| .. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 |
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| ================= |
| KVM-specific MSRs |
| ================= |
| |
| :Author: Glauber Costa <glommer@redhat.com>, Red Hat Inc, 2010 |
| |
| KVM makes use of some custom MSRs to service some requests. |
| |
| Custom MSRs have a range reserved for them, that goes from |
| 0x4b564d00 to 0x4b564dff. There are MSRs outside this area, |
| but they are deprecated and their use is discouraged. |
| |
| Custom MSR list |
| --------------- |
| |
| The current supported Custom MSR list is: |
| |
| MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK_NEW: |
| 0x4b564d00 |
| |
| data: |
| 4-byte alignment physical address of a memory area which must be |
| in guest RAM. This memory is expected to hold a copy of the following |
| structure:: |
| |
| struct pvclock_wall_clock { |
| u32 version; |
| u32 sec; |
| u32 nsec; |
| } __attribute__((__packed__)); |
| |
| whose data will be filled in by the hypervisor. The hypervisor is only |
| guaranteed to update this data at the moment of MSR write. |
| Users that want to reliably query this information more than once have |
| to write more than once to this MSR. 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. |
| |
| sec: |
| number of seconds for wallclock at time of boot. |
| |
| nsec: |
| number of nanoseconds for wallclock at time of boot. |
| |
| In order to get the current wallclock time, the system_time from |
| MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW needs to be added. |
| |
| Note that although MSRs are per-CPU entities, the effect of this |
| particular MSR is global. |
| |
| Availability of this MSR must be checked via bit 3 in 0x4000001 cpuid |
| leaf prior to usage. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW: |
| 0x4b564d01 |
| |
| data: |
| 4-byte aligned 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 pvclock_vcpu_time_info { |
| u32 version; |
| u32 pad0; |
| u64 tsc_timestamp; |
| u64 system_time; |
| u32 tsc_to_system_mul; |
| s8 tsc_shift; |
| u8 flags; |
| u8 pad[2]; |
| } __attribute__((__packed__)); /* 32 bytes */ |
| |
| 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. |
| |
| tsc_timestamp: |
| the tsc value at the current VCPU at the time |
| of the update of this structure. Guests can subtract this value |
| from current tsc to derive a notion of elapsed time since the |
| structure update. |
| |
| system_time: |
| a host notion of monotonic time, including sleep |
| time at the time this structure was last updated. Unit is |
| nanoseconds. |
| |
| tsc_to_system_mul: |
| multiplier to be used when converting |
| tsc-related quantity to nanoseconds |
| |
| tsc_shift: |
| shift to be used when converting tsc-related |
| quantity to nanoseconds. This shift will ensure that |
| multiplication with tsc_to_system_mul does not overflow. |
| A positive value denotes a left shift, a negative value |
| a right shift. |
| |
| The conversion from tsc to nanoseconds involves an additional |
| right shift by 32 bits. With this information, guests can |
| derive per-CPU time by doing:: |
| |
| time = (current_tsc - tsc_timestamp) |
| if (tsc_shift >= 0) |
| time <<= tsc_shift; |
| else |
| time >>= -tsc_shift; |
| time = (time * tsc_to_system_mul) >> 32 |
| time = time + system_time |
| |
| flags: |
| bits in this field indicate extended capabilities |
| coordinated between the guest and the hypervisor. Availability |
| of specific flags has to be checked in 0x40000001 cpuid leaf. |
| Current flags are: |
| |
| |
| +-----------+--------------+----------------------------------+ |
| | flag bit | cpuid bit | meaning | |
| +-----------+--------------+----------------------------------+ |
| | | | time measures taken across | |
| | 0 | 24 | multiple cpus are guaranteed to | |
| | | | be monotonic | |
| +-----------+--------------+----------------------------------+ |
| | | | guest vcpu has been paused by | |
| | 1 | N/A | the host | |
| | | | See 4.70 in api.txt | |
| +-----------+--------------+----------------------------------+ |
| |
| Availability of this MSR must be checked via bit 3 in 0x4000001 cpuid |
| leaf prior to usage. |
| |
| |
| MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK: |
| 0x11 |
| |
| data and functioning: |
| same as MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK_NEW. Use that instead. |
| |
| This MSR falls outside the reserved KVM range and may be removed in the |
| future. Its usage is deprecated. |
| |
| Availability of this MSR must be checked via bit 0 in 0x4000001 cpuid |
| leaf prior to usage. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME: |
