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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============
+KVM CPUID bits
+==============
+
+:Author: Glauber Costa <glommer@gmail.com>
+
+A guest running on a kvm host, can check some of its features using
+cpuid. This is not always guaranteed to work, since userspace can
+mask-out some, or even all KVM-related cpuid features before launching
+a guest.
+
+KVM cpuid functions are:
+
+function: KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE (0x40000000)
+
+returns::
+
+ eax = 0x40000001
+ ebx = 0x4b4d564b
+ ecx = 0x564b4d56
+ edx = 0x4d
+
+Note that this value in ebx, ecx and edx corresponds to the string "KVMKVMKVM".
+The value in eax corresponds to the maximum cpuid function present in this leaf,
+and will be updated if more functions are added in the future.
+Note also that old hosts set eax value to 0x0. This should
+be interpreted as if the value was 0x40000001.
+This function queries the presence of KVM cpuid leafs.
+
+function: define KVM_CPUID_FEATURES (0x40000001)
+
+returns::
+
+ ebx, ecx
+ eax = an OR'ed group of (1 << flag)
+
+where ``flag`` is defined as below:
+
+================================= =========== ================================
+flag value meaning
+================================= =========== ================================
+KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE 0 kvmclock available at msrs
+ 0x11 and 0x12
+
+KVM_FEATURE_NOP_IO_DELAY 1 not necessary to perform delays
+ on PIO operations
+
+KVM_FEATURE_MMU_OP 2 deprecated
+
+KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2 3 kvmclock available at msrs
+
+ 0x4b564d00 and 0x4b564d01
+KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF 4 async pf can be enabled by
+ writing to msr 0x4b564d02
+
+KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME 5 steal time can be enabled by
+ writing to msr 0x4b564d03
+
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI 6 paravirtualized end of interrupt
+ handler can be enabled by
+ writing to msr 0x4b564d04
+
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHAULT 7 guest checks this feature bit
+ before enabling paravirtualized
+ spinlock support
+
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH 9 guest checks this feature bit
+ before enabling paravirtualized
+ tlb flush
+
+KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_VMEXIT 10 paravirtualized async PF VM EXIT
+ can be enabled by setting bit 2
+ when writing to msr 0x4b564d02
+
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_SEND_IPI 11 guest checks this feature bit
+ before enabling paravirtualized
+ sebd IPIs
+
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_POLL_CONTROL 12 host-side polling on HLT can
+ be disabled by writing
+ to msr 0x4b564d05.
+
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_SCHED_YIELD 13 guest checks this feature bit
+ before using paravirtualized
+ sched yield.
+
+KVM_FEATURE_CLOCSOURCE_STABLE_BIT 24 host will warn if no guest-side
+ per-cpu warps are expeced in
+ kvmclock
+================================= =========== ================================
+
+::
+
+ edx = an OR'ed group of (1 << flag)
+
+Where ``flag`` here is defined as below:
+
+================== ============ =================================
+flag value meaning
+================== ============ =================================
+KVM_HINTS_REALTIME 0 guest checks this feature bit to
+ determine that vCPUs are never
+ preempted for an unlimited time
+ allowing optimizations
+================== ============ =================================