 2 is 1 if asynchronous page faults - are delivered to L1 as #PF vmexits. Bit 2 can be set only if - KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_VMEXIT is present in CPUID. - - First 4 byte of 64 byte memory location will be written to by - the hypervisor at the time of asynchronous page fault (APF) - injection to indicate type of asynchronous page fault. Value - of 1 means that the page referred to by the page fault is not - present. Value 2 means that the page is now available. Disabling - interrupt inhibits APFs. Guest must not enable interrupt - before the reason is read, or it may be overwritten by another - APF. Since APF uses the same exception vector as regular page - fault guest must reset the reason to 0 before it does - something that can generate normal page fault. If during page - fault APF reason is 0 it means that this is regular page - fault. - - During delivery of type 1 APF cr2 contains a token that will - be used to notify a guest when missing page becomes - available. When page becomes available type 2 APF is sent with - cr2 set to the token associated with the page. There is special - kind of token 0xffffffff which tells vcpu that it should wake - up all processes waiting for APFs and no individual type 2 APFs - will be sent. + Asynchronous page fault (APF) control MSR. + + Bits 63-6 hold 64-byte aligned physical address of a 64 byte memory area + which must be in guest RAM and must be zeroed. This memory is expected + to hold a copy of the following structure:: + + struct kvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data { + /* Used for 'page not present' events delivered via #PF */ + __u32 flags; + + /* Used for 'page ready' events delivered via interrupt notification */ + __u32 token; + + __u8 pad[56]; + __u32 enabled; + }; + + Bits 5-4 of the MSR are reserved and should be zero. Bit 0 is set to 1 + when asynchronous page faults are enabled on the vcpu, 0 when disabled. + Bit 1 is 1 if asynchronous page faults can be injected when vcpu is in + cpl == 0. Bit 2 is 1 if asynchronous page faults are delivered to L1 as + #PF vmexits. Bit 2 can be set only if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_VMEXIT is + present in CPUID. Bit 3 enables interrupt based delivery of 'page ready' + events. Bit 3 can only be set if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in + CPUID. + + 'Page not present' events are currently always delivered as synthetic + #PF exception. During delivery of these events APF CR2 register contains + a token that will be used to notify the guest when missing page becomes + available. Also, to make it possible to distinguish between real #PF and + APF, first 4 bytes of 64 byte memory location ('flags') will be written + to by the hypervisor at the time of injection. Only first bit of 'flags' + is currently supported, when set, it indicates that the guest is dealing + with asynchronous 'page not present' event. If during a page fault APF + 'flags' is '0' it means that this is regular page fault. Guest is + supposed to clear 'flags' when it is done handling #PF exception so the + next event can be delivered. + + Note, since APF 'page not present' events use the same exception vector + as regular page fault, guest must reset 'flags' to '0' before it does + something that can generate normal page fault. + + Bytes 5-7 of 64 byte memory location ('token') will be written to by the + hypervisor at the time of APF 'page ready' event injection. The content + of these bytes is a token which was previously delivered as 'page not + present' event. The event indicates the page in now available. Guest is + supposed to write '0' to 'token' when it is done handling 'page ready' + event and to write 1' to MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_ACK after clearing the location; + writing to the MSR forces KVM to re-scan its queue and deliver the next + pending notification. + + Note, MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_INT MSR specifying the interrupt vector for 'page + ready' APF delivery needs to be written to before enabling APF mechanism + in MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN or interrupt #0 can get injected. The MSR is + available if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in CPUID. + + Note, previously, 'page ready' events were delivered via the same #PF + exception as 'page not present' events but this is now deprecated. If + bit 3 (interrupt based delivery) is not set APF events are not delivered. If APF is disabled while there are outstanding APFs, they will not be delivered. - Currently type 2 APF will be always delivered on the same vcpu as - type 1 was, but guest should not rely on that. + Currently 'page ready' APF events will be always delivered on the + same vcpu as 'page not present' event was, but guest should not rely on + that. MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME: 0x4b564d03 @@ -319,3 +350,29 @@ data: KVM guests can request the host not to poll on HLT, for example if they are performing polling themselves. + +MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_INT: + 0x4b564d06 + +data: + Second asynchronous page fault (APF) control MSR. + + Bits 0-7: APIC vector for delivery of 'page ready' APF events. + Bits 8-63: Reserved + + Interrupt vector for asynchnonous 'page ready' notifications delivery. + The vector has to be set up before asynchronous page fault mechanism + is enabled in MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN. The MSR is only available if + KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in CPUID. + +MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_ACK: + 0x4b564d07 + +data: + Asynchronous page fault (APF) acknowledgment. + + When the guest is done processing 'page ready' APF event and 'token' + field in 'struct kvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data' is cleared it is supposed to + write '1' to bit 0 of the MSR, this causes the host to re-scan its queue + and check if there are more notifications pending. The MSR is available + if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in CPUID. |