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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index f15b61317aad..2ba70c1fad51 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -1825,15 +1825,18 @@ emulate them efficiently. The fields in each entry are defined as follows: the values returned by the cpuid instruction for this function/index combination -The TSC deadline timer feature (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) is always returned -as false, since the feature depends on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for local APIC -support. Instead it is reported via:: +x2APIC (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[21) and TSC deadline timer (CPUID leaf 1, ecx[24]) +may be returned as true, but they depend on KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP for in-kernel +emulation of the local APIC. TSC deadline timer support is also reported via:: ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER) if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2. +Enabling x2APIC in KVM_SET_CPUID2 requires KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP as KVM doesn't +support forwarding x2APIC MSR accesses to userspace, i.e. KVM does not support +emulating x2APIC in userspace. 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO ----------------------- @@ -7673,6 +7676,7 @@ branch to guests' 0x200 interrupt vector. :Architectures: x86 :Parameters: args[0] defines which exits are disabled :Returns: 0 on success, -EINVAL when args[0] contains invalid exits + or if any vCPUs have already been created Valid bits in args[0] are:: |