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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==================================================
+ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v2 (VGIC)
+==================================================
+
+Device types supported:
+
+ - KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0
+
+Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the
+legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP API. The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt
+controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the
+VGIC instead of directly to CPUs.
+
+GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow creating a
+guest GICv2 through this interface. For information on creating a guest GICv3
+device and guest ITS devices, see arm-vgic-v3.txt. It is not possible to
+create both a GICv3 and GICv2 device on the same VM.
+
+
+Groups:
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR
+ Attributes:
+
+ KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit)
+ Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC distributor
+ register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.
+ This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte.
+
+ KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_CPU (rw, 64-bit)
+ Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC virtual cpu
+ interface register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.
+ This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte.
+
+ Errors:
+
+ ======= =============================================================
+ -E2BIG Address outside of addressable IPA range
+ -EINVAL Incorrectly aligned address
+ -EEXIST Address already configured
+ -ENXIO The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
+ or hardware support is missing.
+ -EFAULT Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
+ ======= =============================================================
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
+ Attributes:
+
+ The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values::
+
+ bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 |
+ values: | reserved | vcpu_index | offset |
+
+ All distributor regs are (rw, 32-bit)
+
+ The offset is relative to the "Distributor base address" as defined in the
+ GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the same effect as
+ reading or writing the register on the actual hardware from the cpu whose
+ index is specified with the vcpu_index field. Note that most distributor
+ fields are not banked, but return the same value regardless of the
+ vcpu_index used to access the register.
+
+ GICD_IIDR.Revision is updated when the KVM implementation of an emulated
+ GICv2 is changed in a way directly observable by the guest or userspace.
+ Userspace should read GICD_IIDR from KVM and write back the read value to
+ confirm its expected behavior is aligned with the KVM implementation.
+ Userspace should set GICD_IIDR before setting any other registers (both
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS and KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS) to ensure
+ the expected behavior. Unless GICD_IIDR has been set from userspace, writes
+ to the interrupt group registers (GICD_IGROUPR) are ignored.
+
+ Errors:
+
+ ======= =====================================================
+ -ENXIO Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
+ -EBUSY One or more VCPUs are running
+ -EINVAL Invalid vcpu_index supplied
+ ======= =====================================================
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS
+ Attributes:
+
+ The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values::
+
+ bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 |
+ values: | reserved | vcpu_index | offset |
+
+ All CPU interface regs are (rw, 32-bit)
+
+ The offset specifies the offset from the "CPU interface base address" as
+ defined in the GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the
+ same effect as reading or writing the register on the actual hardware.
+
+ The Active Priorities Registers APRn are implementation defined, so we set a
+ fixed format for our implementation that fits with the model of a "GICv2
+ implementation without the security extensions" which we present to the
+ guest. This interface always exposes four register APR[0-3] describing the
+ maximum possible 128 preemption levels. The semantics of the register
+ indicate if any interrupts in a given preemption level are in the active
+ state by setting the corresponding bit.
+
+ Thus, preemption level X has one or more active interrupts if and only if:
+
+ APRn[X mod 32] == 0b1, where n = X / 32
+
+ Bits for undefined preemption levels are RAZ/WI.
+
+ Note that this differs from a CPU's view of the APRs on hardware in which
+ a GIC without the security extensions expose group 0 and group 1 active
+ priorities in separate register groups, whereas we show a combined view
+ similar to GICv2's GICH_APR.
+
+ For historical reasons and to provide ABI compatibility with userspace we
+ export the GICC_PMR register in the format of the GICH_VMCR.VMPriMask
+ field in the lower 5 bits of a word, meaning that userspace must always
+ use the lower 5 bits to communicate with the KVM device and must shift the
+ value left by 3 places to obtain the actual priority mask level.
+
+ Errors:
+
+ ======= =====================================================
+ -ENXIO Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
+ -EBUSY One or more VCPUs are running
+ -EINVAL Invalid vcpu_index supplied
+ ======= =====================================================
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_NR_IRQS
+ Attributes:
+
+ A value describing the number of interrupts (SGI, PPI and SPI) for
+ this GIC instance, ranging from 64 to 1024, in increments of 32.
+
+ Errors:
+
+ ======= =============================================================
+ -EINVAL Value set is out of the expected range
+ -EBUSY Value has already be set, or GIC has already been initialized
+ with default values.
+ ======= =============================================================
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL
+ Attributes:
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
+ request the initialization of the VGIC or ITS, no additional parameter
+ in kvm_device_attr.addr.
