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| author | Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com> | 2022-05-17 16:36:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com> | 2022-06-01 16:57:14 +0200 |
| commit | b0f46280d3fcd59a65cfae9742fa5172362af893 (patch) | |
| tree | 70a7e562fccca86062d637f3fbaf3d44709c17b9 /Documentation/virt | |
| parent | 437cfd714db9c1d28878a6e2555e9a730f3490c8 (diff) | |
| download | linux-b0f46280d3fcd59a65cfae9742fa5172362af893.tar.gz | |
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst: Explain rc/rrc delivery
Let's explain in which situations the rc/rrc will set in struct
kvm_pv_cmd so it's clear that the struct members should be set to
0. rc/rrc are independent of the IOCTL return code.
Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220517163629.3443-12-frankja@linux.ibm.com
Message-Id: <20220517163629.3443-12-frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 47d3064f5b79dd..0dd6d23c32ee7e 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -5127,6 +5127,14 @@ into ESA mode. This reset is a superset of the initial reset. __u32 reserved[3]; }; +**Ultravisor return codes** +The Ultravisor return (reason) codes are provided by the kernel if a +Ultravisor call has been executed to achieve the results expected by +the command. Therefore they are independent of the IOCTL return +code. If KVM changes `rc`, its value will always be greater than 0 +hence setting it to 0 before issuing a PV command is advised to be +able to detect a change of `rc`. + **cmd values:** KVM_PV_ENABLE |