| 0x12 |
| |
| data and functioning: |
| same as MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW. Use that instead. |
| |
| This MSR falls outside the reserved KVM range and may be removed in the |
| future. Its usage is deprecated. |
| |
| Availability of this MSR must be checked via bit 0 in 0x4000001 cpuid |
| leaf prior to usage. |
| |
| The suggested algorithm for detecting kvmclock presence is then:: |
| |
| if (!kvm_para_available()) /* refer to cpuid.txt */ |
| return NON_PRESENT; |
| |
| flags = cpuid_eax(0x40000001); |
| if (flags & 3) { |
| msr_kvm_system_time = MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW; |
| msr_kvm_wall_clock = MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK_NEW; |
| return PRESENT; |
| } else if (flags & 0) { |
| msr_kvm_system_time = MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME; |
| msr_kvm_wall_clock = MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK; |
| return PRESENT; |
| } else |
| return NON_PRESENT; |
| |
| MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN: |
| 0x4b564d02 |
| |
| data: |
| Asynchronous page fault (APF) control MSR. |
| |
| Bits 63-6 hold 64-byte aligned physical address of a 64 byte memory area |
| which must be in guest RAM and must be zeroed. This memory is expected |
| to hold a copy of the following structure:: |
| |
| struct kvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data { |
| /* Used for 'page not present' events delivered via #PF */ |
| __u32 flags; |
| |
| /* Used for 'page ready' events delivered via interrupt notification */ |
| __u32 token; |
| |
| __u8 pad[56]; |
| __u32 enabled; |
| }; |
| |
| Bits 5-4 of the MSR are reserved and should be zero. Bit 0 is set to 1 |
| when asynchronous page faults are enabled on the vcpu, 0 when disabled. |
| Bit 1 is 1 if asynchronous page faults can be injected when vcpu is in |
| cpl == 0. Bit 2 is 1 if asynchronous page faults are delivered to L1 as |
| #PF vmexits. Bit 2 can be set only if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_VMEXIT is |
| present in CPUID. Bit 3 enables interrupt based delivery of 'page ready' |
| events. Bit 3 can only be set if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in |
| CPUID. |
| |
| 'Page not present' events are currently always delivered as synthetic |
| #PF exception. During delivery of these events APF CR2 register contains |
| a token that will be used to notify the guest when missing page becomes |
| available. Also, to make it possible to distinguish between real #PF and |
| APF, first 4 bytes of 64 byte memory location ('flags') will be written |
| to by the hypervisor at the time of injection. Only first bit of 'flags' |
| is currently supported, when set, it indicates that the guest is dealing |
| with asynchronous 'page not present' event. If during a page fault APF |
| 'flags' is '0' it means that this is regular page fault. Guest is |
| supposed to clear 'flags' when it is done handling #PF exception so the |
| next event can be delivered. |
| |
| Note, since APF 'page not present' events use the same exception vector |
| as regular page fault, guest must reset 'flags' to '0' before it does |
| something that can generate normal page fault. |
| |
| Bytes 5-7 of 64 byte memory location ('token') will be written to by the |
| hypervisor at the time of APF 'page ready' event injection. The content |
| of these bytes is a token which was previously delivered as 'page not |
| present' event. The event indicates the page in now available. Guest is |
| supposed to write '0' to 'token' when it is done handling 'page ready' |
| event and to write 1' to MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_ACK after clearing the location; |
| writing to the MSR forces KVM to re-scan its queue and deliver the next |
| pending notification. |
| |
| Note, MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_INT MSR specifying the interrupt vector for 'page |
| ready' APF delivery needs to be written to before enabling APF mechanism |
| in MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN or interrupt #0 can get injected. The MSR is |
| available if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in CPUID. |
| |
| Note, previously, 'page ready' events were delivered via the same #PF |
| exception as 'page not present' events but this is now deprecated. If |
| bit 3 (interrupt based delivery) is not set APF events are not delivered. |
| |
| If APF is disabled while there are outstanding APFs, they will |
| not be delivered. |
| |
| Currently 'page ready' APF events will be always delivered on the |
| same vcpu as 'page not present' event was, but guest should not rely on |
