1. 06 12月, 2012 1 次提交
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      KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Provide a method for userspace to read and write the HPT · a2932923
      Paul Mackerras 提交于
      A new ioctl, KVM_PPC_GET_HTAB_FD, returns a file descriptor.  Reads on
      this fd return the contents of the HPT (hashed page table), writes
      create and/or remove entries in the HPT.  There is a new capability,
      KVM_CAP_PPC_HTAB_FD, to indicate the presence of the ioctl.  The ioctl
      takes an argument structure with the index of the first HPT entry to
      read out and a set of flags.  The flags indicate whether the user is
      intending to read or write the HPT, and whether to return all entries
      or only the "bolted" entries (those with the bolted bit, 0x10, set in
      the first doubleword).
      
      This is intended for use in implementing qemu's savevm/loadvm and for
      live migration.  Therefore, on reads, the first pass returns information
      about all HPTEs (or all bolted HPTEs).  When the first pass reaches the
      end of the HPT, it returns from the read.  Subsequent reads only return
      information about HPTEs that have changed since they were last read.
      A read that finds no changed HPTEs in the HPT following where the last
      read finished will return 0 bytes.
      
      The format of the data provides a simple run-length compression of the
      invalid entries.  Each block of data starts with a header that indicates
      the index (position in the HPT, which is just an array), the number of
      valid entries starting at that index (may be zero), and the number of
      invalid entries following those valid entries.  The valid entries, 16
      bytes each, follow the header.  The invalid entries are not explicitly
      represented.
      Signed-off-by: NPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
      [agraf: fix documentation]
      Signed-off-by: NAlexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
      a2932923
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