KVM: x86: Add support for local interrupt requests from userspace

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / Documentation / virtual / kvm / api.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 89e71648d7481b868ec0172a72ab4771b99c51ad..e3e9c41721a2dc68588c3a6f04c7c8105f804645 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -401,10 +401,9 @@ Capability: basic
 Architectures: x86, ppc, mips
 Type: vcpu ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_interrupt (in)
-Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
+Returns: 0 on success, negative on failure.
 
-Queues a hardware interrupt vector to be injected.  This is only
-useful if in-kernel local APIC or equivalent is not used.
+Queues a hardware interrupt vector to be injected.
 
 /* for KVM_INTERRUPT */
 struct kvm_interrupt {
@@ -414,7 +413,14 @@ struct kvm_interrupt {
 
 X86:
 
-Note 'irq' is an interrupt vector, not an interrupt pin or line.
+Returns: 0 on success,
+        -EEXIST if an interrupt is already enqueued
+        -EINVAL the the irq number is invalid
+        -ENXIO if the PIC is in the kernel
+        -EFAULT if the pointer is invalid
+
+Note 'irq' is an interrupt vector, not an interrupt pin or line. This
+ioctl is useful if the in-kernel PIC is not used.
 
 PPC: