linux/Documentation/virt
Linus Torvalds 7c5c3a6177 ARM:
* Unwinder implementations for both nVHE modes (classic and
   protected), complete with an overflow stack
 
 * Rework of the sysreg access from userspace, with a complete
   rewrite of the vgic-v3 view to allign with the rest of the
   infrastructure
 
 * Disagregation of the vcpu flags in separate sets to better track
   their use model.
 
 * A fix for the GICv2-on-v3 selftest
 
 * A small set of cosmetic fixes
 
 RISC-V:
 
 * Track ISA extensions used by Guest using bitmap
 
 * Added system instruction emulation framework
 
 * Added CSR emulation framework
 
 * Added gfp_custom flag in struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache
 
 * Added G-stage ioremap() and iounmap() functions
 
 * Added support for Svpbmt inside Guest
 
 s390:
 
 * add an interface to provide a hypervisor dump for secure guests
 
 * improve selftests to use TAP interface
 
 * enable interpretive execution of zPCI instructions (for PCI passthrough)
 
 * First part of deferred teardown
 
 * CPU Topology
 
 * PV attestation
 
 * Minor fixes
 
 x86:
 
 * Permit guests to ignore single-bit ECC errors
 
 * Intel IPI virtualization
 
 * Allow getting/setting pending triple fault with KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS
 
 * PEBS virtualization
 
 * Simplify PMU emulation by just using PERF_TYPE_RAW events
 
 * More accurate event reinjection on SVM (avoid retrying instructions)
 
 * Allow getting/setting the state of the speaker port data bit
 
 * Refuse starting the kvm-intel module if VM-Entry/VM-Exit controls are inconsistent
 
 * "Notify" VM exit (detect microarchitectural hangs) for Intel
 
 * Use try_cmpxchg64 instead of cmpxchg64
 
 * Ignore benign host accesses to PMU MSRs when PMU is disabled
 
 * Allow disabling KVM's "MONITOR/MWAIT are NOPs!" behavior
 
 * Allow NX huge page mitigation to be disabled on a per-vm basis
 
 * Port eager page splitting to shadow MMU as well
 
 * Enable CMCI capability by default and handle injected UCNA errors
 
 * Expose pid of vcpu threads in debugfs
 
 * x2AVIC support for AMD
 
 * cleanup PIO emulation
 
 * Fixes for LLDT/LTR emulation
 
 * Don't require refcounted "struct page" to create huge SPTEs
 
 * Miscellaneous cleanups:
 ** MCE MSR emulation
 ** Use separate namespaces for guest PTEs and shadow PTEs bitmasks
 ** PIO emulation
 ** Reorganize rmap API, mostly around rmap destruction
 ** Do not workaround very old KVM bugs for L0 that runs with nesting enabled
 ** new selftests API for CPUID
 
 Generic:
 
 * Fix races in gfn->pfn cache refresh; do not pin pages tracked by the cache
 
 * new selftests API using struct kvm_vcpu instead of a (vm, id) tuple
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Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm

Pull kvm updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "Quite a large pull request due to a selftest API overhaul and some
  patches that had come in too late for 5.19.

  ARM:

   - Unwinder implementations for both nVHE modes (classic and
     protected), complete with an overflow stack

   - Rework of the sysreg access from userspace, with a complete rewrite
     of the vgic-v3 view to allign with the rest of the infrastructure

   - Disagregation of the vcpu flags in separate sets to better track
     their use model.

