KVM

• The Definitive KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) API Documentation
  • 1. General description
  • 2. File descriptors
  • 3. Extensions
  • 4. API description
  • 5. The kvm_run structure
  • 6. Capabilities that can be enabled on vCPUs
  • 7. Capabilities that can be enabled on VMs
  • 8. Other capabilities.
• Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
  • Overview
  • SEV Key Management
  • References
• KVM CPUID bits
• The KVM halt polling system
  • Halt Polling Interval
  • Module Parameters
  • Further Notes
• Linux KVM Hypercall
  • KVM Hypercalls Documentation
• KVM Lock Overview
  • 1. Acquisition Orders
  • 2. Exception
  • 3. Reference
• The x86 kvm shadow mmu
  • Acronyms
  • Virtual and real hardware supported
  • Translation
  • Memory
  • Events
  • Shadow pages
  • Reverse map
  • Synchronized and unsynchronized pages
  • Reaction to events
  • Emulating cr0.wp
  • Large pages
  • Fast invalidation of MMIO sptes
  • Further reading
• KVM-specific MSRs
  • Custom MSR list
• Nested VMX
  • Overview
  • Terminology
  • Running nested VMX
  • ABIs
  • Authors
• The PPC KVM paravirtual interface
  • Querying for existence
  • KVM hypercalls
  • The magic page
  • Magic page features
  • Magic page flags
  • MSR bits
  • Patched instructions
  • Hypercall ABIs in KVM on PowerPC
• The s390 DIAGNOSE call on KVM
  • General remarks
  • DIAGNOSE function code ‘X’500’ - KVM virtio functions
  • DIAGNOSE function code ‘X’501 - KVM breakpoint
  • DIAGNOSE function code ‘X’9C - Voluntary Time Slice Yield
• s390 (IBM Z) Ultravisor and Protected VMs
  • Summary
  • Interrupt injection
  • Mask notification interceptions
  • Instruction emulation
  • Instruction emulation interceptions
  • Links
• s390 (IBM Z) Boot/IPL of Protected VMs
  • Summary
  • Diag308
  • Keys
• Timekeeping Virtualization for X86-Based Architectures
  • 1. Overview
  • 2. Timing Devices
  • 3. TSC Hardware
  • 4. Virtualization Problems
• KVM VCPU Requests
  • Overview
  • VCPU Request Internals
  • VCPU Requests with Associated State
  • Ensuring Requests Are Seen
  • Additional Considerations
  • References
• Review checklist for kvm patches
• ARM
  • Internal ABI between the kernel and HYP
  • Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)
  • Paravirtualized time support for arm64
  • PTP_KVM support for arm/arm64
• Devices
  • ARM Virtual Interrupt Translation Service (ITS)
  • ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v2 (VGIC)
  • ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v3 and later (VGICv3)
  • MPIC interrupt controller
  • FLIC (floating interrupt controller)
  • Generic vcpu interface
  • VFIO virtual device
  • Generic vm interface
  • XICS interrupt controller
  • POWER9 eXternal Interrupt Virtualization Engine (XIVE Gen1)
• Running nested guests with KVM
  • Use Cases
  • Enabling “nested” (x86)
  • Additional nested-related kernel parameters (x86)
  • Starting a nested guest (x86)
  • Enabling “nested” (s390x)
  • Live migration with nested KVM
  • Reporting bugs from nested setups