+
+ Errors:
+
+ ======= =========================================================
+ -ENXIO VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling
+ this attribute
+ -ENODEV no online VCPU
+ -ENOMEM memory shortage when allocating vgic internal data
+ ======= =========================================================
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-ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v2 (VGIC)
-==================================================
-
-Device types supported:
- KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0
-
-Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the
-legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP API. The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt
-controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the
-VGIC instead of directly to CPUs.
-
-GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow creating a
-guest GICv2 through this interface. For information on creating a guest GICv3
-device and guest ITS devices, see arm-vgic-v3.txt. It is not possible to
-create both a GICv3 and GICv2 device on the same VM.
-
-
-Groups:
- KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR
- Attributes:
- KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit)
- Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC distributor
- register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.
- This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte.
-
- KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_CPU (rw, 64-bit)
- Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC virtual cpu
- interface register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.
- This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte.
- Errors:
- -E2BIG: Address outside of addressable IPA range
- -EINVAL: Incorrectly aligned address
- -EEXIST: Address already configured
- -ENXIO: The group or attribute is unknown/unsupported for this device
- or hardware support is missing.
- -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr.
-
- KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
- Attributes:
- The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values:
- bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 |
- values: | reserved | vcpu_index | offset |
-
- All distributor regs are (rw, 32-bit)
-
- The offset is relative to the "Distributor base address" as defined in the
- GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the same effect as
- reading or writing the register on the actual hardware from the cpu whose
- index is specified with the vcpu_index field. Note that most distributor
- fields are not banked, but return the same value regardless of the
- vcpu_index used to access the register.
-
- GICD_IIDR.Revision is updated when the KVM implementation of an emulated
- GICv2 is changed in a way directly observable by the guest or userspace.
- Userspace should read GICD_IIDR from KVM and write back the read value to
- confirm its expected behavior is aligned with the KVM implementation.
- Userspace should set GICD_IIDR before setting any other registers (both
- KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS and KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS) to ensure
- the expected behavior. Unless GICD_IIDR has been set from userspace, writes
- to the interrupt group registers (GICD_IGROUPR) are ignored.
- Errors:
- -ENXIO: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
- -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running
- -EINVAL: Invalid vcpu_index supplied
-
- KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS
- Attributes:
- The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values:
- bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 |
- values: | reserved | vcpu_index | offset |
-
- All CPU interface regs are (rw, 32-bit)
-
- The offset specifies the offset from the "CPU interface base address" as
- defined in the GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the
- same effect as reading or writing the register on the actual hardware.
-
- The Active Priorities Registers APRn are implementation defined, so we set a
- fixed format for our implementation that fits with the model of a "GICv2
- implementation without the security extensions" which we present to the
- guest. This interface always exposes four register APR[0-3] describing the
- maximum possible 128 preemption levels. The semantics of the register
- indicate if any interrupts in a given preemption level are in the active
- state by setting the corresponding bit.
-
- Thus, preemption level X has one or more active interrupts if and only if:
-
- APRn[X mod 32] == 0b1, where n = X / 32
-
- Bits for undefined preemption levels are RAZ/WI.
-
- Note that this differs from a CPU's view of the APRs on hardware in which
- a GIC without the security extensions expose group 0 and group 1 active
- priorities in separate register groups, whereas we show a combined view
- similar to GICv2's GICH_APR.
-
- For historical reasons and to provide ABI compatibility with userspace we
- export the GICC_PMR register in the format of the GICH_VMCR.VMPriMask
- field in the lower 5 bits of a word, meaning that userspace must always
- use the lower 5 bits to communicate with the KVM device and must shift the
- value left by 3 places to obtain the actual priority mask level.
-
- Errors:
- -ENXIO: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
- -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running
- -EINVAL: Invalid vcpu_index supplied
-
- KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_NR_IRQS
- Attributes:
- A value describing the number of interrupts (SGI, PPI and SPI) for
- this GIC instance, ranging from 64 to 1024, in increments of 32.
-
- Errors:
- -EINVAL: Value set is out of the expected range
- -EBUSY: Value has already be set, or GIC has already been initialized
- with default values.
-
- KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL
- Attributes:
- KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
- request the initialization of the VGIC or ITS, no additional parameter
- in kvm_device_attr.addr.
- Errors:
- -ENXIO: VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling
- this attribute
- -ENODEV: no online VCPU
- -ENOMEM: memory shortage when allocating vgic internal data
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