[PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix the KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET documentation
Fuad Tabba
fuad.tabba at linux.dev
Mon Aug 31 09:28:15 PDT 2026
KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET has never set a feature bit: the original arm64
implementation zeroed the bitmap, and kvm_vcpu_preferred_target(), which
only ever zeroed it, was removed by commit 5346f7e13e5e ("KVM: arm64:
Always return generic v8 as the preferred target"). The ENODEV error had
gone earlier still, with commit 08e873cb70f3 ("KVM: arm64: Change the
return type of kvm_vcpu_preferred_target()"). Document what it returns,
that userspace selects vCPU features itself, and drop the error.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba at linux.dev>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 16 +++++-----------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index e0430cc750c9e..193f3b0ec77d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -3600,20 +3600,14 @@ Possible features:
:Parameters: struct kvm_vcpu_init (out)
:Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
-Errors:
-
- ====== ==========================================
- ENODEV no preferred target available for the host
- ====== ==========================================
-
This queries KVM for preferred CPU target type which can be emulated
by KVM on underlying host.
-The ioctl returns struct kvm_vcpu_init instance containing information
-about preferred CPU target type and recommended features for it. The
-kvm_vcpu_init->features bitmap returned will have feature bits set if
-the preferred target recommends setting these features, but this is
-not mandatory.
+The ioctl returns a struct kvm_vcpu_init instance containing the
+preferred CPU target type. The kvm_vcpu_init->features bitmap is
+returned empty: userspace selects the vCPU features itself, and their
+availability is reported by the capabilities listed under
+KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT.
The information returned by this ioctl can be used to prepare an instance
of struct kvm_vcpu_init for KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ioctl which will result in
base-commit: cee9395acd8043be0644b25c34bfa86623f2b935
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2.39.5
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