[PATCH v5 9/9] Documentation: virtual: kvm: Support vcpu preempted check

rkrcmar at redhat.com rkrcmar at redhat.com
Sat Oct 22 05:39:52 AEDT 2016


2016-10-21 11:27+0000, David Laight:
> From: Pan Xinhui
>> Sent: 20 October 2016 22:28
>> Commit ("x86, kvm: support vcpu preempted check") add one field "__u8
>> preempted" into struct kvm_steal_time. This field tells if one vcpu is
>> running or not.
>> 
>> It is zero if 1) some old KVM deos not support this filed. 2) the vcpu is
>> preempted. Other values means the vcpu has been preempted.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt | 8 +++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
>> index 2a71c8f..3376f13 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/msr.txt
>> @@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME: 0x4b564d03
>>  		__u64 steal;
>>  		__u32 version;
>>  		__u32 flags;
>> -		__u32 pad[12];
>> +		__u8  preempted;
>> +		__u32 pad[11];
>>  	}
> 
> I think I'd be explicit about the 3 pad bytes you've left.

Seconded.

With that change are all KVM bits

Acked-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar at redhat.com>


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