   - A fix for the GICv2-on-v3 selftest

   - A small set of cosmetic fixes

  RISC-V:

   - Track ISA extensions used by Guest using bitmap

   - Added system instruction emulation framework

   - Added CSR emulation framework

   - Added gfp_custom flag in struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache

   - Added G-stage ioremap() and iounmap() functions

   - Added support for Svpbmt inside Guest

  s390:

   - add an interface to provide a hypervisor dump for secure guests

   - improve selftests to use TAP interface

   - enable interpretive execution of zPCI instructions (for PCI
     passthrough)

   - First part of deferred teardown

   - CPU Topology

   - PV attestation

   - Minor fixes

  x86:

   - Permit guests to ignore single-bit ECC errors

   - Intel IPI virtualization

   - Allow getting/setting pending triple fault with
     KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS

   - PEBS virtualization

   - Simplify PMU emulation by just using PERF_TYPE_RAW events

   - More accurate event reinjection on SVM (avoid retrying
     instructions)

   - Allow getting/setting the state of the speaker port data bit

   - Refuse starting the kvm-intel module if VM-Entry/VM-Exit controls
     are inconsistent

   - "Notify" VM exit (detect microarchitectural hangs) for Intel

   - Use try_cmpxchg64 instead of cmpxchg64

   - Ignore benign host accesses to PMU MSRs when PMU is disabled

   - Allow disabling KVM's "MONITOR/MWAIT are NOPs!" behavior

   - Allow NX huge page mitigation to be disabled on a per-vm basis

   - Port eager page splitting to shadow MMU as well

   - Enable CMCI capability by default and handle injected UCNA errors

   - Expose pid of vcpu threads in debugfs

   - x2AVIC support for AMD

   - cleanup PIO emulation

   - Fixes for LLDT/LTR emulation

   - Don't require refcounted "struct page" to create huge SPTEs

   - Miscellaneous cleanups:
      - MCE MSR emulation
      - Use separate namespaces for guest PTEs and shadow PTEs bitmasks
      - PIO emulation
      - Reorganize rmap API, mostly around rmap destruction
      - Do not workaround very old KVM bugs for L0 that runs with nesting enabled
      - new selftests API for CPUID

  Generic:

   - Fix races in gfn->pfn cache refresh; do not pin pages tracked by
     the cache

   - new selftests API using struct kvm_vcpu instead of a (vm, id)
     tuple"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (606 commits)
  selftests: kvm: set rax before vmcall
  selftests: KVM: Add exponent check for boolean stats
  selftests: KVM: Provide descriptive assertions in kvm_binary_stats_test
  selftests: KVM: Check stat name before other fields
  KVM: x86/mmu: remove unused variable
  RISC-V: KVM: Add support for Svpbmt inside Guest/VM
  RISC-V: KVM: Use PAGE_KERNEL_IO in kvm_riscv_gstage_ioremap()
  RISC-V: KVM: Add G-stage ioremap() and iounmap() functions
  KVM: Add gfp_custom flag in struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache
  RISC-V: KVM: Add extensible CSR emulation framework
  RISC-V: KVM: Add extensible system instruction emulation framework
  RISC-V: KVM: Factor-out instruction emulation into separate sources
  RISC-V: KVM: move preempt_disable() call in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run
  RISC-V: KVM: Make kvm_riscv_guest_timer_init a void function
  RISC-V: KVM: Fix variable spelling mistake
  RISC-V: KVM: Improve ISA extension by using a bitmap
  KVM, x86/mmu: Fix the comment around kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_leafs()
  KVM: SVM: Dump Virtual Machine Save Area (VMSA) to klog
  KVM: x86/mmu: Treat NX as a valid SPTE bit for NPT
  KVM: x86: Do not block APIC write for non ICR registers
  ...
2022-08-04 14:59:54 -07:00
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acrn
coco virt: sevguest: Rename the sevguest dir and files to sev-guest 2022-04-27 13:29:56 +02:00
hyperv Documentation: hyperv: Add overview of clocks and timers 2022-07-13 14:04:48 -06:00
kvm ARM: 2022-08-04 14:59:54 -07:00
uml docs: UML: fix typo 2022-06-24 13:18:21 -06:00
guest-halt-polling.rst
index.rst Documentation: hyperv: Add overview of Hyper-V enlightenments 2022-07-13 14:04:48 -06:00
ne_overview.rst nitro_enclaves: Update documentation for Arm64 support 2021-09-14 11:11:20 +02:00
paravirt_ops.rst