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@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_events {
__u8 pad;
} nmi;
__u32 sipi_vector;
- __u32 flags; /* must be zero */
+ __u32 flags;
};
4.30 KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS
@@ -701,6 +701,14 @@ vcpu.
See KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS for the data structure.
+Fields that may be modified asynchronously by running VCPUs can be excluded
+from the update. These fields are nmi.pending and sipi_vector. Keep the
+corresponding bits in the flags field cleared to suppress overwriting the
+current in-kernel state. The bits are:
+
+KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NMI_PENDING - transfer nmi.pending to the kernel
+KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_SIPI_VECTOR - transfer sipi_vector
+
5. The kvm_run structure