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| author | Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com> | 2020-05-19 23:01:26 +0200 |
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| committer | Marcel Ziswiler <marcel.ziswiler@toradex.com> | 2020-05-19 23:37:01 +0200 |
| commit | 2ae782ca839e0ee07de37122ddea362adff2e975 (patch) | |
| tree | df6b1a190760f51465122ca4c13492d5ac5984c6 /Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | |
| parent | 0a8ab17689e628c84a666195bfc6ab85d11cf057 (diff) | |
| parent | 0661b3d6cfd774e28a2e2ba90a3d87479e5c399b (diff) | |
Merge tag 'v4.9.220' into 4.9-2.3.x-imx
This is the 4.9.220 stable release
Conflicts:
arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
arch/arm/boot/dts/imx7s.dtsi
arch/arm/mach-imx/common.h
arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx6q.c
arch/arm/mach-imx/cpuidle-imx6sx.c
arch/arm/mach-imx/suspend-imx6.S
block/blk-core.c
drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg.c
drivers/crypto/mxs-dcp.c
drivers/dma/imx-sdma.c
drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/adv7511/adv7511_drv.c
drivers/input/keyboard/imx_keypad.c
drivers/input/keyboard/snvs_pwrkey.c
drivers/mmc/host/sdhci.c
drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/pci.c
drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
drivers/usb/dwc3/gadget.c
drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
include/linux/blkdev.h
include/linux/cpu.h
include/linux/platform_data/dma-imx-sdma.h
kernel/cpu.c
net/wireless/util.c
sound/soc/fsl/Kconfig
sound/soc/fsl/fsl_esai.c
sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
sound/soc/fsl/imx-sgtl5000.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index 3ff58a8ffabb..d1908e50b506 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes - VM ioctls: These query and set attributes that affect an entire virtual machine, for example memory layout. In addition a VM ioctl is used to - create virtual cpus (vcpus). + create virtual cpus (vcpus) and devices. Only run VM ioctls from the same process (address space) that was used to create the VM. @@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes Only run vcpu ioctls from the same thread that was used to create the vcpu. + - device ioctls: These query and set attributes that control the operation + of a single device. + + device ioctls must be issued from the same process (address space) that + was used to create the VM. 2. File descriptors ------------------- @@ -32,10 +37,11 @@ The kvm API is centered around file descriptors. An initial open("/dev/kvm") obtains a handle to the kvm subsystem; this handle can be used to issue system ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl on this handle will create a VM file descriptor which can be used to issue VM -ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU ioctl on a VM fd will create a virtual cpu -and return a file descriptor pointing to it. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu -fd can be used to control the vcpu, including the important task of -actually running guest code. +ioctls. A KVM_CREATE_VCPU or KVM_CREATE_DEVICE ioctl on a VM fd will +create a virtual cpu or device and return a file descriptor pointing to +the new resource. Finally, ioctls on a vcpu or device fd can be used +to control the vcpu or device. For vcpus, this includes the important +task of actually running guest code. In general file descriptors can be migrated among processes by means of fork() and the SCM_RIGHTS facility of unix domain socket. These |