KVM: add doc note about PIO/MMIO completion API
Document that partially emulated instructions leave the guest state inconsistent, and that the kernel will complete operations before checking for pending signals. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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@ -820,6 +820,13 @@ executed a memory-mapped I/O instruction which could not be satisfied
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by kvm. The 'data' member contains the written data if 'is_write' is
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true, and should be filled by application code otherwise.
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NOTE: For KVM_EXIT_IO and KVM_EXIT_MMIO, the corresponding operations
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are complete (and guest state is consistent) only after userspace has
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re-entered the kernel with KVM_RUN. The kernel side will first finish
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incomplete operations and then check for pending signals. Userspace
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can re-enter the guest with an unmasked signal pending to complete
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pending operations.
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/* KVM_EXIT_HYPERCALL */
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struct {
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__u64 nr;
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