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+Linux KVM Hypercall:
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+===================
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+X86:
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+ KVM Hypercalls have a three-byte sequence of either the vmcall or the vmmcall
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+ instruction. The hypervisor can replace it with instructions that are
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+ guaranteed to be supported.
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+
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+ Up to four arguments may be passed in rbx, rcx, rdx, and rsi respectively.
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+ The hypercall number should be placed in rax and the return value will be
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+ placed in rax. No other registers will be clobbered unless explicitly stated
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+ by the particular hypercall.
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+
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+S390:
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+ R2-R7 are used for parameters 1-6. In addition, R1 is used for hypercall
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+ number. The return value is written to R2.
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+
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+ S390 uses diagnose instruction as hypercall (0x500) along with hypercall
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+ number in R1.
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+ PowerPC:
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+ It uses R3-R10 and hypercall number in R11. R4-R11 are used as output registers.
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+ Return value is placed in R3.
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+
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+ KVM hypercalls uses 4 byte opcode, that are patched with 'hypercall-instructions'
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+ property inside the device tree's /hypervisor node.
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+ For more information refer to Documentation/virtual/kvm/ppc-pv.txt
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+
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+KVM Hypercalls Documentation
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+===========================
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+The template for each hypercall is:
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+1. Hypercall name.
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+2. Architecture(s)
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+3. Status (deprecated, obsolete, active)
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+4. Purpose
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+
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+1. KVM_HC_VAPIC_POLL_IRQ
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+------------------------
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+Architecture: x86
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+Status: active
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+Purpose: Trigger guest exit so that the host can check for pending
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+interrupts on reentry.
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+
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+2. KVM_HC_MMU_OP
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+------------------------
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+Architecture: x86
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+Status: deprecated.
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+Purpose: Support MMU operations such as writing to PTE,
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+flushing TLB, release PT.
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+
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+3. KVM_HC_FEATURES
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+------------------------
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+Architecture: PPC
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+Status: active
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+Purpose: Expose hypercall availability to the guest. On x86 platforms, cpuid
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+used to enumerate which hypercalls are available. On PPC, either device tree
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+based lookup ( which is also what EPAPR dictates) OR KVM specific enumeration
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+mechanism (which is this hypercall) can be used.
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+
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+4. KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE
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+------------------------
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+Architecture: PPC
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+Status: active
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+Purpose: To enable communication between the hypervisor and guest there is a
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+shared page that contains parts of supervisor visible register state.
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+The guest can map this shared page to access its supervisor register through
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+memory using this hypercall.
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