From: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, aliguori@us.ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/6] Describe KVM_MSR_STEAL_TIME
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:52:20 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1296244340-15173-7-git-send-email-glommer@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1296244340-15173-1-git-send-email-glommer@redhat.com>
This patch adds documentation about usage of the newly
introduced KVM_MSR_STEAL_TIME.
Signed-off-by: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>
---
Documentation/kvm/msr.txt | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt b/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt
index d079aed..7a2d223 100644
--- a/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kvm/msr.txt
@@ -185,3 +185,35 @@ MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN: 0x4b564d02
Currently type 2 APF will be always delivered on the same vcpu as
type 1 was, but guest should not rely on that.
+
+MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME: 0x4b564d03
+
+ data: 4-byte alignment physical address of a memory area which must be
+ in guest RAM, plus an enable bit in bit 0. This memory is expected to
+ hold a copy of the following structure:
+
+ struct kvm_steal_time {
+ __u64 steal;
+ __u32 version;
+ __u32 flags;
+ __u32 pad[6];
+ }
+
+ whose data will be filled in by the hypervisor periodically. Only one
+ write, or registration, is needed for each VCPU. The interval between
+ updates of this structure is arbitrary and implementation-dependent.
+ The hypervisor may update this structure at any time it sees fit until
+ anything with bit0 == 0 is written to it.
+
+ Fields have the following meanings:
+
+ version: guest has to check version before and after grabbing
+ time information and check that they are both equal and even.
+ An odd version indicates an in-progress update.
+
+ flags: At this point, always zero. May be used to indicate
+ changes in this structure in the future.
+
+ steal: the amount of time in which this vCPU did not run, in
+ nanoseconds.
+
--
1.7.2.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-28 19:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-28 19:52 [PATCH v2 0/6] KVM Steal time, new submission Glauber Costa
2011-01-28 19:52 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] KVM-HDR: KVM Steal time implementation Glauber Costa
2011-01-29 1:28 ` Rik van Riel
2011-01-28 19:52 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] KVM-HV: " Glauber Costa
2011-01-29 1:46 ` Rik van Riel
2011-01-30 13:13 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-01 15:48 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-01 17:09 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-01 19:58 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-02 10:09 ` Avi Kivity
2011-01-31 11:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-28 19:52 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] KVM-GST: KVM Steal time accounting Glauber Costa
2011-01-29 1:16 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2011-01-29 1:27 ` Glauber Costa
2011-01-29 1:53 ` Rik van Riel
2011-01-30 14:04 ` Avi Kivity
2011-01-30 16:45 ` lidong chen
2011-02-01 15:58 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-01 15:57 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-02 10:11 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-02 10:51 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-02 11:57 ` Glauber Costa
2011-01-28 19:52 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] KVM-GST: KVM Steal time registration Glauber Costa
2011-01-29 2:16 ` Rik van Riel
2011-01-30 13:16 ` Avi Kivity
2011-02-01 15:53 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-01 16:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 17:00 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-01 17:44 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 20:20 ` Venkatesh Pallipadi
2011-01-31 11:11 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-28 19:52 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] KVM-GST: adjust scheduler cpu power Glauber Costa
2011-01-31 11:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-31 11:27 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 15:59 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-01 16:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 16:22 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-01 18:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-02-01 19:55 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-01 20:04 ` Peter Zijlstra
2011-01-28 19:52 ` Glauber Costa [this message]
2011-01-30 13:19 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] Describe KVM_MSR_STEAL_TIME Avi Kivity
2011-02-01 15:54 ` Glauber Costa
2011-02-02 10:14 ` Avi Kivity
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