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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation
----------------------
The kvm API is a set of ioctls that are issued to control various aspects
-of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to three classes:
+of a virtual machine. The ioctls belong to the following classes:
- System ioctls: These query and set global attributes which affect the
whole kvm subsystem. In addition a system ioctl is used to create
@@ -3002,6 +3002,9 @@ can be determined by querying the KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_BPS and
KVM_CAP_GUEST_DEBUG_HW_WPS capabilities which return a positive number
indicating the number of supported registers.
+For ppc, the KVM_CAP_PPC_GUEST_DEBUG_SSTEP capability indicates whether
+the single-step debug event (KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) is supported.
+
When debug events exit the main run loop with the reason
KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch part of the kvm_run
structure containing architecture specific debug information.
@@ -4146,6 +4149,24 @@ Valid values for 'action':
#define KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW 0
#define KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY 1
+4.121 KVM_PPC_SVM_OFF
+
+Capability: basic
+Architectures: powerpc
+Type: vm ioctl
+Parameters: none
+Returns: 0 on successful completion,
+Errors:
+ EINVAL: if ultravisor failed to terminate the secure guest
+ ENOMEM: if hypervisor failed to allocate new radix page tables for guest
+
+This ioctl is used to turn off the secure mode of the guest or transition
+the guest from secure mode to normal mode. This is invoked when the guest
+is reset. This has no effect if called for a normal guest.
+
+This ioctl issues an ultravisor call to terminate the secure guest,
+unpins the VPA pages and releases all the device pages that are used to
+track the secure pages by hypervisor.
5. The kvm_run structure
------------------------