| that. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME: |
| 0x4b564d03 |
| |
| data: |
| 64-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; |
| __u8 preempted; |
| __u8 u8_pad[3]; |
| __u32 pad[11]; |
| } |
| |
| 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. Guest is required to make sure |
| this structure is initialized to zero. |
| |
| Fields have the following meanings: |
| |
| version: |
| a sequence counter. In other words, guest has to check |
| this field before and after grabbing time information and make |
| sure 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. Time during which the vcpu is idle, will not be |
| reported as steal time. |
| |
| preempted: |
| indicate the vCPU who owns this struct is running or |
| not. Non-zero values mean the vCPU has been preempted. Zero |
| means the vCPU is not preempted. NOTE, it is always zero if the |
| the hypervisor doesn't support this field. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_EOI_EN: |
| 0x4b564d04 |
| |
| data: |
| Bit 0 is 1 when PV end of interrupt is enabled on the vcpu; 0 |
| when disabled. Bit 1 is reserved and must be zero. When PV end of |
| interrupt is enabled (bit 0 set), bits 63-2 hold a 4-byte aligned |
| physical address of a 4 byte memory area which must be in guest RAM and |
| must be zeroed. |
| |
| The first, least significant bit of 4 byte memory location will be |
| written to by the hypervisor, typically at the time of interrupt |
| injection. Value of 1 means that guest can skip writing EOI to the apic |
| (using MSR or MMIO write); instead, it is sufficient to signal |
| EOI by clearing the bit in guest memory - this location will |
| later be polled by the hypervisor. |
| Value of 0 means that the EOI write is required. |
| |
| It is always safe for the guest to ignore the optimization and perform |
| the APIC EOI write anyway. |
| |
| Hypervisor is guaranteed to only modify this least |
| significant bit while in the current VCPU context, this means that |
| guest does not need to use either lock prefix or memory ordering |
| primitives to synchronise with the hypervisor. |
| |
| However, hypervisor can set and clear this memory bit at any time: |
| therefore to make sure hypervisor does not interrupt the |
| guest and clear the least significant bit in the memory area |
| in the window between guest testing it to detect |
| whether it can skip EOI apic write and between guest |
| clearing it to signal EOI to the hypervisor, |
| guest must both read the least significant bit in the memory area and |
| clear it using a single CPU instruction, such as test and clear, or |
| compare and exchange. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_POLL_CONTROL: |
| 0x4b564d05 |
| |
| Control host-side polling. |
| |
| data: |
| Bit 0 enables (1) or disables (0) host-side HLT polling logic. |
| |
| KVM guests can request the host not to poll on HLT, for example if |
| they are performing polling themselves. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_INT: |
| 0x4b564d06 |
| |
| data: |
| Second asynchronous page fault (APF) control MSR. |
| |
| Bits 0-7: APIC vector for delivery of 'page ready' APF events. |
| Bits 8-63: Reserved |
| |
| Interrupt vector for asynchnonous 'page ready' notifications delivery. |
| The vector has to be set up before asynchronous page fault mechanism |
| is enabled in MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN. The MSR is only available if |
| KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in CPUID. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_ACK: |
| 0x4b564d07 |
| |
| data: |
| Asynchronous page fault (APF) acknowledgment. |
| |
| When the guest is done processing 'page ready' APF event and 'token' |
| field in 'struct kvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data' is cleared it is supposed to |
| write '1' to bit 0 of the MSR, this causes the host to re-scan its queue |
| and check if there are more notifications pending. The MSR is available |
| if KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_INT is present in CPUID. |
| |
| MSR_KVM_MIGRATION_CONTROL: |
| 0x4b564d08 |
| |
| data: |
| This MSR is available if KVM_FEATURE_MIGRATION_CONTROL is present in |
| CPUID. Bit 0 represents whether live migration of the guest is allowed. |
| |
| When a guest is started, bit 0 will be 0 if the guest has encrypted |
| memory and 1 if the guest does not have encrypted memory. If the |
| guest is communicating page encryption status to the host using the |
| ``KVM_HC_MAP_GPA_RANGE`` hypercall, it can set bit 0 in this MSR to |
| allow live migration of the guest. |