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Commit e7677933 authored by Avi Kivity's avatar Avi Kivity
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KVM: Document KVM_GET_LAPIC, KVM_SET_LAPIC ioctl



Signed-off-by: default avatarAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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@@ -1291,6 +1291,38 @@ Returns the tsc frequency of the guest. The unit of the return value is
KHz. If the host has unstable tsc this ioctl returns -EIO instead as an
error.

4.56 KVM_GET_LAPIC

Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
Architectures: x86
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (out)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error

#define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400
struct kvm_lapic_state {
	char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE];
};

Reads the Local APIC registers and copies them into the input argument.  The
data format and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.

4.57 KVM_SET_LAPIC

Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQCHIP
Architectures: x86
Type: vcpu ioctl
Parameters: struct kvm_lapic_state (in)
Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error

#define KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE 0x400
struct kvm_lapic_state {
	char regs[KVM_APIC_REG_SIZE];
};

Copies the input argument into the the Local APIC registers.  The data format
and layout are the same as documented in the architecture manual.

5. The kvm_run structure

Application code obtains a pointer to the kvm_run structure by