Re: [PATCH v4 17/21] KVM: arm64: Document HVC_VHE_RESTART stub hypercall

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On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 09:45:29AM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> For completeness, let's document the HVC_VHE_RESTART stub.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
> index 83cadd8186fa..1ba628baf11b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hyp-abi.rst
> @@ -58,6 +58,15 @@ these functions (see arch/arm{,64}/include/asm/virt.h):
>    into place (arm64 only), and jump to the restart address while at HYP/EL2.
>    This hypercall is not expected to return to its caller.
>  
> +* ::
> +
> +    x0 = HVC_VHE_RESTART (arm64 only)
> +
> +  Attempt to upgrade the kernel's exception level from EL1 to EL2 by enabling
> +  the VHE mode. This is conditioned by the CPU supporting VHE, the EL2 MMU
> +  being off, and VHE not being disabled by any other mean (comment line option,
'means' (both singular and plural), and 'command line'

> +  for example).
> +
>  Any other value of r0/x0 triggers a hypervisor-specific handling,
>  which is not documented here.
>  
> -- 
> 2.29.2
> 
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