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kvm: x86: Amend the KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID API documentation

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Document the subtle nuances that KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS induces in
the KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID API.

Fixes: 4d5422cea3 ("KVM: X86: Provide a capability to disable MWAIT intercepts")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
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Jim Mattson 2018-05-24 11:59:54 -07:00 committed by Radim Krčmář
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@ -1269,12 +1269,18 @@ struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 {
__u32 padding[3];
};
This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are supported by both the hardware
and kvm. Userspace can use the information returned by this ioctl to
construct cpuid information (for KVM_SET_CPUID2) that is consistent with
hardware, kernel, and userspace capabilities, and with user requirements (for
example, the user may wish to constrain cpuid to emulate older hardware,
or for feature consistency across a cluster).
This ioctl returns x86 cpuid features which are supported by both the
hardware and kvm in its default configuration. Userspace can use the
information returned by this ioctl to construct cpuid information (for
KVM_SET_CPUID2) that is consistent with hardware, kernel, and
userspace capabilities, and with user requirements (for example, the
user may wish to constrain cpuid to emulate older hardware, or for
feature consistency across a cluster).
Note that certain capabilities, such as KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS, may
expose cpuid features (e.g. MONITOR) which are not supported by kvm in
its default configuration. If userspace enables such capabilities, it
is responsible for modifying the results of this ioctl appropriately.
Userspace invokes KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID by passing a kvm_cpuid2 structure
with the 'nent' field indicating the number of entries in the variable-size