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| author | Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> | 2026-09-23 09:37:21 -0700 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2026-09-26 00:39:55 -0400 |
| commit | 93de2a6a4b91b72607136dd656edf03fb399d27f (patch) | |
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KVM: SEV: Do cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migrationgrafted
Manually perform cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host
migration to ensure no stale data is left in CPU caches after the VM is
destroyed. Because the source VM is "converted" to a non-SEV VM, KVM's
memory reclaim flows won't trigger cache maintenance, e.g. when all guest
memory is reclaimed in response to detaching from the mmu_notifier.
Note, relying on the destination VM to do cache maintenance isn't an option
as KVM doesn't require identical guest memory configurations, i.e. the
source VM may have access to memory that the destination VM does not.
Enforcing equivalent memory configurations is infeasible, as it would
require a *deep* comparison of memslots, e.g. to verify that not only are
the memslot identical, but what the memslots point at is also identical.
Fixes: b56639318bb2 ("KVM: SEV: Add support for SEV intra host migration")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu <fane@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-ID: <20260923163721.1584779-3-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/chardev.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/chardev.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c58dd9771 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/chardev.rst @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +=================================== +GPIO Character Device Userspace API +=================================== + +This is latest version (v2) of the character device API, as defined in +``include/uapi/linux/gpio.h.`` + +First added in 5.10. + +.. note:: + Do NOT abuse userspace APIs to control hardware that has proper kernel + drivers. There may already be a driver for your use case, and an existing + kernel driver is sure to provide a superior solution to bitbashing + from userspace. + + Read Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst to avoid reinventing + kernel wheels in userspace. + + Similarly, for multi-function lines there may be other subsystems, such as + Documentation/spi/index.rst, Documentation/i2c/index.rst, + Documentation/driver-api/pwm.rst, Documentation/w1/index.rst etc, that + provide suitable drivers and APIs for your hardware. + +Basic examples using the character device API can be found in ``tools/gpio/*``. + +The API is based around two major objects, the :ref:`gpio-v2-chip` and the +:ref:`gpio-v2-line-request`. + +.. _gpio-v2-chip: + +Chip +==== + +The Chip represents a single GPIO chip and is exposed to userspace using device +files of the form ``/dev/gpiochipX``. + +Each chip supports a number of GPIO lines, +:c:type:`chip.lines<gpiochip_info>`. Lines on the chip are identified by an +``offset`` in the range from 0 to ``chip.lines - 1``, i.e. `[0,chip.lines)`. + +Lines are requested from the chip using gpio-v2-get-line-ioctl.rst +and the resulting line request is used to access the GPIO chip's lines or +monitor the lines for edge events. + +Within this documentation, the file descriptor returned by calling `open()` +on the GPIO device file is referred to as ``chip_fd``. + +Operations +---------- + +The following operations may be performed on the chip: + +.. toctree:: + :titlesonly: + + Get Line <gpio-v2-get-line-ioctl> + Get Chip Info <gpio-get-chipinfo-ioctl> + Get Line Info <gpio-v2-get-lineinfo-ioctl> + Watch Line Info <gpio-v2-get-lineinfo-watch-ioctl> + Unwatch Line Info <gpio-get-lineinfo-unwatch-ioctl> + Read Line Info Changed Events <gpio-v2-lineinfo-changed-read> + +.. _gpio-v2-line-request: + +Line Request +============ + +Line requests are created by gpio-v2-get-line-ioctl.rst and provide +access to a set of requested lines. The line request is exposed to userspace +via the anonymous file descriptor returned in +:c:type:`request.fd<gpio_v2_line_request>` by gpio-v2-get-line-ioctl.rst. + +Within this documentation, the line request file descriptor is referred to +as ``req_fd``. + +Operations +---------- + +The following operations may be performed on the line request: + +.. toctree:: + :titlesonly: + + Get Line Values <gpio-v2-line-get-values-ioctl> + Set Line Values <gpio-v2-line-set-values-ioctl> + Read Line Edge Events <gpio-v2-line-event-read> + Reconfigure Lines <gpio-v2-line-set-config-ioctl> + +Types +===== + +This section contains the structs and enums that are referenced by the API v2, +as defined in ``include/uapi/linux/gpio.h``. + +.. kernel-doc:: include/uapi/linux/gpio.h + :identifiers: + gpio_v2_line_attr_id + gpio_v2_line_attribute + gpio_v2_line_changed_type + gpio_v2_line_config + gpio_v2_line_config_attribute + gpio_v2_line_event + gpio_v2_line_event_id + gpio_v2_line_flag + gpio_v2_line_info + gpio_v2_line_info_changed + gpio_v2_line_request + gpio_v2_line_values + gpiochip_info + +.. toctree:: + :hidden: + + error-codes |
